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P&P KING’S CROSS AWARD
HI Danny, I am pleased to inform you that “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was voted Best Horror Short in our May Competition. It has also been nominated for Best Horror Short in our main awards ceremony … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2022, Awards, Ben Etchells, best, Edgar Allan Poe, film, horror, King's Cross, May, musicabre, musical, short, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P – Today the Hair Gets Shorn!
Today I cut my hair. All of it. Off. Beard too. I’ll be completely clean shaven and bald. This has been in the works for over a year. I got the closest hair cut of my life July 2019, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged bald, film, Hair, hairspray, long hair, musicabre, shaving, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, Veronica Lake
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TELL-TALE SKIPTOWN MUSICAL WINNER
Skiptown Playhouse Film Festival Awards “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” or an incredible delightful distinction vs an insignificant dialectic dilemma As Vincenzo CarubiaI, festival director of the Los Angeles based Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, elaborates in announcing the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Award, festival, film, Los Angeles, musicabre, musical, performance, Playhouse, postonement, short film, Skiptown, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE at the HORROR HOTEL
It’s quite the weekend for dismembered hearts beating under floorboards! From the UK to OHIO! If you are not in London tonight, where “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” is playing at the Romford Horror Independent Film Festival, but you … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Cleveland, festival, film, Hilton Cleveland-Westlake, horror, Horror Hotel, musicabre, Ohio, Romford, The Tell-Tale Heart, UK, Westlake
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TELL-TALE SKIPTOWN NOMINATIONS
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” has been nominated for Short Narrative, Experimental Short and Best Actor in a Short at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, presenting this June 24 – July 1 in Hollywood, CA. The Skiptown festival … Continue reading
OPERA KIDS – the movie
“Opera Kids” is a documentary about the Creating Original Opera program that I had taught and also helped develop with my colleagues at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department since 1990. It was directed by Max Sturm, who participated in … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, The Teaching Artist
Tagged 5th grade, Acting, Brooklyn Children's School, composing, Covid 19, Creating Original Opera, documentary, film, Max Sturm, Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department, Opera, Opera Kids, original, staging, teaching artist, trailer, writing
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TELL-TALE LA WEEKEND
Watch (and vote for) “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for Free this Weekend via the Los Angeles Television, Script and Film Festival This Saturday and Sunday, or more precisely from midnight EST Friday night through midnight PST Monday morning, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, festival, film, free screening, LA, LATVSFF, Los Angeles, musicabre, musical, script, short film, television, The Tell-Tale Heart, vote
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TWO MORE TELL-TALE AWARDS
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” recently received two more awards from FESTIVAL ANGAELICA and the Spotlight Film Awards; and has been announced as an official selection at the LATVSFF & Fixion Film Festivals I’ll start with FESTIVAL ANGAELICA. As … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Angaelica, Award, Awards, Bronze, certificate, Chile, Edgar Allan Poe, Experimental, festival, film, Fixion, horror, Jury Award, LATVSFF, Los Angeles, medium-length, musicabre, musical, Santiago, script, short, short film, Spotlight, television, The Tell-Tale Heart
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THE ART IS ALIVE SESSIONS
A Tell-Tale Q&A and an Actor Panel This August I participated in several Zoom sessions with the Art is Alive Film Festival. I just received the recordings of two of them. First up is Art is Alive founder Cindy Mich … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Acting, actor, Art is Alive, Cindy Mich, Covid, directing, Edgar Allan Poe, education, festival, film, filmmaking, Improvisation, Michael Gentile, musicabre, panel, Q&A, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, Wisconsin
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CONCEPT 2 REEL SCREENS TELL-TALE FOR FREE TODAY
The Concept 2 Reel Film Festival is screening “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” free of charge today. Watch my musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation until midnight EST via this link. Scroll down to the Nov 6 collection of films … Continue reading
FANtastic TELL-TALE
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” premieres Sunday 5pm via the FANtastic Horror Film Festival where it plays through Nov 29 The FANtastic Horror Film Festival is up and running this weekend. You can catch horror features and shorts through … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, FANtastic, festival, film, horror, musicabre, November 1, San Diego, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE RUSSIAN SYMPATHY
With tongue in cheek but sincere curiosity I asked whether the jury felt sorry for me… I knew already back in March that the Russian International Horror Film Festival was going to give my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Award, Covid 19, DROP, Ed Elder, festival, film, gmail, horror, Jury Award, Moscow, musicabre, pandemic, Russian, Russian International Horror Film Festival, short film, Special Prize, Sympathy, The Tell-Tale Heart, translation, Victor Boulankin
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TELL-TALE NYLIFF AWARDS
NYLIFF – NEW YORK LONG ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL gives “THE TELL-TALE HEART – a musicabre” the BEST THRILLER – SHORT award as well as a SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Danny Ashkenasi
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Award, Covid 19, festival, film, Lindenhurst, Long Island, Mask, Moose Lodge, musicabre, New York, NYLIFF, short, short film, Special Achievement, The Tell-Tale Heart, Thriller
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TELL-TALE RUSSIAN HORROR INTRODUCTION
To Russia with Chills Today “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will play early evening at two festivals, not streaming via the internet but in front of physically assembled live audiences: the Russian International Horror Film Festival in Moscow, and … Continue reading
NYSIFF FILM PANELS
The New York State International Film Festival held three different film panels over the course of its festival dates. I participated in all three. NYSIFF has posted all three panels on YouTube, so I can now share them here. If … Continue reading
TELL-TALE IN-PERSON FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Physical (non-virtual) screenings in Long Island & Moscow UPDATE – 10/18 New York Long Island Film Festival nominates “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for 6 awards Best Thriller Short Best Score Short Best Cinematography Short Best Sound Short Best … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Covid 19, dropping pins, Edgar Allan Poe, Festical, film, horror, Lindenhurst, Long Island, Moose Lodge, Moscow, musicabre, musical, New York, NYLIFF, Q&A, Russia, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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