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MONTAUK EXCURSION
Overnighting in the Far East of Long Island to Attend the Screening of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at the Offshore Art and Film Festival Me on the Long Island Railroad last Friday – a three hour … Continue reading
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Tagged AirBnB, art, Chase Markoff, Christine Wexler, Elsa Keefe, Film Festival, George Washington, How to Hack Birth Control, J.O. Jerusalem, Jordan Bromley, Jules Sheehan, lighthouse, Long Island, Meeting House, Montauk, musicabre, Nicole Page, Offshore, Outdoor, Quaker, Sassy Mohen, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P at the OFFSHORE FILM FESTIVAL
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” is playing as part of the Offshore Film Festival, enjoying its inaugural year in the tony vacation town of Montauk at the far eastern tip of Long Island. The festival runs today … Continue reading
Landing in JFK …
… with the sun shining against a scratched up window. We were arriving in NYC. JFK airport was just below us. But we were clearly too high to land directly. The plane would circle out south of Long island over … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, JFK, Long Island, Minneapolis, NYC, photography, sky, Snoopy, sunlight, window
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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
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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
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
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