When I was going through some health stuff recently, the very lovely Comfortably Lovely sent me the nicest care package! I can’t wait to start filling up my custom journal with ideas! IDEAS! Check out her etsy store & facebook! … Read More
TEN screened at the Scare-A-Con Film Festival at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona New York and we were nominated for “Best Cinematography“! Screening Schedule (check the official site for changes and updates) FRIDAY Film Fest Room 1 … Read More
A very Magnetostatic Systems update! So this day has a lot of history to it, starting with our kickstarter. When we met our kickstarter goal with some time to spare we started dreaming up some stretch goals for how we … Read More
TEN won runner-up for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Genre Feature at the Imaginarium Film Festival! Co-directors, Michael and Sophia were very excited to attend the fest! We had an amazing weekend getting to chat with many … Read More
A social for filmmakers! The inaugural event was attended by 80 filmmakers, producers, writers, actors and production professionals who said, and we quote: “it was fun”, ” I had a wicked good time”, “when’s the next one?” and “lets do … Read More
Sophia donned her aviators and played a tough government agent for Earth Heart! from the band:“In this video, (Earth Heart) are caught on security camera breaking the rules like a couple of badass you’d run too… rock stars. The NSA was … Read More
Out today, a music video that we shot and edited for Anda Volley! We shot this in a few hours in the wilds of Cambridge one August afternoon: Read Anda’s blog about the video, excerpt: “Porcelain Dalya dances, making wavelets … Read More
UPDATE: TEN IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR EYES AND EARS! Buy the issue! “TEN is up to something a little different, looking to subvert audience expectations…and while TEN contains the scenario’s requisite blood and nudity, it veers off in directions … Read More
Go “like” the On The Town with Mikey Dee facebook page! OTTwMD plays local Boston music and is on every Wednesday from 9pm-Midnight and almost always features a live band around 10:30 – it’s on 91.5 WMFO – https://www.wmfo.org/.Send your CDs to the … Read More
We are very pleased to announce that The Color of Air, a weekly interview podcast hosted by Greg Massi, (Baliset, ex-Kayo Dot, ex-maudlin of the Well), has released an interview with us (Sophia and Michael). The Color of Air Facebook The … Read More
TEN is playing Friday August 1st at 6:30 PM in room KICC218 http://web.archive.org/web/20141219064849/http://www.fandomfest.com:80/fright-night-film-festival.html Full Schedule We are also hosting a panel at Fright Night: Make your movie: a conversation with the low-budget feature filmmakers of Fright Night / Fandomfest Sat … Read More
MAGNETIC Kickstarter-reward lipsync Billy Joel “Piano Man” chosen by Jade Sylvan. This was Jade’s original request:*Michael must be the primary performer, and the video must establish him as the protagonist “Piano Man.” *Sophia and Allix may have supporting roles, though … Read More
Sophia is very excited to have been invited to share some insights with the Women in Film and Video New England’s monthly meetup tonight at Park Restaurant in Harvard Square at 59 JFK street. 6:30PM-8:30PM. Are you ready for another … Read More
We at Launch Over aren’t quite ready to release all of the details, but we are starting work on a documentary telling the story of items sold in the backs of comic books and pulp magazines and we want to … Read More
Check out this very worthwhile project to bring a life-sized bronze bust of Edgar Allan Poe to the Boston Public Library. It has already been backed by Guillermo del Toro and us, so you’ll be in good company! In addition … Read More
MAGNETIC Kickstarter-reward lipsync Misfits – “Hybrid Moments” – Song chosen by Allix Mortis, dedicated to Kickstarter backer Noel Kelly!shot by Michael J. Epstein on the set of MAGNETIC! Art Direction for this shoot by Zombie Romance/Kristilyn Check out our other Kickstarter … Read More
So far, Sophia and I have run two modest Kickstarter campaigns – both successful – for our films TEN (stats on TEN) and MAGNETIC (I never wrote up my analysis, but Kicktraq summary of stats). In preparing for these campaigns, we spent a very … Read More
congrats to Porcelain Dalya!!! Michael’s photo ID TEN had its Rhode Island Premiere at the (first!) Terror Con Film Festival this past weekend and we won the Best Actress in a feature for Porcelain Dalya’s brilliant turn as the co-ed! … Read More
MAGNETIC Kickstarter-reward lipsync goes out to kickstarter backer, Phil White! Starring Allix Mortis and Tamora Gooding (as Sheep Dog), Rachel Leah Blumenthal (as Sheep), and Amy Macabre (as Wolf) it’s Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club’s “Robot Cat” Shot … Read More
On the Town with Mikey Dee (the local music show in WMFO – Michael and Sophia proudly DJ on this program, in addition to the wonderful rotating core of: JoEllen Saunders Yannis, Pammeke van der Feest, Phil Fleming, Andrew Wilson, … Read More
Friends of TEN is our blog series briefly highlighting fundraisers and projects that are associated with independent film, particularly genre film. If you love exploitation films as much as we do, go check out the Kickstarter campaign for The Ungovernable Force, a … Read More
MAGNETIC Kickstarter-reward lipsync goes out to kickstarter backer, Joe Renken! Starring Allix Mortis it’s Danzig‘s “Mother” !!! Lip-sync was shot by Kelly Davidson on the set of MAGNETIC! Find out more about MAGNETIC at: http://magneticthemovie.com/ Amazing pods built by KTRON! Check out our other … Read More
We had a great time at TEN’s Maine debut at the very first Sanford International Film Festival (SIFF facebook)! JCStarzzPhotography The Sanford International Film Festival is dedicated to entertaining the members of its community by providing a platform for the works … Read More
We’ve been very busy at Magnetostatic Systems! We had three full evenings of just shooting monitors and dialogue. Luckily this was set up at Epiola-Caccistein headquarters where it stayed for two weeks where we could keep coming back to it! … Read More
Playlist of all of our 48 Hour Films: This was year three of https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ participating in the 48 Hour Film Project! The latest addition to our Los Locos trilogy is LA LOCA BOCA! You can read our recaps and watch … Read More
behind-the-scenes photo by Kelly Davidson MAGNETIC lipsync goes out to kickstarter backer, SARAH WAIT ZARANEK! Starring Allix Mortis it’s Hall and Oates’ “Private Eyes” Also, as trivia, “Private Eyes” was not the song Allix actually danced to, the original song … Read More
Even as a young boy, I remember being extremely bothered by the attention given on the news to murderers and other violent criminals. I watched my friends beam with excitement when they happened to be in the right place at … Read More
Michael and Sophia are very excited to take Charles Dickens down a notch or two; and will be presenting a video to that effect! handbills! Monday, May 12th! Oberon!Weird Love Productions presents: The Literary Roast Did school assignments about Edgar … Read More
Go “like” the On The Town with Mikey Dee facebook page! OTTwMD plays local Boston music and is on every Wednesday from 9pm-Midnight and almost always features a live band around 10:30 – it’s on 91.5 WMFO – https://www.wmfo.org/.Send your CDs to the … Read More
You might all remember the Somerville Ogler from Darling Pet Munkee‘s “X-Ray Specs” video! Our wonderful ogling performer needs your help! https://www.facebook.com/TheJennyPiFund Hey Everyone!As many of you know, I’ve been struggling with some pretty severe medical challenges for the last several … Read More
http://www.curvemag.com/Review/Film/No-One-Is-Who-They-Seem-Not-Even-You/ What makes this movie stand out? It’s a slasher flick, and so much more. There is the play on identity as there is more than meets the eye for each and every one of them. Appearances can be – … Read More
MAGNETIC’s latest lipsync goes out to kickstarter backer, CHRIS MARCH! Allix Mortis as Akon and Sophia Cacciola as Snoop Dogg in “I Wanna Love You” Lip-sync was shot by Michael J. Epstein and Kelly Davidson with tech help from … Read More
Bubbles in the Think Tank is an awesome radio show that happens Saturday nights at 11pm on WMFO 91.5FM. This is year three of Bubbles in the Think Tank presenting a record about records for Record Store Day. The previous two … Read More
We’re super-excited to join Rob Potylo on his new radio show, The Rob Potylo Entertainment System on the brand-new radio station WEMFRadio today 4/18/14 at 5PM! It’s an internet station so power up your laptop! We’re going to play a … Read More
FAT is an independent, locally produced film with a rocking soundtrack that also boasts all Boston-local bands. FAT premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and it makes its Boston premiere at Independent Film Festival Boston! “Powered by an utterly … Read More
Last weekend we shuffled into the Sound Museum in Allston for a full day of shooting. And, if you’re wondering, yes, drummers are playing paradiddles at 9AM on Sunday morning. ALL IS RIGHT IN MUSIC. Luckily, we weren’t trying to … Read More
this is serious business. here I am pre-gaming with a vegan donut! This past weekend was a total whirlwind and we had the most amazing time premiering TEN at both the Brooklyn Girl Film Fest and the Boston Underground Film … Read More
“Imagine Scream crossed with The Usual Suspects…The art comes with meticulously framed shots full of color, the enjoyment with puzzling out the crazy plot twists.” – Boston Herald “…a Clue-esque, genre-mixing murder-mystery at a haunted mansion…with enough themes and tropes … Read More
MAGNETIC‘s Allix Mortis lip-syncs to Mott the Hoople’s “All the Young Dudes” with a little help from Production Assistants: Maggie Maraschino, Zach Pigeon, Catherine Capozzi and co-Producer/Director, Sophia Cacciola. This song is dedicated to MAGNETIC Kickstarter supporter, James Groshon ParkerLip-sync … Read More
TEN was very fortunate to have some help during shooting with feeding our 17 cast and crew on location for eight days! on the road to the set of TEN! Snack Factory sent us huge boxes of Pretzel Crisps – … Read More
Michael and I are very excited to have been asked to be a participating artist in the next Liars and Believers’ show, INTERFERENCE. We’ll be creating a short film/music video for a The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library song about … Read More
This Summer, we had the pleasure of taking part in the filming of a film competition TV pilot called UNCUT. A little coverage from Wicked Local! Essentially, four teams went through three elimination rounds during which they were given groups of … Read More
Go “like” the On The Town with Mikey Dee facebook page! OTTwMD plays local Boston music and is on every Wednesday from 9pm-Midnight and almost always features a live band around 10:30 – it’s on 91.5 WMFO – https://www.wmfo.org/.Send your CDs to the … Read More
Debuting over at BoingBoing today is our brand-new music video for “Episode 15: The Girl Who Was Death.” It’s the second The Prisoner recreation we’ve done (“Episode 1: Arrival” was a nearly-identical recreation of the opening sequence) – this time … Read More
MAGNETIC (2015) Teaser psychological sci-fi film produced/directed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein, Starring Allix Mortiscinematography by Kelly Davidson “DARK2LIGHT” by Night KissesMAGNETIC Movie Soundtrack Preview by Night Kisses LIKE MAGNETIC ON IMDB:
The very end of December saw our first four days of shooting for MAGNETIC! The main goal of this shoot was to film most of the exterior and long driving scenes. On December 28th, in one normal car, we stuffed: … Read More
MAGNETIC‘s Allix Mortis lip-syncs to Van Halen’s “Panama” This song is dedicated to MAGNETIC Kickstarter supporter Sooz! Happy Birthday Sooz! Lip-sync was shot by Kelly Davidson on the set of MAGNETIC. Find out more about MAGNETIC,
One of our TEN Kickstarter rewards was for Michael and Sophia to write a short song about you. Fred Boak was the only one to take us up on this reward, but after hearing this ode to Fred the Valet, … Read More
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ (The Michael J. Epstein Miracles on Ice) is very excited to be the house band for The Encyclopedia Show SomervilleMonday, October 14, 2013Davis Square Theatre255 Elm St., Somerville, Massachusetts 02144|7:00pm until 10:00pmFacebook Event Our theme for the show will … Read More
We only have infrequent open casting/crew call opportunities for film and video projects, but we get a lot of inquiries about how to find out when they opportunities arise. We do often post them on our blog (and on Facebook), … Read More