Women of Rock Oral History Project interview with Laura Ballance
LAURA BALLANCE INTERVIEW BY KATE SUMNER FILMED BY KATE SUMNER December, 2014
Lloyd Kaufman of Troma writes the cast and crew of TEN a thank you note for his voice cameo!
David Joseph Clarke, first assistant director for TEN ran into Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman in Melbourne (where David currently does quite a bit of film and film festival work) and Lloyd wrote us this lovely note! @ReallyDJC @TENthemovie @SophiaCacciola @MichaelJEpstein I meant every … Read More
Michael is a cam-op on The Ungovernable Force – punksploitation – available now!
Very excited to have been a camera operator on Ungovernable Films‘ The Ungovernable Force over the past few months and to share this first-look teaser for it! (NSFW) “Exploitation/grindhouse feature film from Ungovernable Films, featuring all your favorite ungovernable motifs like … Read More
It’s Not Funny Anymore (local film!) kickstarter!
A stand up comic has to decide if he can keep performing material based on his own life issues. Set in the comedy world, It’s Not Funny Anymore is about mental illness in creative people who have to decide if … Read More
MAGNETIC RECAP: Day 12 – Daughters of Ra
We knew we had some additional backstory to shoot to fill in some expository sections, and after assembling the first rough cut of MAGNETIC in September, we decided to include some Ra worship. So off we went looking for a church … Read More
MAGNETIC Recap: Days 11, 13 and 14 – pick-up, extra scenes- more sheep and flashbacks!
Kelly Davidson instagram of eye close-up very elaborate set! Day 11 (May 28th) we did some pick-up shooting of the car driving (mostly going down the highway from another car!) and we got some close-ups of hands and eyeballs! In … Read More
MAGNETIC Lip-Synching: Alice Cooper “Billion Dollar Babies”
MAGNETIC Kickstarter-reward lipsync goes out to kickstarter backer, The Barry Family! Starring Allix Mortis it’s Alice Cooper, “Billion Dollar Babies” – This song was Allix’s choice! Shot by Michael J. Epstein on the set of MAGNETIC!
MAGNETIC Recap: Day 10 DREAMS aka An Ode to Zombie Romance
It’s no secret that we love the work of kristilyn/Zombie Romance! ZR created the artwork for the TEN postcard that turned into the TEN Soundtrack art; we collaborated on The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Art/Music Exchange and on the … Read More
TEN – Louisiana Premiere at New Orleans Comic and Horror Film Festival – 11/21-23
We are very excited to announce that TEN will make its Louisiana premiere at the New Orleans Comic and Horror Film Festival We’re on Friday night, November 21st, at 6:30 PM in GRAND SALON SECTION C. ROOM 16We won’t be … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling on the Boston Does Boston comp covering Hallelujah the Hills being covered by Eldridge Rodriguez!
We’re very excited to have been included in the latest Boston Does Boston Compilation (The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library participated in the first go around of it covering Gene Dante and the Future Starlets and were covered by I-Pistol!). … Read More
Music Video for The Impulse Powers (shot and edited by Sophia and Michael)
Out today via a Vanyaland premiere is a music video for The Impulse Powers song, Knutsford that was shot by Michael and directed/edited by Sophia. The video was shot in the wilds of Knutsford, England (…oh wait, that’s just Waltham, MA) … Read More
TEN returns to Kentucky for screening at Fright Night Horror Weekend (Oct 3-5, 2014)!
We are very excited to announce that TEN will make a return to Louisville, KY for a screening at the Fright Night Horror Weekend / Halloween Show! We’re on Friday night, October 3rd, at 6:30 PM in the Popular Room! … Read More
TEN at Scare-A-Con Film Festival- Nominated for Best Cinematography!
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
MAGNETIC Recap: Day 9 THE PODS aka An Ode to KTRON
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: Imaginarium Film Festival – Louisville Kentucky 9/19/14
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
Sophia plays an NSA agent in Earth Heart music video for “NSA Song”
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
Music Video for Anda Volley (shot and edited by Michael and Sophia) “If I Turn into a Black Rose”
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
TEN featured in Fangoria magazine issue #335
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
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The Color of Air podcast extensive interview with Sophia and Michael about musical and film projects
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: Kentucky Premiere Fright Night Film Festival (Fandomfest) and Filmmaker Panel
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 Lip-Synching: Billy Joel “Piano Man”
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 special guest of Women in Film & Video’s Networking Night – tonight 7/1/14
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
Friends of TEN: Help put an Edgar Allan Poe bust at the Boston Public Library!
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 Lip-Synching: Misfiits “Hybrid Moments”
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
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Kickstarter reward tiers: in-depth looks at our campaigns for MAGNETIC and TEN
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
TEN: RI/Providence Premiere Terror Con Film Fest & Porcelain Dalya – Best Actress (Feature)!
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 Lip-Synching: Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club “Robot Cat”
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
Friends of TEN: The Ungovernable Force (punxploitation feature)
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 Lip-Synching: Danzig “Mother”
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
TEN Movie: Maine Premiere! Sanford Int. Film Fest 5/31 & 6/1
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
MAGNETIC recap: Days 6, 7, 8 of shooting!
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
MAGNETIC Lip-Synching: Hall and Oates “Private Eyes”
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
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library – “I’m the one who’s dead” video (explicit lyrics) – on the celebritization of murderers
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
CURVE Magazine reviews TEN!
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 Lip-Synching: Akon feat. Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Love You” NSFW
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
FAT the Film at Independent Film Festival Boston 4/25/14
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
MAGNETIC recap: Day 5 of shooting!
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
TEN’s world premiere weekend! recap from Brooklyn Girl Film Festival and Boston Underground Film Festival!
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
TEN World Premiere Weekend! 3/28 Brooklyn Girl Film Fest, 3/30 Boston Underground Film Festival
“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 Lip-Synching: “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople
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
Friends of TEN: our food sponsors on set!
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
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Sophia and Michael’s 2013 in Review!
Sophia & Michael hard at work 2013 was a weird and wonderful year of many projects of the film and music variety. Here is the past: 2012 Review – 2011 Review Before we get started, we made a few year-End Lists/Summaries: http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/12/30/bostonemissions-favoritesoftheyear2013/ http://trainwreckdsociety.com/2014/01/ … Read More
Michael & Sophia contribute short film to INTERFERENCE – Liars & Believers production – 2/12/14
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
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling ‘The Prisoner’ tribute “Episode 15: The Girl Who Was Death”
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
First teaser for MAGNETIC (2015) – psychological sci-fi film produced/directed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein, Starring Allix Mortis, cinematography by Kelly Davidson
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:
MAGNETIC Recap – the first four days of shooting: NYC and Western NY State – making movies and putting a GoPro on a sheep
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 Lip-Synching: ‘Panama’ by Van Halen
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,
TEN Kickstarter Reward: custom song for Fred Boak!
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
Farewell to The Pill!
I moved to Boston back in 1998 and despite my current rule about refusing to participate in any activity that involves moving the lower half of my body in sync with music, I used to actually like dancing. In 1998, … Read More
Boston Does Boston – Benefit CDs / Shows – MJEML plays 12/13 at Brighton Music Hall
Awesome artwork by Tyler Littwin Boston does Boston (Facebook) is a startup benefit series, wherein the city’s vast, diverse pool of musical talent comes together to re-imagine and re-record each other’s work for charity CDs and live events. (Read more about … Read More