The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Daytrotter Session!
We had mentioned a while back about The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library‘s visit to Daytrotter’s Horseshack studio in Rock Island, IL (more photos, videos, and info here)! (I had also previously done a Neutral Uke Hotel / The Motion Sick session and, we … Read More
Bring Us Your Women – the music and film!
Sophia and Michael are featured on the new Bring Us Your Women album, a project led by Catherine Capozzi. The album release also coincides with a film anthology, with a short film by one of 13 filmmakers from around the … Read More
Evil Stew’s “Planchette” featuring Sophia and Michael now available streaming on Amazon and YouTube! [short film won “Outstanding Original Song” and “Outstanding Sound Design” at the Boston Indie Mafia Wicked Film Challenge]
Planchette A carefully planned Halloween party takes a dark turn when the guests discover Ouija is more than just a game. We are excited to announce that “Planchette” is an official selection of several film festivals! Planchette Official Site … Read More
Sophia and Michael’s 2018 in Review
What was 2018? Who knows? We shaved the sides of our heads. We had a busy year; probably our biggest news this year was finishing Clickbait, bringing it to festivals, and signing a distribution deal for it to come out … Read More
Sophia and Michael’s 2017 in Review
2017 was our first full year living in Los Angeles! Certainly a weird year in the world and that weirdness certainly seeped into our lives, but that did not stop us from having a productive year! One of the most … Read More
Sophia and Michael’s 2016 in Review
2016 was a year of big changes for us! The biggest being that we left our many-year home Boston for Los Angeles. You can read about why we chose to move here. We headed out in the Summer and went … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library featured in BANDED documentary on collaborative songwriting
Some years ago, Berklee PULSE filmed the The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, as we composed our three-part “Faith in Free” and collaborated with BalletRox (and choreographer Jane Allard) to perform it live at the Strand Theatre (Dorchester, Massachusetts). This … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsync – Scatterbrain “Down With the Ship (Slight Return)” thanks Noel Proulx
Blood of the Tribades Lipsync – Scatterbrain “Down With the Ship (Slight Return)” thanks Noel Proulx starring: Mary Widow Chloé Cunha Sophia Cacciola Zach Pidgeon Kristofer Jenson Seth Chatfield Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades Playlist of all … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsync – Sidewalk Driver “Dancing with her Friends” thanks John Doherty
Blood of the Tribades Lipsync Sidewalk Driver “Dancing with her Friends” Thanks John Doherty! starring: Mary Widow Chloé Cunha Sophia Cacciola Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades Playlist of all lipsyncs for Blood of the Tribades … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Fright Night Horror Weekend Film Festival on Sunday 11/27 Louisville, KY
Blood of the Tribades at Fright Night Horror Weekend Film Festival – November 25-27, 2016 – Louisville, KY Blood of the Tribades 1hr 18min Sunday Room B 12:15pm Another film that Michael and Sophia had a small part in, The Ungovernable Force … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best Retro Feature at Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival on Monday, November 7th at Eastern Hills Cinema in Williamsville, New York (Sophia and Michael will be in attendance!)
Blood of the Tribades Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival November 4-13, 2016 Eastern Hills Cinema in Williamsville, New York Sophia and Michael will be in attendance! Monday, Nov. 7th at 9 pm Ticket Information We’re a festival highlight on Buffalo News! Coverage on … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best Feature (overall) at Imaginarium Convention Film Festival 2016!
Blood of the Tribades won Best Feature (overall) at Imaginarium Convention! 2016 Imaginarium Convention – Imaginarium Convention Below is a complete list of Film Festival and Imadjinn Award winners for Imaginarium 2016. We extend our gratitude to all who participated … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Upstate NY Horror Film Festival on Saturday 10/15 Rochester, NY
Blood of the Tribades at Upstate NY Horror Film Festival – October 15-16, 2016 – Rochester, NY Saturday, Oct 15, 2016 – Block 4 Screening Information – Facebook event “Its the 3rd year and the biggest horror film festival to come to Rochester NY … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best Score at GENRE BLAST Film Festival in Culpeper, VA 08/19/16
Blood of the Tribades at GENREBLAST Film Festival, Culpeper VA Friday, August 19, 2016 @ 11:59PM Screening Information We are incredibly honored to have won the award for BEST SCORE! (listen at Blood of the Tribades Soundtrack ) We were also … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Starburst Film Festival, Manchester UK 8/28/16
Blood of the Tribades at STARBURST International Film Festival, Manchester UK! Saturday, August 28 2016 Screening Information Directors Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein will be in attendence at the festival! “A busy 3 days of Cult TV, Comics with screenings … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at GENCON, Indianapolis 8/4/16!
Blood of the Tribades at GENCON Film Festival Thursday, August 4, 2016 @ 10pm Screening Information – directors Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein in attendance! PANELS: Fri 8/5 10:00AM – Sophia is on a Pre-production panel Fri 8/5 … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Fantasmagorical Film Festival in Louisville, KY 7/31/16
Blood of the Tribades at Fantasmagorical Film Festival! Winner Best 70’s Throwback Film! Winner Best Vampire Film! “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsynching: Outsider “Hero” !!! Thanks Phil White!
Outsider “Hero” Thanks to Kickstarter backer Phil White! starring: International superhero Warren Lynch! Playlist of all lipsyncs for Blood of the Tribades Playlists of lipsync videos from our previous films Magnetic and TEN
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling last east coast show and release for our new EP, In the Village (hear it now!) Plus hear us talk about the history of DNFMOMD and about the show on Boston Emissions with Anngelle Wood
It’s our east coast farewell show at Middle East Downstairs!!! June 23rd9 PM Psychic Dog10 PM Endation11 PM Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling12 AM Petty Morals Tickets $12 Adv / $15 at the door Advance ticket link / Facebook … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Origins Film Festival, Columbus, OH 6/11/16
Blood of the Tribades at Origins Film Festival June 18, 2016 @ 11pm Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious dogma. Immersive, … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at International Horror Hotel, Hudson, OH 6/11/16
Blood of the Tribades at International Horror Hotel! June 11, 2016 @ 10:55pm in Screening Room B – Hudson, OH Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and … Read More
Watch Thirteen: a new short film that premiered at Museum of Fine Arts on Friday the 13th!
Thirteen (2016) dir. Sophia Cacciola from Launch Over – Cacciola / Epstein on Vimeo. Thirteen was created for an MFA Friday the 13th event: “Orestes (detail),” 1922-25, John Singer Sargent Vellumsound Presents Friday the 13th at the Museum of … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Phoenix Comicon 6/3/16!
Blood of the Tribades at Phoenix Comicon! June 3rd, 2016 at 8:30PM in West 102B Screening Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, and the violence wrought from religious … Read More
El Loco Nihilismo: a film for the 48 Hour Film Project 2016 Boston by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library
Playlist of all of our 48 Hour Films: Playlist of all of the 48hfp Boston 2016 films (will add more as we find them): Various Original Scores by Catherine CapozziThis was year five, and very likely our final year participating … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at International Vampire Film and Arts Festival in Transylvania!
Blood of the Tribades at International Vampire Film and Arts Festival in Transylvania, Romania! From Stoker to Rice; from Nosferatu to classic Hammer onto Twilight, The Strain and beyond – the vampire genre is the world’s most enduring and influential horror … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best Acting (Ensemble) at Sanford International Film Festival – 5/27/16
Blood of the Tribades at Sanford International Film Festival in Sanford, Maine! This is our third year in a row at SIFF and we couldn’t be more delighted to be included in this year’s programming! May 27, 2016 @ 4:30PM … Read More
Blood of the Tribades at Vienna Fright Nights on 5/11/16!
Blood of the Tribades at Fright Nights: The Ultimate Festival of Angst in Vienna, Austria! May 11th, 2016 Information “…the film is a love letter to offbeat lesbian vampire films that offers powerful discourse on self-identity, feminism, … Read More
Michael joins panel for Cambridge Arts Mixer at Danger!Awesome – June 2, 2016 6:30 – 8 PM
Facebook Event June 2, 2016 6:30 – 8 PM danger!Awesome underground 645 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA We’re excited to share this line-up of panelists: – Julie Barry from Cambridge Arts Council – Frank Morris from Cambridge Community Television and NeighborMedia … Read More
The Color of Air podcast extensive interview with Sophia and Michael (2nd interview with The Color of Air)
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 a second interview with us (Sophia and Michael), following up our 2014 interview.. … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsync – “Rock and Roll Part 2” thanks Kickstarter backer Joe Renken
“Rock and Roll Part 2” Thanks to Kickstarter backer Joe Renken! And yes, GG is terrible. starring: Mary Widow Chloé Cunha Zach Pidgeon Kristofer Jenson Seth Chatfield Sophia Cacciola Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades Playlist … Read More
Blood of the Tribades wins Best New England Film at the Boston Underground Film Festival – 3/27/2016 Brattle Theatre (World Premiere) – Cambridge, MA
BUFF Bacchus created by the Whore Church Blood of the Tribades won Best New England Film at the Boston Underground Film Festival! The film world premiered to a sold-out crowd at The Brattle Theatre on (vampire) Easter as part of … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsynching: Katrina & The Waves “Walking on Sunshine” thanks Rachel Eddey
Katrina & the Waves “Walking on Sunshine“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Rachel Eddey! starring: Kristofer Jenson, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Michael J. Epstein Playlist of all lipsyncs for Blood of the … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsynching: The Incredible String Band “Witches Hat” thanks to kickstarter backer Esther Y. Smith
The Incredible String Band “Witches Brew”“ Thanks to Kickstarter backers Esther Y. Smith starring: Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Kristofer Jenson Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Michael J. Epstein Playlist of … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsynching: Tom Waits “16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six” – Thanks to Kickstarter backer John Walsh!
Tom Waits “16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six”“ Thanks to Kickstarter backers John Walsh & Jane Allard starring: Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Kristofer Jenson Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Sophia … Read More
“The Unnaturals” short story published in the anthology Dystopian Express by Hydra Publications
My short Story, “The Unnaturals” has been published in Hydra Publications‘ anthology Dystopian Express! It is a prose rewrite of the opening segment of a screenplay that we are writing/developing. In it, I tell the story of citizen Serug … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsynching: Poison “Talk Dirty to Me” – Thanks to Kickstarter backer Sarah Steinberg Heller!
Poison “Talk Dirty to Me“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Sarah Steinberg Heller! starring: Michael J. Epstein, Mary Widow, Chloé Cunha, Seth Chatfield, Zach Pidgeon, Kristofer Jenson Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Sophia Cacciola Playlist of all lipsyncs for … Read More
Blood of the Tribades Lipsynching: Depeche Mode “Shake the Disease” – Thanks to Kickstarter backer Kenneth McKlinkski!
still of Sophia from Blood of the Tribades Depeche Mode “Shake the Disease“ Thanks to Kickstarter backer Kenneth McKlinski! ! starring: Sophia Cacciola Shot on the set of Blood of the Tribades by Michael Epstein Playlist of all lipsyncs … Read More
MAGNETIC available now exclusively on Steam! 33% off this week!
We are very excited to announce that Magnetic is available now exclusively on Steam for a very low introductory price for rent or purchase! http://store.steampowered.com/app/440140
Boston Hassle’s first annual #HassleTelethon on SCATV includes our film, “For the love of metamorphosis” – March 4th at 10am until March 5th at 10am, 2016
Boston Hassle Telethon – GIVE HERE Boston Hassle’s 1st Annual 24 Hour Telethon AND Performance Marathon!!! …featuring: Ben Hersey, Id M Theft Able, Sun Rad, Luxardo, LSDV, Mike Simonelli, Casey Crawford, The Trofessor, Coorain Devin, the Firehouse, Neil Horsky, Lankville Daily … Read More
Here’s why we’re leaving Boston for L.A.
Source: unknown UPDATE: We’re quite humbled that our little note to our friends about moving has sparked a lot of discussion and coverage of that discussion. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has written a response for the Boston Globe! I also … Read More
Sophia and Michael video interviews by Fallon’s Daily Toast, SaGaTalk, and Indie Rising!
We’ve recently had the great chance to do a string of interviews about our film and music endeavors. If you want to know more about what makes us tick and what we’re ticking about, here you go! And check out: … Read More
Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein for Joint Overlord of Planet Earth as we battle Vermin Supreme and Captain Titus!
Our enemy, the clown There are a lot of small minds fighting for the tiny, meaningless position of President of the United States. Witchworks Films has been documented a much more important battle – the battle for Overlord of Planet … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s “Amylee” on CBS’s Player Style Files with Bronson Arroyo
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ song “Amylee” appears in the background of CBS’s Player Style Files with Bronson Arroyo at 3:42. Volume One by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library
Sophia and Michael’s 2015 in Review!
poster created by kristilyn-zombie romance Blood of the Tribades 2015 was the year of vampires! We spent much of the second half of the year shooting and doing pre-and-post production on our third feature film, Blood of the Tribades. Shot … Read More
FAT movie released!
FAT movie, starring Mel Rodriguez (Better Call Saul, Getting On, The Last Man on Earth, etcetera) is released today on iTunes, Hulu, and Amazon! Directed by Mark Phinney, FAT tells the story of Ken won’t change his ways. Addicted to food, Ken … Read More
Friday Night Films’ Idioms Origins Volume 1 Trailer – MJE cameo
I had the pleasure of making a small appearance in this Friday Night Films (YouTube channel) project as the manager of The Store and the guy in the ads for “Get Abs in 30 days” (and others)! The workout regimen to prepare … Read More
Magnetic wins Claw Award for Best Special Effects at the Terror Film Festival! Also nominated for Best Feature and Best Director!
Magnetic wins Terror Film Festival’s 2015 Claw Awards for Best Special Effects!!!
Bring Us Your Women: Kali (content advisory: implied assault)
Kali In February, Catherine Capozzi and friends (including us) presented a live performance, album, and film anthology called Bring Us Your Women. Once a month, for 14 months, we will be releasing a film from the anthology each month. If … Read More
Michael J. Epstein interviewed by Boston Magazine on the science of scary sounds!
“You could probably write software that lets you pick the level of tension for a certain scene, and it would score it for you,” he says. “In a purely functional way, I’m not even convinced humans could do it better.” I … Read More