In 2012, Kier-La Janisse published House of Psychotic Women and forever changed the landscape of film analysis. Subtitled An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis, the book is an exhaustive look at films from all genres, each featuring one or more female characters with some degree of mental instability. House of Psychotic Women is split into two sections: memoir and appendix. Janisse begins by examining significant moments in her own life, confronting generational trauma, a troubled childhood, her teenage years as a juvenile delinquent, and her journey to festival programming through the lens of narrative film. Each stage of her life is paired with at least one movie in which she seeks to understand her own experiences by comparing them with a character facing a similar issue. Janisse’s vulnerable and unflinchingly honest writing invites the reader into her psyche while inspiring a deeper look into our own lives.
The memoir is...
The memoir is...
- 1/19/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Primetime Emmy nominee Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is set for Wildfire. The Chaya Doswell penned screenplay, which recently made the Black List, follows 7-year-old Lu, who accidentally starts a wildfire. A mute from an abusive home, Lu slyly tricks Merribelle, a hardworking trans woman, into kidnapping her — sparking a beautifully unexpected bond with a devastating expiration date. Deadline first reported about the project when Oscar- and Emmy-nominated producer David Permut and Dawn Krantz acquired the script.
Rodriguez, was Emmy nominated for Lead Actress Drama last year at the Emmys, is also presenting at the Golden Globes tonight.
In addition 5x Emmy nominated and Grammy award winning producer, artist, author, manager and TV personality Randy Jackson (American Idol) is coming aboard to produce the movie with Permut and Krantz.
The team is currently exploring directors.
“I’m so excited to be working with Michaela on this amazing project. Michaela is one...
Rodriguez, was Emmy nominated for Lead Actress Drama last year at the Emmys, is also presenting at the Golden Globes tonight.
In addition 5x Emmy nominated and Grammy award winning producer, artist, author, manager and TV personality Randy Jackson (American Idol) is coming aboard to produce the movie with Permut and Krantz.
The team is currently exploring directors.
“I’m so excited to be working with Michaela on this amazing project. Michaela is one...
- 1/10/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar- and Emmy-nominated producer David Permut and Dawn Krantz have acquired Chaya Doswell’s script Wildfire. The team is currently meeting directors and plans to shoot early next year.
After accidentally starting a wildfire, 7-year-old Lu, mute and from an abusive home, slyly tricks Merribelle, a hardworking trans woman, into kidnapping her — sparking a beautifully unexpected bond with a devastating expiration date.
Wildfire
Doswell is a screenwriter and playwright from New York City. Her most recent film was an adaptation of her play Everyone I Love is Dead with Braid director Mitzi Peirone. Doswell is currently writing the fantasy adventure Carlos Luckybo with two-time Oscar winner Rick Carter.
“The emotional and compelling story is reminiscent of two of my favorite films: Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon and Sean Baker’s Tangerine,” Permut tells Deadline about Wildfire.
“Chaya’s screenplay is relevant and edgy, and also has so much heart and humor,...
After accidentally starting a wildfire, 7-year-old Lu, mute and from an abusive home, slyly tricks Merribelle, a hardworking trans woman, into kidnapping her — sparking a beautifully unexpected bond with a devastating expiration date.
Wildfire
Doswell is a screenwriter and playwright from New York City. Her most recent film was an adaptation of her play Everyone I Love is Dead with Braid director Mitzi Peirone. Doswell is currently writing the fantasy adventure Carlos Luckybo with two-time Oscar winner Rick Carter.
“The emotional and compelling story is reminiscent of two of my favorite films: Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon and Sean Baker’s Tangerine,” Permut tells Deadline about Wildfire.
“Chaya’s screenplay is relevant and edgy, and also has so much heart and humor,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Bella Thorne enjoys an impromptu photo shoot in Mexico wearing a knit dress. Pic credit: @bellathorne/Instagram
Bella Thorne turned Cancun into a photo shoot as she posed on the swings overlooking a pool, south of the border.
Bella stood on a swing set of a luxurious estate while displaying her chunky Gucci monogrammed slides and red pedicured toenails.
She shared the photos with her 25.4 million followers, who quickly rewarded her with praise and likes.
Bella rocked a short-sleeve knit sweater with horizontal stripes in red, orange, green, yellow, and blue.
The sun hit Bella’s famous red locks, which blew in the wind in natural waves.
The swing set was positioned over a man-made water structure with circular stepping stones placed in the water for swing access.
Bella Thorne enjoys impromptu photo shoot in Cancun
Bella swung upside down and kicked her legs in the air as she smiled and had a blast.
Bella Thorne turned Cancun into a photo shoot as she posed on the swings overlooking a pool, south of the border.
Bella stood on a swing set of a luxurious estate while displaying her chunky Gucci monogrammed slides and red pedicured toenails.
She shared the photos with her 25.4 million followers, who quickly rewarded her with praise and likes.
Bella rocked a short-sleeve knit sweater with horizontal stripes in red, orange, green, yellow, and blue.
The sun hit Bella’s famous red locks, which blew in the wind in natural waves.
The swing set was positioned over a man-made water structure with circular stepping stones placed in the water for swing access.
Bella Thorne enjoys impromptu photo shoot in Cancun
Bella swung upside down and kicked her legs in the air as she smiled and had a blast.
- 8/16/2022
- by Shannon Sullivan
- Monsters and Critics
Bella Thorne wore a light blue bikini and stuck out her tongue in Mexico. Pic credit: @bellathorne/Instagram
Bella Thorne brought the heat to Mexico as the former Disney actress took a selfie video for fans.
Bella posted a fun video while she rode in a car south of the border.
She rocked a light blue bikini and matching short bottoms with a black lace overlay featuring a button in the center.
The label-loving actress wore a Prada headband with the logo prominently displayed on her head.
Her red locks appeared strawberry blonde in loose waves, with bangs framing her face.
Bella wore a long silver necklace with a pendant featuring an emerald in the middle.
Bella stuck out her tongue as she played with poses for her selfie video and revealed her flat tummy.
Pic credit: @bellathorne/Instagram Bella Thorne poses in paradise
A few hours later, she posted...
Bella Thorne brought the heat to Mexico as the former Disney actress took a selfie video for fans.
Bella posted a fun video while she rode in a car south of the border.
She rocked a light blue bikini and matching short bottoms with a black lace overlay featuring a button in the center.
The label-loving actress wore a Prada headband with the logo prominently displayed on her head.
Her red locks appeared strawberry blonde in loose waves, with bangs framing her face.
Bella wore a long silver necklace with a pendant featuring an emerald in the middle.
Bella stuck out her tongue as she played with poses for her selfie video and revealed her flat tummy.
Pic credit: @bellathorne/Instagram Bella Thorne poses in paradise
A few hours later, she posted...
- 8/15/2022
- by Shannon Sullivan
- Monsters and Critics
Exclusive: Bridge & Tunnel and 13 Reasons Why actor Jan Luis Castellanos is among supporting cast for thriller Saint Clare, starring Bella Thorne, Ryan Phillippe, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley, Bart Johnson and Dylan Flashner.
Currently in post-production, Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. Phillippe will play the role of Timmons, a police officer investigating the latest murder in the small town, with Clare as his prime suspect. Whaley will portray Mailman Bob, a ghost from Clare’s past, with Johnson pulling double duty as twin brothers Joe and Randall, and Flashner set for the supporting role of Wade.
Castellanos will portray the role of Truman, a mysterious college student who becomes one of Clare’s friends and then a love interest. Also among cast are Myrom Kingery, Erica Dasher and Joy Rovaris.
Mitzi Peirone has directed the film, based on Don Roff’s novel.
Currently in post-production, Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. Phillippe will play the role of Timmons, a police officer investigating the latest murder in the small town, with Clare as his prime suspect. Whaley will portray Mailman Bob, a ghost from Clare’s past, with Johnson pulling double duty as twin brothers Joe and Randall, and Flashner set for the supporting role of Wade.
Castellanos will portray the role of Truman, a mysterious college student who becomes one of Clare’s friends and then a love interest. Also among cast are Myrom Kingery, Erica Dasher and Joy Rovaris.
Mitzi Peirone has directed the film, based on Don Roff’s novel.
- 8/11/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ryan Phillippe (The Locksmith) has signed on for a key role opposite Bella Thorne in Mitzi Peirone’s thriller Saint Clare, based on Don Roff’s hit novel Clare at 16. Rebecca De Mornay (Lucifer), Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction), Bart Johnson (High School Musical) and Dylan Flashner (The Card Counter) will co-star in the film, which Screen Media has slated for release in North American theaters in 2023.
Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. Phillippe will play the role of Timmons, a police officer investigating the latest murder in the small town, with Clare as his prime suspect. Whaley will portray Mailman Bob, a ghost from Clare’s past, with Johnson pulling double duty as twin brothers Joe and Randall, and Flashner set for the supporting role of Wade.
Peirone scripted the indie with American Psycho‘s Guinevere Turner. David Chackler,...
Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. Phillippe will play the role of Timmons, a police officer investigating the latest murder in the small town, with Clare as his prime suspect. Whaley will portray Mailman Bob, a ghost from Clare’s past, with Johnson pulling double duty as twin brothers Joe and Randall, and Flashner set for the supporting role of Wade.
Peirone scripted the indie with American Psycho‘s Guinevere Turner. David Chackler,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Daniel Cohan has joined Brillstein Entertainment Partners as a manager.
Cohan comes to the company from ICM Partners, where he worked in the Motion Picture Department since 2017, parting ways with the company following CAA’s acquisition. He was previously at WME for 11 years.
“Brillstein is a first-class company that epitomizes what drew me to management,” Cohan said. “I am thrilled to roll up my sleeves with my fantastic new colleagues. I can’t imagine a better place to embark upon this next chapter of my career.”
Cohan, who began his career as a corporate attorney, brings with him to Brillstein clients including writer/director/producer Lindsey Beer (Pet Sematary); and filmmakers Simon McQuoid (Mortal Kombat), Ciaran Foy (Eli), Jesper Ganslandt (Netflix’s Snabba Cash), Mitzi Peirone (Saint Clare), Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn), Taneli Mustonen & Aleksi Hyvarinen (The Twin), Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real), Luis Prieto (Vampire Academy...
Cohan comes to the company from ICM Partners, where he worked in the Motion Picture Department since 2017, parting ways with the company following CAA’s acquisition. He was previously at WME for 11 years.
“Brillstein is a first-class company that epitomizes what drew me to management,” Cohan said. “I am thrilled to roll up my sleeves with my fantastic new colleagues. I can’t imagine a better place to embark upon this next chapter of my career.”
Cohan, who began his career as a corporate attorney, brings with him to Brillstein clients including writer/director/producer Lindsey Beer (Pet Sematary); and filmmakers Simon McQuoid (Mortal Kombat), Ciaran Foy (Eli), Jesper Ganslandt (Netflix’s Snabba Cash), Mitzi Peirone (Saint Clare), Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn), Taneli Mustonen & Aleksi Hyvarinen (The Twin), Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real), Luis Prieto (Vampire Academy...
- 8/1/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The two films went to distributors in the UK, Scandinavia, Latin America and other markets.
Exclusive: Foresight Unlimited has reported major territory sales while in Cannes for upcoming thriller Saint Clare and science fiction disaster film Skyline Radial.
Saint Clare sold for Eastern Europe to Daro; for Spain to Inopia; for the UK to 101 Films; for Latin America to California Filmes; for Scandinavia to Mis Label; for the Middle East to Selim Ramia; and for Indonesia to Pt Prima.
Skyline Radial went to Wild Bunch for Germany, Happinet for Japan, Signature Entertainment for the UK, CDC for Latin America, Selim...
Exclusive: Foresight Unlimited has reported major territory sales while in Cannes for upcoming thriller Saint Clare and science fiction disaster film Skyline Radial.
Saint Clare sold for Eastern Europe to Daro; for Spain to Inopia; for the UK to 101 Films; for Latin America to California Filmes; for Scandinavia to Mis Label; for the Middle East to Selim Ramia; and for Indonesia to Pt Prima.
Skyline Radial went to Wild Bunch for Germany, Happinet for Japan, Signature Entertainment for the UK, CDC for Latin America, Selim...
- 5/24/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Actress, model and singer Bella Thorne continues to play in the genre with Saint Clare, a new thriller she’s set to star in from Braid director Mitzi Peirone, writes Deadline. The thriller was co-scripted by Guinevere Turner, who co-penned the screenplay for American Psycho. The project will follow […]
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- 5/4/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Actress, model and singer Bella Thorne (Midnight Sun) has been set to star in thriller Saint Clare, co-scripted by Guinevere Turner (American Psycho).
The project will follow Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. The story is based on novel Clare At 16 by Don Roff, with its novel sequel out in 2023.
Producers are in negotiations with Rebecca DeMornay (Jessica Jones) to join the cast, with additional casting of other key roles underway. Production is scheduled to begin soon in Kentucky.
The film will be directed by Mitzi Peirone (Braid) who has also scripted with Turner (who co-wrote the screenplay for cult Bret Easton Ellis adaptation American Psycho). Producers are David Chackler, Arielle Elwes, Thor Bradwell, and Joel Michaely.
Screen Media has picked up worldwide rights to the project and will have its Foresight Unlimited division launch international sales at this month’s Cannes market.
The project will follow Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. The story is based on novel Clare At 16 by Don Roff, with its novel sequel out in 2023.
Producers are in negotiations with Rebecca DeMornay (Jessica Jones) to join the cast, with additional casting of other key roles underway. Production is scheduled to begin soon in Kentucky.
The film will be directed by Mitzi Peirone (Braid) who has also scripted with Turner (who co-wrote the screenplay for cult Bret Easton Ellis adaptation American Psycho). Producers are David Chackler, Arielle Elwes, Thor Bradwell, and Joel Michaely.
Screen Media has picked up worldwide rights to the project and will have its Foresight Unlimited division launch international sales at this month’s Cannes market.
- 5/4/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
I first saw Braid (aka Dying to Play) at the North Bend Film Festival in 2018. I immediately loved it. The colors, the story, the bizarreness of it all was right up my alley. But there was something else about it that really struck me. It was something I couldn’t quite define, but it made me comfortable. I felt safe with it, in a strange way.
It was only later when I saw Greta Gerwig’s phenomenal adaptation of Little Women that I made the connection and figured it out. The March sisters create a space where they can be completely themselves. They are loud and boisterous and free from societal constraints. It’s a space where they can simply exist. And it is Theirs.
In her film, Mitzi Peirone creates a similar space for her trio of characters. Sure, it’s a little more violent and murderous than the March house,...
It was only later when I saw Greta Gerwig’s phenomenal adaptation of Little Women that I made the connection and figured it out. The March sisters create a space where they can be completely themselves. They are loud and boisterous and free from societal constraints. It’s a space where they can simply exist. And it is Theirs.
In her film, Mitzi Peirone creates a similar space for her trio of characters. Sure, it’s a little more violent and murderous than the March house,...
- 4/11/2022
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
A new content management company targeting social media influencers is being formed by actress Bella Thorne and longtime manager Thor Bradwell.
Content X will manage social media influencers and their social media accounts with the goal of building profitable profiles. It will also provide expertise in navigating the ever-changing social media universe.
The venture will see Thorne act as the creative director in charge of all content. Talent manager Tamara Thorne and Michael Cohen will act as co-heads of development.
The 23-year-old Thorne has actively leveraged social media, including the adult content site OnlyFans.com, which she crashed last summer.
The announcement called Thorne “a rising mogul. Everything she touches is successful, from being a bestselling author and entrepreneur.” It went on to state that Thorne was an early adopter of social media and built successful platforms.
“I’m excited to create Content X for this generation’s young creative...
Content X will manage social media influencers and their social media accounts with the goal of building profitable profiles. It will also provide expertise in navigating the ever-changing social media universe.
The venture will see Thorne act as the creative director in charge of all content. Talent manager Tamara Thorne and Michael Cohen will act as co-heads of development.
The 23-year-old Thorne has actively leveraged social media, including the adult content site OnlyFans.com, which she crashed last summer.
The announcement called Thorne “a rising mogul. Everything she touches is successful, from being a bestselling author and entrepreneur.” It went on to state that Thorne was an early adopter of social media and built successful platforms.
“I’m excited to create Content X for this generation’s young creative...
- 1/14/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This story contains details of tonight’s episode of The Masked Singer on Fox.
Bella Thorne is getting into business with Fox, signing a development deal for both scripted and unscripted content with the network. [Spoiler Alert] Thorne also was part of a major reveal tonight on Fox’s The Masked Singer, where she was unmasked as the Swan.
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Best known for roles in The Duff, Netflix’s The Babysitter, Assassination Nation and Disney Channel’s Shake it Up, Thorne has been shooting indie film Habit from the producer of Mudbound, and is set to star in director Mitzi Peirone’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Uncanny. She also has been cast in the...
Bella Thorne is getting into business with Fox, signing a development deal for both scripted and unscripted content with the network. [Spoiler Alert] Thorne also was part of a major reveal tonight on Fox’s The Masked Singer, where she was unmasked as the Swan.
More from DeadlineFox's 'The Resident' Medical Drama Donates Items To Atlanta Hospital After Production HaltedFox Buying Tubi For $440 Million, Using Cash From Sale Of Roku StakeFox To Cover Insurance Premiums For Employees Enrolled in Company Plans
Best known for roles in The Duff, Netflix’s The Babysitter, Assassination Nation and Disney Channel’s Shake it Up, Thorne has been shooting indie film Habit from the producer of Mudbound, and is set to star in director Mitzi Peirone’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Uncanny. She also has been cast in the...
- 3/19/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Bella Thorne will star in director Mitzi Peirone’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Uncanny.
Written by Peirone and Chaya Doswell, The Uncanny presents a future where every citizen is implanted with a chip capable of controlling everything from emotions to directions, until a routine update backfires, causing a cyber apocalypse. Wiping out most of humanity, five strangers miraculously survive, now forced to live hidden in a bunker with their implants ripped from their spines. They were the few lucky enough to survive – until Scarlet (Thorne) begins to suspect they were not saved at all, or by chance.
Rebecca Berrih (Elysian Fields Entertainment) who recently produced Beyond the Sky which was released by Rlj entertainment, Thor Bradwell (Jt Leroy) and Courtney Shepard, who serves as Director of Development at New Republic Pictures, the company responsible for co-financing and producing Oscar Best Picture nominee 1917 and Rocketman, will produce.
Written by Peirone and Chaya Doswell, The Uncanny presents a future where every citizen is implanted with a chip capable of controlling everything from emotions to directions, until a routine update backfires, causing a cyber apocalypse. Wiping out most of humanity, five strangers miraculously survive, now forced to live hidden in a bunker with their implants ripped from their spines. They were the few lucky enough to survive – until Scarlet (Thorne) begins to suspect they were not saved at all, or by chance.
Rebecca Berrih (Elysian Fields Entertainment) who recently produced Beyond the Sky which was released by Rlj entertainment, Thor Bradwell (Jt Leroy) and Courtney Shepard, who serves as Director of Development at New Republic Pictures, the company responsible for co-financing and producing Oscar Best Picture nominee 1917 and Rocketman, will produce.
- 1/30/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Mitzi Peirone is a director who blew the minds of many with her spectacularly insane and beautifully executed first feature, Braid. Braid was incredibly intricate and sophisticated while being completely bonkers at times. The horror element of Braid worked both the gore front and the existential front which is a tough balance to pull off. […]
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- 9/26/2019
- by Nick Taylor
- DreadCentral.com
What if you didn't stop playing make-believe when you became an adult? What if your life and sanity relied on playing by a strict set of rules established in the imaginative days of your childhood—a set of rules that have become more malicious with the passing of time? That's the trippy predicament three young women experience in Braid, a psychological mouse trap of a movie brimming with stunning aesthetics, powerful performances, and a fearless creative vision from writer/director Mitzi Peirone. With Braid out now on VOD platforms from Blue Fox Entertainment, Daily Dead had the great pleasure of catching up with Peirone in our latest Q&A feature to discuss the ambitious making of one of the most memorable movies released thus far this year.
Congratulations on Braid, Mitzi! It’s a heart-wrenching, mind-melting, visual feast of a movie. How and when did you come up with the idea for this film?...
Congratulations on Braid, Mitzi! It’s a heart-wrenching, mind-melting, visual feast of a movie. How and when did you come up with the idea for this film?...
- 3/7/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone), Cheyenne Haynes (Camping) and Haley Tju (Bella and the Bulldogs) are set as series regulars opposite Tyler Posey and Kiele Sanchez in The Lost Boys pilot, from Warner Bros TV, Spondoolie Prods and Gulfstream TV, the CW’s series adaptation of the iconic 1987 Warner Bros horror comedy movie.
Written by Heather Mitchell and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, The Lost Boys is set in sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, brothers Michael (Posey) and Sam Emerson move to Santa Carla with their mother, Lucy (Sanchez), who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers soon find themselves being drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.
Hay will portray Mollie.
Written by Heather Mitchell and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, The Lost Boys is set in sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, brothers Michael (Posey) and Sam Emerson move to Santa Carla with their mother, Lucy (Sanchez), who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers soon find themselves being drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.
Hay will portray Mollie.
- 2/28/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
First-time feature film writer/director Mitzi Peirone is such a deep thinker, that when Dread Central sits down with the Italian-born filmmaker in NYC for an allotted 20-minute interview, she spends nearly 10 minutes answering just the first question alone! Whereas other interviewees deliver rote, canned answers, Peirone practically provides a college thesis when responding. Yes, […] The post Interview with Braid’s Mitzi Peirone, Dream Weaver appeared first on Dread Central.
- 2/3/2019
- by Tony Timpone
- DreadCentral.com
Our lives consist of uncertainties. To progress forward is to confront each new possibility as the product of dream or nightmare — an open door to leap through and succeed or a closed window to surrender all hope of escape. We retreat within ourselves for the motivation to jump higher and rely on those we trust to help break our inevitable falls. One road leads to comfort until the shine wears off. The next winds its way towards rebirth until tragedy strikes or self-doubt sets in. Round and round we go, overlapping each chapter with its replacement until we can no longer recognize past from future. We strive for meaning through work, love, and family, sacrificing identity to a performative dance forever transforming us into our next “best” self.
For three young girls who played make-believe in a tree house, that cycle has come to its latest crossroads a decade or so later.
For three young girls who played make-believe in a tree house, that cycle has come to its latest crossroads a decade or so later.
- 1/30/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Powerfully crafting a visually lavish and narratively head-spinning horror movie isn’t always an easy task for filmmakers. That process can be even more daunting for first-time writer-directors, especially female filmmakers in a male-dominated genre. But Mitzi Peirone leaves a stunning first impression with her feature film debut, the horror thriller, ‘Braid,’ which is driven by […]
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- 12/26/2018
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
"Once we get in the house, whatever she asks you to do, you're gonna have to do it." Two desperate friends encounter a hellish set of house rules in the official trailer for Braid, a new psychological thriller starring Madeline Brewer (Cam), Imogen Waterhouse (Nocturnal Animals), and Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone). Ahead of the imaginative movie's February 1st release from Blue Fox Entertainment, the film's official trailer, key art, and images have been revealed.
Blue Fox Entertainment will release Braid in theaters and On Demand beginning February 1st. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates, and check out the official trailer, images, and key art below:
"Written and directed by rising filmmaker Mitzi Peirone, psychological thriller Braid follows Petula Thames (Imogen Waterhouse) and Tilda Darlings (Sarah Hay), two self-proclaimed artists turned dealers on the run. After mishandling thousands of dollars in narcotics, the girls are given forty-eight hours...
Blue Fox Entertainment will release Braid in theaters and On Demand beginning February 1st. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates, and check out the official trailer, images, and key art below:
"Written and directed by rising filmmaker Mitzi Peirone, psychological thriller Braid follows Petula Thames (Imogen Waterhouse) and Tilda Darlings (Sarah Hay), two self-proclaimed artists turned dealers on the run. After mishandling thousands of dollars in narcotics, the girls are given forty-eight hours...
- 12/17/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"A Lynchian head trip." Whoa. Blue Fox Entertainment has unleashed an official red band trailer for a new "psycho-thriller" film titled Braid, which originally premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. From filmmaker Mitzi Peirone, making her feature debut, the story is about two wanted women who decide to rob their wealthy psychotic friend who lives in the fantasy world they created as children. Say what? Yeah, this look trippy and wild and violent and dangerous. In order to get away with the money, the woman have to take part in a deadly perverse game of make believe. Peirone's Braid stars Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse, Sarah Hay, Scott Cohen, Brad Calcaterra, and Mary Looram. This certainly seems as crazy as it sounds, and the footage is quite wacky. Hard to make any sense of it, but I think that's the point. Here's the official red band trailer (+ poster) for Mitzi Peirone's Braid,...
- 12/16/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Lin Shaye has a Room for Rent which will be released in 2019, but in the meantime, check out the still released for the film by Uncork'd Entertainment. Also: a trailer for Scarecrows, Braid's Midnight screening at the 4th annual Ax Wound Film Festival, and documentary Halloween in a Box.
Room For Rent: "Suspense thriller Room for Rent, starring veteran actress Lin Shaye, will be released by leading genre distributor Uncork’d Entertainment.
The deal for worldwide rights was finalized this week at Afm between Keith Leopard, President of Uncork’d Entertainment and Tommy Stovall, President of Pasidg Productions Inc.
“We’re very excited to be releasing Room for Rent in 2019,” said Keith Leopard, President of Uncork’d Entertainment. “I loved this movie and I think audiences will really enjoy this unique and spine-tingling thrill ride, which features a powerhouse performance by Lin Shaye, in what’s a very different role for her.
Room For Rent: "Suspense thriller Room for Rent, starring veteran actress Lin Shaye, will be released by leading genre distributor Uncork’d Entertainment.
The deal for worldwide rights was finalized this week at Afm between Keith Leopard, President of Uncork’d Entertainment and Tommy Stovall, President of Pasidg Productions Inc.
“We’re very excited to be releasing Room for Rent in 2019,” said Keith Leopard, President of Uncork’d Entertainment. “I loved this movie and I think audiences will really enjoy this unique and spine-tingling thrill ride, which features a powerhouse performance by Lin Shaye, in what’s a very different role for her.
- 11/2/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Mitzi Peirone‘s psycho-horror Braid, a mindfuck of a movie about two wanted women who decide to rob their wealthy psychotic friend who lives in the fantasy world they created as children. Starring Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse, and Sarah Hay, in order to take the money, they have to take part in […]...
- 8/22/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Mitzi Peirone, the Italian writer-director whose debut feature Braid premiered this year in the Midnight section of the Tribeca Film Festival, has signed with ICM Partners. The news comes the same day Blue Fox Entertainment acquired worldwide rights to the psychological thriller, which will now be aimed at an early 2019 theatrical release.
Blue Fox will also shop international rights to Braid at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.
Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Imogen Waterhouse (Nocturnal Animals), Sarah Hay (Flesh and Blood) and Scott Cohen (The 10th Kingdom) star in the film, about a pair of drug dealers (Waterhouse and Hay) who seek refuge inside the mansion of their mentally unstable friend (Brewer). The three begin to engage in an elaborate and increasingly dangerous game of permanent make-believe.
Peirone is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and NYU Scps in Screenwriting. Her first directorial short...
Blue Fox will also shop international rights to Braid at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.
Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Imogen Waterhouse (Nocturnal Animals), Sarah Hay (Flesh and Blood) and Scott Cohen (The 10th Kingdom) star in the film, about a pair of drug dealers (Waterhouse and Hay) who seek refuge inside the mansion of their mentally unstable friend (Brewer). The three begin to engage in an elaborate and increasingly dangerous game of permanent make-believe.
Peirone is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and NYU Scps in Screenwriting. Her first directorial short...
- 8/22/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (Puff) and its array of indie movies, including Satan's Slaves, The Witch in the Window, Butterfly Kisses, The Queen of Hollywood Blvd., and Luciferina, will descend onto film fans in the Philadelphia area starting on September 5th. Continue reading for the full lineup, because there are some fascinating films being showcased:
Press Release: The Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival is once again ready to unleash the finest independent genre cinema upon the City of Brotherly Love. Returning to the Proscenium Theater at the Drake in Center City Philadelphia from Wednesday, September 5 to Sunday, September 9, Puff is back for its third annual edition, with an extended feature program, special presentations, and much more.
In the 2018 edition of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, genre fans will have the opportunity to check out eleven feature films — the biggest lineup in Puff history — as well as four short film programs.
Press Release: The Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival is once again ready to unleash the finest independent genre cinema upon the City of Brotherly Love. Returning to the Proscenium Theater at the Drake in Center City Philadelphia from Wednesday, September 5 to Sunday, September 9, Puff is back for its third annual edition, with an extended feature program, special presentations, and much more.
In the 2018 edition of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, genre fans will have the opportunity to check out eleven feature films — the biggest lineup in Puff history — as well as four short film programs.
- 8/3/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Named after the town of North Bend, Washington, that acted as the original filming location for David Lynch's cult classic Twin Peaks, the North Bend Film Festival has announced its full lineup, with plans to showcase 10 films and 13 shorts including Anna and the Apocalypse (co-presented by Collider), Sandi Tan's Shirkers, and much more! Continue reading for a full breakdown of the festival's screenings and guest appearances:
Press Release: The North Bend Film Festival is right around the corner and we’re thrilled to announce the full line-up for our inaugural edition, including Cinema Vista and Something Strange feature and short film programs. In addition to the films, the weekend of August 23rd to the 26th will be rich with events that embrace the town of North Bend, once the original shooting location for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, such as a special Twin Peaks Tour, a scenic mountainside...
Press Release: The North Bend Film Festival is right around the corner and we’re thrilled to announce the full line-up for our inaugural edition, including Cinema Vista and Something Strange feature and short film programs. In addition to the films, the weekend of August 23rd to the 26th will be rich with events that embrace the town of North Bend, once the original shooting location for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, such as a special Twin Peaks Tour, a scenic mountainside...
- 7/23/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
This year’s FrightFest will kick off on 23rd August with Jenn Wexler’s post-modern slasher The Ranger (making her the first ever female director to open the festival) and close on 27th August with Gaspar Noé’s insane surprise Cannes-favourite Climax. And considering 2018’s London edition is backed by Arrow Video as the main sponsor, fans can expect even more top-shelf genre fun than ever before. Hold on to your butts.
The four horseman of the fest-pocalypse, Greg Day, Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy and Ian Rattray reunite again to take over the Cineworld Leicester Square and Prince Charles Cinema, marking FrightFest’s 19th year on the trot celebrating horror in London’s film centre. And the line-up is certainly a fan-pleaser, with over 60 premieres, plenty involving former festival favourites.
Sticking out on first glance is Pascal ‘Martyrs’ Laugier’s latest slice of French extremity Incident In A Ghost Land,...
The four horseman of the fest-pocalypse, Greg Day, Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy and Ian Rattray reunite again to take over the Cineworld Leicester Square and Prince Charles Cinema, marking FrightFest’s 19th year on the trot celebrating horror in London’s film centre. And the line-up is certainly a fan-pleaser, with over 60 premieres, plenty involving former festival favourites.
Sticking out on first glance is Pascal ‘Martyrs’ Laugier’s latest slice of French extremity Incident In A Ghost Land,...
- 6/28/2018
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There's this stylish film called Braid that's making the festival rounds that looks too wild to miss. It's called Braid and it's about two wanted women who decide to rob their wealthy psychotic friend who lives in the fantasy world they created as children and to take the money they have to take part in a deadly perverse game of make believe.
The film is directed by and written by Mitzi Peirone and stars Imogen Waterhouse Sarah Hay and Madeline Brewer.
One reviewer out of Tribeca recently reported that, "It’s difficult to define a film like Braid. Punk Alice In Wonderland exploitation? A Lynchian headtrip dashed with Ana Lily Amirpour’s sense of sensationalism? Pastel-blasted mind imprisonment thrills paced...
The film is directed by and written by Mitzi Peirone and stars Imogen Waterhouse Sarah Hay and Madeline Brewer.
One reviewer out of Tribeca recently reported that, "It’s difficult to define a film like Braid. Punk Alice In Wonderland exploitation? A Lynchian headtrip dashed with Ana Lily Amirpour’s sense of sensationalism? Pastel-blasted mind imprisonment thrills paced...
- 4/30/2018
- QuietEarth.us
I’ve never robotripped, ingested geltabs of acid or licked stimulant toad excretions, but if I did, I’d imagine the experience to resemble Mitzi Peirone’s Braid. Style over substance just had a new league invented by this hallucinogenic rabbit’s hole, laced with uppers and light on explanations. Keeping up isn’t an option here – audiences are […]
The post ‘Braid’ Review: An Intoxicating Thriller That Makes “Style-Over-Substance” a Good Thing [Tribeca] appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘Braid’ Review: An Intoxicating Thriller That Makes “Style-Over-Substance” a Good Thing [Tribeca] appeared first on /Film.
- 4/30/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
Last week we told you about Mitzi Peirone‘s under-the-radar psycho-horror Braid, a mindfuck of a movie about two wanted women who decide to rob their wealthy psychotic friend who lives in the fantasy world they created as children. Starring Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse, and Sarah Hay, in order to take the money, they have to take part in a […]...
- 4/23/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Braid” is something of a throwback to certain films of the ’60s and ’70s, in which “psycho chillers,” giallos, and those art-house items that critic Pauline Kael called “Come-Dressed-As-The-Sick-Soul-of-Europe Parties” got all tangled up in supposedly shocking tales of decadence and perversion. Here, three young women — two on the lam, one off her gourd — play twisted “games” at a isolated upstate New York manse.
People get tied up, somebody dies, and every note in the key of hysteria is struck with the insistence of a hammer on a child’s xylophone. But suspense, let alone psychological nuance or narrative development, all take a back seat to what feels like an empty, mannered series of dress-up photo opportunities. “Braid” does look great. But Mitzi Peirone’s debut feature is so void of any substance beyond the pretentiously pictorial that one suspects her real calling is in music videos or advertising.
That...
People get tied up, somebody dies, and every note in the key of hysteria is struck with the insistence of a hammer on a child’s xylophone. But suspense, let alone psychological nuance or narrative development, all take a back seat to what feels like an empty, mannered series of dress-up photo opportunities. “Braid” does look great. But Mitzi Peirone’s debut feature is so void of any substance beyond the pretentiously pictorial that one suspects her real calling is in music videos or advertising.
That...
- 4/23/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
An award-winning screenwriter, director, model, and painter with two shorts behind her, writer/director Mitzi Peirone went all out with her feature directorial debut, Braid, bowing in Tribeca today. A visually audacious descent into madness, Braid follows self-proclaimed artists Petula and Tilda as they deal drugs in New York City, losing $80,000 of drug money and fleeing town to evade both their dealer and the police. Hiding out in the home of their childhood friend Daphne (The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Madeline Brewer), the pair find a young woman who is off her rocker, inviting them into her world of make-believe, torture and bloodshed.
“The idea behind it came from a deep reflection that I had about reality and our existence, and our perception of things, how much everything that surrounds us is truly an extension of our thoughts, how the world is a mirror to our mind,” Peirone told Deadline this morning,...
“The idea behind it came from a deep reflection that I had about reality and our existence, and our perception of things, how much everything that surrounds us is truly an extension of our thoughts, how the world is a mirror to our mind,” Peirone told Deadline this morning,...
- 4/22/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
From the get go, the new clip from Mitzi Peirone’s thriller Braid is wildly haunting as Handmaid’s Tale actress Madeline Brewer as a woman named Daphne who reunites with her childhood friends who have since become drug dealers. As she plays host to her friends, they begin to play a game, but as it becomes clear that Daphne is in a disturbing mental state, the game make-believe turns into a twisted, demented maze of hallucinations, role play, torture…and murder.
From the clip above, Braid was made to creepily get under your skin with its Saw adjacent storyline. Written and directed by Peirone stars Imogen Waterhouse and Sarah Hay as Daphne’s friends. They are two self-proclaimed artists whose drug dealing ways have gotten themselves into trouble. They have been given forty-eight hours to repay their vengeful drug lord. They go on the run and meet up with Daphne,...
From the clip above, Braid was made to creepily get under your skin with its Saw adjacent storyline. Written and directed by Peirone stars Imogen Waterhouse and Sarah Hay as Daphne’s friends. They are two self-proclaimed artists whose drug dealing ways have gotten themselves into trouble. They have been given forty-eight hours to repay their vengeful drug lord. They go on the run and meet up with Daphne,...
- 4/21/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Madeline Brewer who stars as Janine on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and will return to Season 2 of the program which has been nominated for 13 Emmys this year, has inked with CAA. Brewer, who works in both TV and film, has several features with lead roles upcoming. Her upcoming credits include Rupert Wyatt's Captive State, Mark Webber’s Flesh and Blood and Mitzi Peirone’s Braid. Brewer, who is one of those actresses who steadily works, also had roles in Orange is…...
- 9/12/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: The Handmaid’s Tale actress Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse and Sarah Hay have signed on to star in the indie psychological thriller, Braid, from first-time feature director Mitzi Peirone. The pic, written by Peirone, also co-stars Scott Cohen. The film follows Petula Thames (Waterhouse) and Tilda Darlings (Hay), two drug dealers who mishandle eighty thousand dollars worth of narcotics and are given 48 hours to pay their drug lord back. The girls plan to rob…...
- 7/24/2017
- Deadline
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