"The finest Western you'll see this year is set in aristocratic 16th-century France, in the heat of Counter-Reformation," declares Nick Pinkerton. Segueing into his interview with Bertrand Tavernier, Aaron Hillis, also in the Voice, sums up the gist of The Princess of Montpensier: "Adapted from Madame de la Fayette's classic novel, the film concerns a nubile, wealthy heiress (Mélanie Thierry) who loves a rugged hothead from the wrong clan (Gaspard Ulliel), but is forced by her father to marry another prince (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), leaving her to dwell on the too-modern desire for free will — defiantly bucking against the rigid traditions of her breed." Back to Pinkerton: "The setting always serves the performers rather than vice versa — though the film is also greatly enhanced by the costuming, the rugged French countryside photographed in outdoor-adventure CinemaScope, and Philippe Sarde's baroque-tribal score, its martial and romantic poles matching a tale of...
- 4/18/2011
- MUBI
The calm before the blockbuster storm. This weekend's offerings are mostly limited releases from notable film festivals. For starters we have the the critically-acclaimed Amardillo, A Screaming Man and The Princess of Montpensier making their post-Cannes debuts. And if that isn't your cup of tea there's always The Imperialists Are Still Alive! and The Double Hour, as choices because other than that, I wouldn’t put much stock in studio fares like Wes Craven’s reboot-rehash Scream 4. U.S Indie Atlas Shrugged: Part I - Paul Johansson - Rocky Mountain Pics. This questionable adaptation of Ayn Rand’s free-market manifesto is short on acting, story and production value. With computer-generated bullet trains and dystopian cityscapes, more suited for the syfy channel, this film from first-time producer John Agialoro was dead on arrival. Just ask Casey Jones. : 27% : 29.8% The Conspirator - Robert Redford - Roadside Attractions. Redford's period piece...
- 4/15/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
To give credit where it’s due, Footprints makes a game attempt at creating a love letter to a place that may be inherently unlovable: Hollywood Boulevard, in all its faded glory and present-day Hooters/Hard Rock Cafe tackiness. The film opens in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, where amnesiac protagonist Sybil Temtchine wakes up sprawled across celebrity hand- and shoeprints, and it rarely strays from the famous street. Over the course of a day, Temtchine wanders through old landmarks, tourist traps, and shameless monologues on nostalgic showbiz hokum, searching for clues to her identity. Footprints is the sort ...
- 4/14/2011
- avclub.com
Director: Steven Peros Writer: Steven Peros Starring: Sybil Temtchine, H.M. Wynant, Pippa Scott People often escape to Hollywood to start their lives anew...and once upon a time a young woman (Sybil Temtchine) wearing a green dress takes that quest quite literally. The woman mysteriously awakens, sprawled across the famed footprints and handprints in front of the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. We never learn her name (she seems to have amnesia) and she rarely speaks, but we are given the opportunity to listen to her internal dialogue. A series of "quirky Hollywood types" try to "help" the dazed and confused woman, including a vagrant (Jeris Lee Poindexter) and a man wearing a bolo tie, Victor (H.M. Wynant). Is she Mira Sorvino? Is she Wonder Woman? Is she Daisy? Why is William Wyler's 1949 film The Heiress important to her? And who the hell is "fountain boy"? With Footprints,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Steven Peros
Starring: Sybil Temptchine
If someone were to awaken sprawled across the ground along Hollywood Boulevard with no recollection of how she arrived there, it seems improbable that she would also be well-dressed and meticulously manicured. Somehow, the amnesia-ridden heroine of Steven Peros’ film “Footprints” wakes up in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre without a wrinkle in her bright green dress and not a hair out of place. While meant to add to her enigma, it is also the sort of borderline-ridiculous narrative device that makes “Footprints” oscillate from oddly creative to just plain odd.
The story of this woman’s day in Hollywood and her mission to discover her identity is just an excuse for an homage to the Hollywood of yesteryear, a subtle mystery meant to replicate the era it celebrates. Despite an honest effort, “Footprints” cannot capture...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Steven Peros
Starring: Sybil Temptchine
If someone were to awaken sprawled across the ground along Hollywood Boulevard with no recollection of how she arrived there, it seems improbable that she would also be well-dressed and meticulously manicured. Somehow, the amnesia-ridden heroine of Steven Peros’ film “Footprints” wakes up in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre without a wrinkle in her bright green dress and not a hair out of place. While meant to add to her enigma, it is also the sort of borderline-ridiculous narrative device that makes “Footprints” oscillate from oddly creative to just plain odd.
The story of this woman’s day in Hollywood and her mission to discover her identity is just an excuse for an homage to the Hollywood of yesteryear, a subtle mystery meant to replicate the era it celebrates. Despite an honest effort, “Footprints” cannot capture...
- 4/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Amanda Georges
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Steven Peros
Starring: Sybil Temptchine
If someone were to awaken sprawled across the ground along Hollywood Boulevard with no recollection of how she arrived there, it seems improbable that she would also be well-dressed and meticulously manicured. Somehow, the amnesia-ridden heroine of Steven Peros’ film “Footprints” wakes up in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre without a wrinkle in her bright green dress and not a hair out of place. While meant to add to her enigma, it is also the sort of borderline-ridiculous narrative device that makes “Footprints” oscillate from oddly creative to just plain odd.
The story of this woman’s day in Hollywood and her mission to discover her identity is just an excuse for an homage to the Hollywood of yesteryear, a subtle mystery meant to replicate the era it celebrates. Despite an honest effort, “Footprints” cannot capture...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Steven Peros
Starring: Sybil Temptchine
If someone were to awaken sprawled across the ground along Hollywood Boulevard with no recollection of how she arrived there, it seems improbable that she would also be well-dressed and meticulously manicured. Somehow, the amnesia-ridden heroine of Steven Peros’ film “Footprints” wakes up in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre without a wrinkle in her bright green dress and not a hair out of place. While meant to add to her enigma, it is also the sort of borderline-ridiculous narrative device that makes “Footprints” oscillate from oddly creative to just plain odd.
The story of this woman’s day in Hollywood and her mission to discover her identity is just an excuse for an homage to the Hollywood of yesteryear, a subtle mystery meant to replicate the era it celebrates. Despite an honest effort, “Footprints” cannot capture...
- 4/13/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
From award-winning writer Steven Peros, author of the play and screenplay for The Cat.s Meow (directed by Peter Bogdanovich) and twice-published Samuel French playwright, comes Footprints, a haunting, hopeful and unforgettable mystery. The film chronicles a young woman.s journey of discovery in one day, from sunrise to sunset.
Sybil Temtchine (Ten Benny, Passion of Ayn Rand) stars as a young woman who wakes up at dawn on the footprints and handprints of the famed Grauman.s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood with no idea who she or how she got there. Upon awakening, she wonders if she isn.t, in fact, lost in a dream. And perhaps she is.
Regardless of whether she is dreaming or wide awake, Our Gal sets off on her journey, from one person to the next, one famous locale after the other. Among the Hollywood fringe denizens with whom she comes into contact are...
Sybil Temtchine (Ten Benny, Passion of Ayn Rand) stars as a young woman who wakes up at dawn on the footprints and handprints of the famed Grauman.s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood with no idea who she or how she got there. Upon awakening, she wonders if she isn.t, in fact, lost in a dream. And perhaps she is.
Regardless of whether she is dreaming or wide awake, Our Gal sets off on her journey, from one person to the next, one famous locale after the other. Among the Hollywood fringe denizens with whom she comes into contact are...
- 3/9/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hollywood Boulevard mystery "Footprints," the feature directorial debut of screenwriter and playwright Steven Peros, has been picked up by Paladin, the company's CEO, Mark Urman said Wednesday. The film, which traveled to festivals earlier this year, will debut in exclusive engagements in New York and Los Angeles in March, 2011. Urman entered into discussions with Peros about distributing the film following a preview of the film at the American Cinematheque ...
- 11/17/2010
- Indiewire
Mti Home Video has acquired five new horror-thrillers for release over the next year. Those acquired at the American Film Market 2010 include:
Closed For The Season
Director: Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake)
Acquisition from Artist View Entertainment
Genre: Horror
Synopsis: Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park′s grasp before she becomes its next victim. Starring: Aimee Brooks (The Hillside Strangler, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake), William Waters and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
The Undying
Director: Steven Peros (Footprints)
Acquisition from Circus Road Films
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
Synopsis: The Undying stars Deadwood’s Robin Weigert as a doctor who becomes obsessed with the ghost of a Civil War soldier dwelling in her new home, and contrives to have his spirit live again in the body of a violent...
Closed For The Season
Director: Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake)
Acquisition from Artist View Entertainment
Genre: Horror
Synopsis: Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park′s grasp before she becomes its next victim. Starring: Aimee Brooks (The Hillside Strangler, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake), William Waters and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
The Undying
Director: Steven Peros (Footprints)
Acquisition from Circus Road Films
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
Synopsis: The Undying stars Deadwood’s Robin Weigert as a doctor who becomes obsessed with the ghost of a Civil War soldier dwelling in her new home, and contrives to have his spirit live again in the body of a violent...
- 11/15/2010
- by Dave
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Our reps at Mti Home Video have informed us that the company has acquired five new horror-thrillers for release over the next year. Those acquired at the American Film Market include... Closed For The Season Director: Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake) Acquisition from Artist View Entertainment Genre: Horror Synopsis: Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park′s grasp before she becomes its next victim. Starring: Aimee Brooks (The Hillside Strangler, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake), William Waters and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) The Undying Director: Steven Peros (Footprints) Acquisition from Circus Road Films Genre: Supernatural Thriller...
- 11/5/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
We set out to tell the story of a dream from the point of view of the dreamer, an amnesiac young woman who wakes up on the footprints of the Chinese Theatre. Her yellow brick road would be Hollywood Boulevard. Her “guides” would be the denizens of the boulevard who exist so close, yet so far, from Oz. Her goal would be the truth to her identity, the reason for her return and the choice to begin again.
After broadly piecing it together, I set out to write, spending about six weeks to get to a first draft. But … I would make this film only if people responded to the script. Fortunately, they did. From there, the Cinematheque said yes to shooting at the Egyptian. Small-business owners like Shelly Café, Hollywood Book & Poster and Snow White Café also let us shoot at their establishments. The rest was shot on the...
After broadly piecing it together, I set out to write, spending about six weeks to get to a first draft. But … I would make this film only if people responded to the script. Fortunately, they did. From there, the Cinematheque said yes to shooting at the Egyptian. Small-business owners like Shelly Café, Hollywood Book & Poster and Snow White Café also let us shoot at their establishments. The rest was shot on the...
- 4/20/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The only big film festival in my own backyard is back and it runs from November 12th through the 22nd. While it caters more to heavy run fest material and arthouse film, they do have some of the more interesting films playing this year:
Ryan Ward's excellent Son of the Sunshine which is one of my favorite films of the year. (review)
The weird, lengthy comedy The Revenant (review)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
and much more. Program after the break!
In Competition
Children of Invention
Two first-generation Chinese kids in suburban Boston find themselves on their own after their desperate mother is unwittingly involved in a pyramid scheme and arrested. Older brother Raymond takes a page from her marketing seminars to start creating a life for himself and his sister - casting a strange, pint-sized reflection on the American Dream.
Footprints...
Ryan Ward's excellent Son of the Sunshine which is one of my favorite films of the year. (review)
The weird, lengthy comedy The Revenant (review)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
and much more. Program after the break!
In Competition
Children of Invention
Two first-generation Chinese kids in suburban Boston find themselves on their own after their desperate mother is unwittingly involved in a pyramid scheme and arrested. Older brother Raymond takes a page from her marketing seminars to start creating a life for himself and his sister - casting a strange, pint-sized reflection on the American Dream.
Footprints...
- 10/26/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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