Follow me on Twitter
My TweetsCATEGORIES for all posts
- Arts-a-Poppin' (143)
- Beginnings (61)
- Chamber Works (28)
- Cinema Scope (210)
- LGBTQ Alphabet Soup (90)
- Literary Lyricism (54)
- Live! On Stage (76)
- Melodies Linger On (135)
- Musicabilia (139)
- Notes in the News (242)
- The Speakeasy Chronicles (79)
- The Teaching Artist (39)
- Two-fisted Touristing (144)
Archives
- May 2022 (5)
- April 2022 (4)
- March 2022 (6)
- February 2022 (6)
- January 2022 (5)
- December 2021 (8)
- November 2021 (4)
- October 2021 (6)
- September 2021 (4)
- August 2021 (5)
- July 2021 (10)
- June 2021 (6)
- May 2021 (7)
- April 2021 (6)
- March 2021 (6)
- February 2021 (5)
- January 2021 (5)
- December 2020 (6)
- November 2020 (9)
- October 2020 (11)
- September 2020 (11)
- August 2020 (6)
- July 2020 (8)
- June 2020 (7)
- May 2020 (8)
- April 2020 (8)
- March 2020 (8)
- February 2020 (8)
- January 2020 (8)
- December 2019 (10)
- November 2019 (10)
- October 2019 (4)
- September 2019 (5)
- August 2019 (5)
- July 2019 (5)
- June 2019 (5)
- May 2019 (5)
- April 2019 (5)
- March 2019 (4)
- February 2019 (5)
- January 2019 (4)
- December 2018 (4)
- November 2018 (4)
- October 2018 (5)
- September 2018 (6)
- August 2018 (4)
- July 2018 (6)
- June 2018 (4)
- May 2018 (5)
- April 2018 (4)
- March 2018 (4)
- February 2018 (3)
- January 2018 (5)
- December 2017 (4)
- November 2017 (4)
- October 2017 (5)
- September 2017 (3)
- August 2017 (4)
- July 2017 (5)
- June 2017 (7)
- May 2017 (4)
- April 2017 (8)
- March 2017 (6)
- February 2017 (7)
- January 2017 (8)
- December 2016 (5)
- November 2016 (8)
- October 2016 (7)
- September 2016 (6)
- August 2016 (8)
- July 2016 (10)
- June 2016 (10)
- May 2016 (6)
- April 2016 (7)
- March 2016 (10)
- February 2016 (13)
- January 2016 (10)
- December 2015 (12)
- November 2015 (11)
- October 2015 (11)
- September 2015 (8)
- August 2015 (10)
- July 2015 (10)
- June 2015 (13)
- May 2015 (9)
- April 2015 (10)
Blogroll
- Ashkenasi You Tube Channel Videos of excerpts from several of Ashkenasi’s musicals
- Speakeasy Songs Soundcloud demo recordings of songs from the musical “Speakeasy”
- Follow Notes from a Composer on WordPress.com
Notes from a Composer
“Speakeasy” Selections
Tag Archives: movie
P&P NEW YORK MOVIE AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won the Silver Award for Horror from the New York Movie Awards
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Award, Awards, horror, movie, musicabre, New York, NYMA, Silver, The Pit and the Pendulum
3 Comments
MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS
Just found out that I’ve been nominated for Best Director by the Maverick Movie Awards! Another laurel on the “Tell-Tale Heart” wall. And while I’m here, since yesterday was Valentine’s Day…
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Awards, director, Edgar Allan Poe, Maverick, movie, musicabre, nominee, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Valentine's Day
Leave a comment
INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARD
Email received 4:39 pm, January 15, 2020 From: Independent Horror Movie Awards To: me Congratulations, your film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won Best Actor (Danny Ashkenasi) at the 2019 Independent Horror Movie Awards (Winter Edition)! It was also nominated for Best Short, Best … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Best Short, director, Editing, film short, horror, Independent, movie, nomination, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, winner
Leave a comment
NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDS
The New York Movie Awards have given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” the award for Best Actor and the runner up Honorable Mention Award for Original Score Also, this just in: “The Tell-Tale … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Honorable Mention, movie, New York, Original Score, The Tell-Tale Heart
Leave a comment
The Belligerent Homophobe Who Ruined Rocketman For Us
The three or four loud sneezes that erupted behind us during the 20 minutes of previews were a warning shot that all would not turn out alright for us during this screening of “Rocketman” in midtown Manhattan. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 2016 election, Arrival, Ben Wishaw, bigot, Braveheart, Cloud Atlas, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Gay, homophobia, James D'Arcy, LGBTQ, love scene, MAGA, movie, Pride, Rocketman, Taran Egerton, Trump, Trumpian
1 Comment
THE DAY I MURDERED MY HUSBAND – Tell-Tale Shoot Diary #3
Welcome back to the “Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” film shoot diary, and the day I murdered my husband. Repeatedly. Take after take after take. Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” centers on a “very very dreadfully … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged assault, Austin Lepri, black and white, chamber piece, cinematography, Ed Elder, Edgar Allan Poe, eye, flashback, Jason Chua, movie, murder, musicabre, musical, Opera, pas a deux, set, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, vulture
1 Comment
TELL-TALE PEEK INTO THE ON SET MONITOR – Tell-Tale Shoot Diary #1
Last week was production week for the short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“. One day of set-up, 6 days of shooting, 9-10 hour days that by the weekend became 11-15 hour days. Everyone worked very hard and … Continue reading
EXITING ETERNITY’S GATE
Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged At Eternity's Gate, cinematography, corridor, death of Van Gogh, Ed Elder, exit, German, Landmark 57, light, Loving Vincent, movie, photography, sci fi, Van Gogh
2 Comments
TELL-TALE REVEAL!
So what is the big new deal with “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“? OK! Aright! I know you’ve been on tenterhooks! The suspense has been killing you! But only figuratively. Not literally, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage, Musicabilia
Tagged Cinema, Edgar Allan Poe, eye, horror, JahRockn, movie, musicabre, musical, nervous, Opera, recording studio, short film, stone dead, The Tell-Tale Heart, vulture
Leave a comment
HAPPY SONGS FOR DARK TIMES #2: Miss Marple, Tatu, and the Chipper Harpsichord
Theme from Miss Marple – Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra A while back I promised there would be a series of Happy Tunes for Dark Times to highlight what I consider sure fire musical mood boosters. What with ever escalation Twitter … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Agatha Christie, dark times, Frau Borbonus, happy, happy dance, harpsichord, Mamma Mia, Margaret Rutherford, Miss Marple, movie, music, Tatu, theme music
1 Comment
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH JAKE – Will it Lead to Sunday in the Cinema with Jake?
When you see a theater production of a piece you know well and love well, after having seen wonderful and celebrated productions of the piece many times before, including the original Broadway production, and watched the dvd of that production … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On
Tagged Annaleigh Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, Cary Fukunaga, Cyndi Lauper, Finishing the Hat, George Seurat, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kinky Boots, Lapine, Mandy Patinkin, Masters of Sex, movie, musical, NineStories, Riva Marker, Robert Sean Leonard, Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George
Leave a comment
MERYL STREEP SINGS AGAIN – REALLY BADLY THIS TIME! YEAH!
Last August I posted a (lavishly video annotated) piece about Meryl Streep’s musical performances over the years (which you can reread below). I concluded the article with the following: Streep’s movie musical career continues with Florence Foster Jenkins, a movie … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged biopic, Carnegie Hall, Empire, Florence Foster Jenkins, Guardian, Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, movie, Stephen Frears, Telegraph, U.K., Variety
1 Comment
“CAROL” & THERESE – “SPEAKEASY” & JANE – stories from the time when lesbian love dared not say its name
I love the movie “Carol”. It is one of the best movies of the year, masterful on all levels. While I was watching it, I kept on thinking: “How exquisitely swoony”. Refined and restrained on the one … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1930s, 1950s, Alice in Wonderland, Carol, Cate Blanchett, drama, homosexual, Jane Allison, lesbian, magical realism, movie, musical, musical comedy, Rooney Mara, Speakeasy, Therese, Through the Looking Glass
Leave a comment
Catching HALLOWEEN around HALLOWEEN 1978 in a seedy New York theater
My father insists that the movie theater or rather many of the patrons in the theater were scarier than anything that was happening on the screen. Possibly. I was eleven and not world-weary enough to be wary of the pot-smoking … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On
Tagged 1978, American Forces Network, audience reaction, creature feature, Halloween, Hammer, Hitchcock, horror, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Michael Myers, movie, New York, permissive parenting, Psycho, seedy, The Exorcist, theater, Universal
Leave a comment
An appreciation of E. L. DOCTOROW and RAGTIME, the book and the musical
E. L. Doctorow, one of the giants of contemporary literature has passed. I have read nine of his twelve books, a ratio and record I have equaled in passion and loyalty with only two other contemporary authors, John Irving and … Continue reading
Notes from a Composer 