"(There’s one gasp-giggle moment that feels hilariously transgressive, for a children’s film or indeed any film.)"
- I did something even louder than gasp and then guffawed lengthily at that moment (one that involves Meryl Streep no less!).
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Another Short Short Film Shoot
Tuesday I traveled to Woodside, Queens, to shoot another short film in short order – all in an afternoon’s work.
#shortfilm #LGBTQIA
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Practicing one of my lines in “Sunset on Hudson” in triplicate.
The dialogue was shot in Spanish, English and German.
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NEW BLOG POST:
Film Shoot and Ice Flows on the Hudson
A Trilingual Short Film in a Winter Panorama
#shortfilm #photography #winter
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My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #124
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NEW BLOG POST:
Snow Storm on Our Street
#photography #winter #blizzard
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My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #123
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NEW BLOG POST:
Light Play on the Window Sill
#photography
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My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #122
Definitely still the season/weather for this one...
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They're turning the Justice Department into a shithouse - so all the decent attorneys are leaving, no one worthy is applying to fill the growing void, only barely qualified MAGA trollawyers are getting hired, but there are not even enough of those.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
NEW BLOG POST:
Solaris Film festival Awards "Prelude to a Death"
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(But at least the NYTimes has stopped beating around the bush when it comes to Trump and this White House's obvious racism and white supremacy.)
NEW BLOG POST:
Ian McKellen Performs Shakespeare's Immigrant Speech on the Late Show
The whole interview is delightful but the definite highlight is McKellen's performance of the "Immigrant" speech Shakespeare contributed to the play “Thomas More”.
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NEW BLOG POST:
Vermont Winter
Frozen waterfalls at dusk and snowy landscapes in the sun.
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My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #121
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Ethan cracks the whip ... and jumps rope... with fire!
From "FIRE-SPINNING in the SNOW": dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/17/f...
“It was self-defense. She had a weapon.”
Cartoon in a German Newspaper
NEW BLOG POST: Song of Songs of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions
Continuing to find installment titles in the Old Testament, one would think that, as a composer, I would have availed myself of “Song of Songs” sooner, no?
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Fire-spinning with swords.
More:
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My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #120
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Ethan spinning those fiery hoops.
From "FIRE-SPINNING in the SNOW": dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/17/f...
"You didn't give me the Peace trophy, so now I'm going to throw a big bad War tantrum! Waah! (tosses tariffs and/or gunships)"
Madness.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Linked Greenland Push to Nobel Prize Snub, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
It’s been a Ralph Fiennes weekend.
Two very contrasting performances in two extremely contrasting movies, and all - performances and movies - very very good!
NEW BLOG POST:
FIRE-SPINNING in the SNOW
Hoops and Swords and Whips, Oh My!
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My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #119
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More views from yesterday's NO ICE! NO KINGS! NO WAR! post: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/11/n...
NEW BLOG POST:
NO ICE! NO KINGS! NO WAR!
Photo/video diary from today's protest march in NYC
#photography #ReneeGood #Protest #NYC
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Sending a message from the golden Latrine on 5th ave to the gilded cesspool in DC:
