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P&P’s ART is ALIVE & ALIBAG WEEKEND
TWO CHANCES TO CATCH “THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE” ON LINE and in INDIA FEB 4 & FEB 5 1st Chance! “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen on-line – in other words accessible … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Action Adventure, adaptation, Alibag, Art is Alive, Award, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Film Festival, Henry Borriello, India, International, musicabre, musical, Nominations, Q&A, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P’s PIGEON D’OR NOMINATION
The PIGEON D’OR AWARDS have nominated “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” for Best Film Score / Soundtrack The Pigeon D’or awards are the yearly culmination of the Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards, which last Spring awarded “The Pit … Continue reading
P&P’s INTERNATIONAL FILM NOMINATION
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” has been nominated for Best International Film today! No, not by the Oscars, (yeah, right), although they announced their nominations too today, but by the Alibag Short Film Festival, who I guess … Continue reading
NEW YORK CITY IO FILM FESTIVAL AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, is a 2nd Place Winner in the Horror Film category of the New York City IO Film Festival, sponsored by the Arete Living Arts … Continue reading
P&P on HORROR ISLAND
NEW UPDATE: 12/7/22 – The new time for the Horror Island Film Festival has been posted. December 31st. Looks to be the same location as before. It can now be part of your jet setting New Year’s Eve extravaganza: 31 … Continue reading
THE SKIPTOWN EXPERIENCE
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins awards for Best Musical Performance Best Original Score Best Production Design – Short at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival in Los Angeles The top picture is me sitting with the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, burlesque, Cartas Para Axél, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, Fredrick Byers, I Fell in Love with a Balloon, International, Jean-Luc Servino, John Vamvas, Jonathan de la Torre, Los Angeles, Mariana Soares da Silva, musicabre, Musical Performance, Olga Montes, Original Score, Pedro Pano, Playhouse, Production Design, Scarpedicemente, short film, Skiptown, The Last Jack O' Lantern, The Pit and the Pendulum, Vencenzo Carubia, Will Grave
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P&P in NY & LA & NY again
There will be three opportunities to attend a screening of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” coast to coast in the next 10 days. plus an on-line screening opportunity 1st chance – NYC – 11/11 “The Pit and … Continue reading
BEST SOUNDTRACK at NMIIFF
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best Soundtrack at the Naked Mountain International Independent Film Festival P&P’s award was one of three handed out tonight. I snuck some photos from the back of the screening room, but … Continue reading
3X P&P in OR, AR & NC this SAT
POE IS SWEEPING THE NATION! This Saturday “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screens at H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon DreadRock: International Horror Film Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas Horror Movie Freaks Film Festival in Walnut … Continue reading
P&P wins 3 AWARDS at AUTUMN’S DAWN FILM FESTIVAL
Yesterday “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was the final film in the Autumn’s Dawn Film Festival four hour screening of shorts at the Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This was quickly followed by the Edgar Allan … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged adaptation, Autumn's Dawn, brooklyn, Cinema, cinematography, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Film Festival, Film Noir, Greenpoint, Jason Chua, musicabre, musical, sound, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Pit and the Pendulum, Todd Maki, Tom Walsh, whiskey
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Up the Hudson to Albany and NYSIFF
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best Horror at the New York State International Film Festival Yes, my musical Poe adaptation was awarded Best Horror at the New York State International Film Festival, and I will report … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Albany, Award, Capitol, Carl Kinlin, Corning, Dragon Poets of Boston, Edward Elder, Empire State Plaza, festival, Film Festival, Greg Aidala, Hamilton, horror, Hudson Guild Theatre, Lark Street, Lincoln Park, Linda Performing Arts Studio, Mark O'Toole, Martin Luther King Jr, Metube, musicabre, New York, New York State International Film Festival, Nico Altekin, NYSIFF, Outside In, Philip Henry Sheridan, photography, river, Rockefeller, State, SUNY, The Pit and the Pendulum, train, Washington Park
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NYTVFF Awards BEST MUSIC SCORE to P&P
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” receives the award for “Best Music Score” from New York True Venture Film Festival The day after the screening of my musical short film Edgar Allan Poe classic short story adaptation (how … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Albania, Albanian-American, Bronx, Community Center, Edgar Allan Poe, Elysium, Film Festival, Kosovo, musicabre, musical, New York, NYTVFF, short film, Spiros Exaras, Stone Castle, The Pit and the Pendulum, True Venture, Vivaldi, wine
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P&P Screening in NEW YORK this Friday
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen this Friday at 6:15pm as part of the New York True Venture Film Festival You have another chance to see my second singing horror short screen in NYC. The New … Continue reading
The FILM FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE at INDIE GATHERING, CHAIN NYC and NYACK
Over the course of five days this past week “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screened in film festivals in Cleveland, New York City and Nyack. This blog post is about all three. I was in New York … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Award, Chain NYC, cinematography, Cleveland, Covid, Craig Bettendorf, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Edward Elder, Eric William, Experimental Short, Film Festival, Independent Film, Indie Gathering, International, Jackie Chin, Jason Chua, John Boswell, Kai Morgan, L. E. Salas, Munenori Kishi, musicabre, Not a Tame Lion, Nyack, NYC, Richard Quinn, Ruan Szuch, Saturday Night Theater, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, tailgating party, The Pit and the Pendulum, Zombiepalooza
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P&P WEDNESDAY in KOLKATA and NYACK
Last Friday and Saturday “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screened in festivals in Cleveland and New York City respectively (more on that in a-soon-to-be-posted blog piece), but Wednesday just said “hold my beer”, because on Wednesday, August … Continue reading
P&P at CHAIN NYC FILM FESTIVAL
The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre will screen August 13, 1:30pm as part of the Chain NYC Film Festival “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my second musical short film adaptation of a classic Edgar Allan … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Carly Wilkins, Chain, Christina Elise Perry, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Experimental, Film Festival, George Carillo, Kirk Gostkowski, Kristin Papadopoulos, musicabre, musical, NYC, Rick Hamilton, short film, Sound and Music, The Pit and the Pendulum, theatre, Thriller
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