We’re very pleased to introduce you to all of our Blood of the Tribades cast (film web site) over the next few weeks. The film is currently raising money for production on Kickstarter. Chloé Cunha as Élisabeth (production still) Chloé … Read More
Magnetic wins Best Soundtrack and Honorable Mention Sci fi Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20161019061254/http://fantasmagoricalfilmfest.com/filmfestival-winners/ Magnetic at Fantasmagorical FandomFest! Fantasmagorical Friday, 8/07/15 Kentucky International Convention CenterLouisville, KY Room 217 – Fantasy Feature Films8:20 pm Magnetic 1 hr 19 min 57 sec FRIDAY FILM SCHEDULERoom 2135:30pm Devil You … Read More
Cinema Somerville Outdoor short film series at the Somerville Community Growing Center Cinema Somerville is collaborating with Smart Space and Launch Over to present an August Movie Night series at the Somerville Community Growing Center. Each Thursday night event will include … 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’re very excited to be performing tonight at one of the raddest venues in the region, The Last Safe and Deposit Company in Lowell. Show starts at 9 PM! Free! We share the bill with Walker. and Rhode Iceland. Walker. … Read More
Donita Sparks Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
THE CASTING CALL FOR BLOOD OF THE TRIBADES HAS CLOSED. https://www.facebook.com/BloodoftheTribades https://launchover.com/launch/film/blood-of-the-tribades/ ABOUT THE FILM:We’re looking to blend some of the sparse, surrealist, weirdo 70s arthouse euro vampire French stuff like The Shiver of the Vampires (1971), Lips of Blood … Read More
We are so honored and thrilled that MAGNETIC was Runner Up Best Sci-Fi Feature at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival! MagneticSaturday, August 29th at 1:50pm in Screening Room B Facebook
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ had a great time playing Harlow’s Pub in Peterborough, NH. Friday, June 26th with NH’s finest rock band, Hug the Dog! We also celebrated our good friend, Seth Chatfield’s birthday, you can see him in this awesome music video … Read More
Girls in the Garage Boston Festival Three days of female fury! Three glorious nights celebrating the women of Boston Rock ‘n’ Roll!June 18, 19 and 20 at The Lizard Lounge Cambridge – Facebook event Ticket LINKS:June 18: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1635407June 19: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1635427June 20: … Read More
We enjoyed being part of the Best of the 48HFP Boston this year and getting a few nominations and an award! We were nominated for Best Music, Best Ensemble Cast, and Best Ending (didn’t get a photo of that screen) and … Read More
Magnetic at Gen Con! Saturday, August 1st, 1:00PM Westin Grand Ballroom IV Gen Con Film Festival Indianapolis, IN Facebook Sophia and Michael are also participating in some filmmaking panels while at Gen Con! Sophia: Film Pre-Production – Panel Thurs 11AM … Read More
Local videos, including our, “For the love of metamorphosis…” celebrated at Community Vault! Tickets: http://communityvault.weebly.com/tickets.html Somerville Neighborhood News Story With media production technologies changing rapidly, our community is overdue for a retrospective of the productions and visions created and expressed locally … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is very excited to be opening up Glitterotica 2: Revenge of the Glitter at Oberon in Harvard Square on June 5th. Doors at 7:30PM we play promptly at 8PM. We’ll be joined on … Read More
TEN is now available for streaming by Big Star Movies Subscribers! (Also available on other platforms: http://tenthemovie.com/seeten.html ) Their review ( http://www.bigstar.tv/movie/ten-2014 ): “…If you are a die-hard, grindhouse, blood and gore fanatic, this film will be right up your dark alley, trust me! … Read More
We really like doing long interviews that allow us the space to talk about our ideas and goals in creative pursuits. This interview with (re)Search My Trash is a really nice full discussion of the ideas in TEN. Check … Read More
Molly Devon Now that TEN is out in the world, we wanted to check in with our cast and crew to see what they’ve been doing since we finished shooting TEN. 1. Looking back, what was your favorite part about … Read More
We’re excited to be heading back to the Sanford International Film Festival with Magnetic! TEN played there last year and we had such a lovely time at this community-driven fest. Sophia plans to be in attendance at the screening! Magnetic … Read More
We are so honored and thrilled that MAGNETIC was Runner Up Best Sci-Fi Feature at The International Horror Hotel! Magnetic Saturday, June 6th – Screening Room B 11 AMThe International Horror Hotel Film FestivalClarion Inn6625 Dean Memorial Parkway, Hudson OH … Read More
Photo of Porcfhest 2012 by Ryan Evans http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhino8888/7229461834/ https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ played at Somerville Porchfest 2015! Later in the evening (we’re on around 10:45 PM), we’ll be playing the Porchfest afterparty at Cuisine en Locale. They’ve got music all day there with … Read More
Kerri Lynch Now that TEN is out in the world, we wanted to check in with our cast and crew to see what they’ve been doing since we finished shooting TEN. 1. Looking back, what was your favorite part about … Read More
Jade Sylvan Now that TEN is out in the world, we wanted to check in with our cast and crew to see what they’ve been doing since we finished shooting TEN. (Jade not only played the renegade, but wrote the … Read More
Now that TEN is out in the world, we wanted to check in with our cast and crew to see what they’ve been doing since we finished shooting TEN. 1. Looking back, what was your favorite part about making TEN? … Read More
Photo Credit: Jonathan Beckley Now that TEN is out in the world, we wanted to check in with our cast and crew to see what they’ve been doing since we finished shooting TEN. 1. Looking back, what was your favorite … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library was named #3 Best Alternative Rock Band from Boston on Itcher! It’s an awesome list with old friends and new favorites included! Check it out! “All that moustache wax could theoretically be overpowering and … 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
Porcelain Dalya Now that TEN is out in the world, we wanted to check in with our cast and crew to see what they’ve been doing since we finished shooting TEN. Our first interview is with Porcelain Dalya, who played … Read More
We couldn’t be more excited to be opening up for one of our musical heros, Lydia Lunch/Retrovirus on Friday May 1st at 13th Floor Lounge in Florence MA (near Northampton!). Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, NO-WAVE, and LL’s later work … Read More
We’re very excited to say that after a a year of running the film festival circuit and playing at ten festivals, TEN is finally out via BrinkVision! You can see a list of places to watch TEN below. More outlets … Read More
Porcelain Dalya‘s writing/directorial debut, One is now available to watch! We have worked with Dalya on too many things to count at this point (including her award-winning role as the co-ed in TEN movie) and we were happy to help … Read More
We spent a very fun Patriot’s day doing cinematography and sound on Izzy Lee‘s latest short created for The Stanley Film Festival Filmmaking Frenzy competition. Go vote for it by giving it a like here. photo by Timothy Porter Invisible … Read More
We are so honored and thrilled that MAGNETIC won Best Sci-Fi Feature at Motor City Nightmares! Magnetic Motor City Nightmares Film Festival April 25th 12 PM – Kensington RoomNovi, Michigan Facebook
ALL THINGS HORROR: BUFF17: MAGNETIC Offers Smart, Contemplative Sci-F…: “Magnetic furthers a trend found in the couple’s previous film Ten. The directors’ interest do not lie in telling traditional narratives that spell out what is going on from point A to B to … Read More
I was lucky enough to win a couple of Audio-Technica microphone systems from Performer. Here is the final summary article I wrote for Performer Here was my original exploration of the microphones: And I finally got to opening them up … Read More
Subscribe and check out The Film Thrills Podcast on iTunes or The Film Thrills Libsyn Page. Be sure to also like The Film Thrills Podcast on Facebook and leave them a review on iTunes or Libsyn! Download our episode at one of the above links or … Read More
The Magnetic original score and soundtrack by Night Kisses is out! Night Kisses is an ad-hoc project, created to score and supplement the music of the film. The band, comprised of Catherine Capozzi (Axemunkee), directors Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein, … Read More
We had a grand world premiere of Magnetic at The Boston Underground Film Festival! 3/29/15 at 12 PM at The Brattle Theatre. Facebook Event We’re also excited that films we helped out on in some capacity are also showing … Read More
Sophia and Michael were on the The Lotuscast 3/12 talking about movies (TEN and Magnetic), music, all kinds of nonsense, and our Reptilian overlords. “EXPLICIT CONTENT!The Lotuscast brings you a mash-up of daily headlines, entertainment news, personal issues and the occasional … Read More
An LP and black coffee start the day off for these women. They could be roommates, they could be sisters, they could even be the same person — yet they could not be further apart. Aloud’s music video for the … Read More
Final film poster with text – hi-res available on our web site We’re very excited to share some awesome artwork created for Magnetic by Craig Maher. We had previously worked with Craig on https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/‘s Art-Music Exchange, for which he created … Read More
TEN is closing out its festival run with a splash! Facebook Event Full Line-up “Jennifer’s Bodies is a roving annual festival of female-helmed horror movies and part of Women In Horror Recognition Month, an international assortment of affiliated events organised … Read More
Sophia and Michael are LA-based filmmakers, musicians, and writers Sophia Cacciola sophia@sophiacacciola.com [Facebook][Twitter][IMDB] Michael J. Epstein mje@michaeljepstein.com [Facebook][Twitter][IMDB] Join Our Mailing Lists – Launch Over Films Blood of the Tribades, TEN, Magnetic Music Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling … Read More
Watch on Amazon Prime! Created “For the love of…” with Boston Storytellers at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston February 8, 2015 Jade Sylvan, host; author of Kissing Oscar Wilde, poet, performerSophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein, filmmakersWes Hazard, comedian, … Read More
One of our big goals right now is to establish a physical Launch Over film studio sometime in the next few years. We want to create a hub for independent filmmakers in Somerville and the greater Boston area to come … Read More
Show Program Bring Us Your Women, an homage to historical, holy, and mythological women will present a live program of music, dance, and film premieres at ART’s Oberon Theater on Friday, February 27 with an international cast and crew of … Read More
not a movie set scar! 2014 had its ups and downs… We managed to make a whole movie, Magnetic. We traveled with TEN at festivals and got distribution for it (will be out in April), and record some songs. … Read More
Sophia and Michael no longer host the Wiretap Wednesday. It happens the first Wednesday of the month. Justin P. Drew is the current host. You can contact him here or find the latest information on the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wiretapwed
Tonight! 12/27/14 – 9 PM – $8Davis Square Theatre Revel in one last raucous burst of holiday cheer with a night of music and comedy from your friends at Old School Game Show, all to benefit Last Hope K9 Rescue! … Read More
JD Samson Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola. Edited by Michael J. Epstein
Lydia Lunch Interviewed by Tanya Pearson. Filmed by Sophia Cacciola. Edited by Michael J. Epstein