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Review - Mpls Star Tribune Jul 10, 2006 06:46PM
“…a promising amount of raw talent…the film leaves you optimistic.” Minneapolis Star Tribune Read the full review - http://www.startribune.com/1526/story/536456.html
Great Review - Denver Westword Jul 10, 2006 06:43PM
"In this beautifully acted, carefully observed drama set in a transitional, multi-ethnic section of Austin, Texas, writer-director Mari Marchbanks - an Austin resident herself - examines the dangerous social collisions between the disturbed, drug-addled teenage daughter (Kira Pozehi) of a down-at-the-heels restaurant owner, the sweet-tempered Georgian immigrant (Gabriel Luna) who has a crush on her, and a cabal of drug dealers led by the girl's nasty Uncle Auggie (Bill Johnson). The screenplay tends toward melodrama, and its many narrative threads sometimes tangle. But when the moonstruck boy's good-hearted parents (Bhagrit Crow and Julia Polozova) take on the problems of their traumatized neighborhood, Marchbank's visions of personal and communal redemption begin to make perfect sense. Pozehi's magnetism is extraordinary, the Austin-tinged soundtrack hits just the right highs and lows, and Jay P. Lipa's evocative camerawork signals a bright future behind the Panaflex. This modestly produced feature represents all that's good and right in the indie-film movement." - Bill Gallo, Denver Westword
Reviews Jun 28, 2006 12:35PM
The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003079178_fall23.html

The Seattle Post Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/274978_limited23.html

The Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A375135

The Daily Texan
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/06/16/LifeArts/Dysfunction.In.fall.To.Grace.Creates.Universal.Connection-2091269.shtml?norewrite200606281528&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com

Film Threat
http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=8099

File Thirteen
http://www.filethirteen.com/reviews/fallfromgrace/fallfromgrace.htm
Fall to Grace Opens in Mpls, Atlanta and Denver July 7 Jun 27, 2006 09:58PM
We open at the following theatres on July 7 - One Week Only!:

The Lagoon (Mpls)
The Midtown Arts (Atlanta)
The Chez Arts (Denver

Visit our website for full reviews:
http://www.falltogracemovie.com

Thansk!
Seattle: A weird buzz Jun 24, 2006 10:14PM
We are battling a weird buzz in the Varsity's sound system. It is not our master - the mix and level sounded great at the Dobie - thanks Justin and Tom. Word is everyone is one the case, and that it will be gone for Sunday's shows!

Thanks Seattle for coming out - our houses have been great. Show times:

Sun, June 25 - 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45.
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 and 9:45

Here are the full reviews from The Seattle Times and the PI:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003079178_fall23.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/274978_limited23.html
Fall to Grace, Q&A w/ filmmaker, after 7:30 show Sat Jun 24, 2006 08:14AM
Come visit with Mari after the movie!
Fall to Grace opens at Seattle's Varsity, June 23 Jun 22, 2006 05:04PM
Weekend screening times in Seattle are:

Fri, June 23 – 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 10:00

Sat, June 24 - 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 10:00

Sun, June 25 - 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45.

Monday-Thursday: 7:30 and 9:45

Come out and see us! Q&A's Friday and Saturday after the 7:30 shows.
Truly Indie / Fall to Grace Jun 22, 2006 01:04PM
Hi! We are getting a lot of questions about Truly Indie, the distriution project that is releasing FALL TO GRACE. Please feel free to email any questions - I am excited to talk about this and share what we are learning!
Thanks Austin! Jun 19, 2006 05:49PM
Fall to Grace played to great houses throughout the weekend at the Dobie - exciting to see a real mix of people, lot's of 20-somethings and 50-somethings! Thanks to Acot and Austin Scriptworks for the excellent Q&A on Saturday and to Dan at the Dobie for taking great care of us.

8 more shows in Austin: 7:30 and 9:45 nighty through Thursday.


The Austin Chronicle Gives Fall to Grace 3 1/2 Stars Jun 15, 2006 09:57AM
Read Marc Savlov's full review!

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A375135

FALL TO GRACE OPENS AT DOBIE THEATRE - ONE WEEK ONLY Jun 06, 2006 03:37PM
"Filled with wonderful performances, an ear-grabbing soundtrack...Fall to Grace is a sweet indie slice of suburban apple pie." "...this is the real deal." - Film Threat

Come see Fall to Grace, the award-winning debut film by Austin filmmaker Mari Marchbanks, produced by Vicky Boone, running June 16-22 at the Dobie Theatre! Fall to Grace also opens at Landmark Theatres in Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Denver in June and July.

Filmed in a rapidly disappearing East Austin, and featuring an outstanding Austin cast, Fall to Grace follows the loves and troubles of three teens and their families as their lives collide and intersect. The film reminds us of the invisible threads connecting us to one another, creating a net to catch us when we fall.

The film's soundtrack features songs by some of the city's best bands including Centro-matic, Shearwater, The Deathray Davies, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Cruiserweight, Palaxy Tracks, Moonlight Towers and more.

The cast includes Kira Pozehl, Jessica Roque, Gabriel Luna, Bhagirit Crow, Bill Johnson, Jeffrey Mills, David Stokey, Dean Stafford, Adriene Mischler, Cassidy Rose Johnson, Heather Hanna, Amparo Garcia, Julia Polozova, J. Ed Araiza, Rene Alvarado, Rick Azulay, Shannon McCormick, Lee Eddy, Aaron Alexander, Michael Walton, Aubree Zuniga and Eliza Stevens.

Fall to Grace premiered at the 2005 SxSW Film Festival and received narrative feature awards from the Rhode Island Film Festival (Best Feature Film - First Prize), New Orleans Film Festival (Narrative Feature Prize) and the Santa Fe Film Festival (Milagro Award - Best Screenplay).

Attendance in Austin is especially requested June 16-18. Weekend screening times in Austin are: Fri, June 16 - 4:30, 7:30, 9:40; Sat, June 17 - 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:40; Sun, June 18 - 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:40.

For more information, http://www.falltogracemoive.com

Film Maker's Blog

Review - Denver Westword Jul 07, 2006 10:36AM
"In this beautifully acted, carefully observed drama set in a transitional, multi-ethnic section of Austin, Texas, writer-director Mari Marchbanks - an Austin resident herself - examines the dangerous social collisions between the disturbed, drug-addled teenage daughter (Kira Pozehi) of a down-at-the-heels restaurant owner, the sweet-tempered Georgian immigrant (Gabriel Luna) who has a crush on her, and a cabal of drug dealers led by the girl's nasty Uncle Auggie (Bill Johnson). The screenplay tends toward melodrama, and its many narrative threads sometimes tangle. But when the moonstruck boy's good-hearted parents (Bhagrit Crow and Julia Polozova) take on the problems of their traumatized neighborhood, Marchbank's visions of personal and communal redemption begin to make perfect sense. Pozehi's magnetism is extraordinary, the Austin-tinged soundtrack hits just the right highs and lows, and Jay P. Lipa's evocative camerawork signals a bright future behind the Panaflex. This modestly produced feature represents all that's good and right in the indie-film movement." - Bill Gallo, Denver Westword
Fall to Grace Review - Mpls Star Tribune Jul 07, 2006 10:30AM
“…a promising amount of raw talent…the film leaves you optimistic.” Minneapolis Star Tribune Read the full review - http://www.startribune.com/1526/story/536456.html
Seattle: A weird buzz Jun 25, 2006 11:03AM
We are battling a weird buzz in the Varsity's sound system. It is not our master - the mix and level sounded great at the Dobie - thanks Justin and Tom. Word is everyone is one the case, and that it will be gone for Sunday's shows!

Thanks Seattle for coming out - our houses have been great. Show times:

Sun, June 25 - 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45.
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 and 9:45

Here are the full reviews from The Seattle Times and the PI:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003079178_fall23.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/274978_limited23.html
Seattle Show Times Jun 23, 2006 07:01PM
Fri, June 23 – 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 10:00

Sat, June 24 - 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 10:00

Sun, June 25 - 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45.

Monday-Thursday: 7:30 and 9:45

Fall to Grace, Q&A w/ filmmaker, after 7:30 show Fri/Sat Jun 23, 2006 06:51PM
Come visit with Mari after the movie!

*********************

"Fall to Grace" offers further proof that excellent films can be made on a shoestring." - Seattle Post Intelligencer

"Marchbanks captures a hopeful perspective on the immigrant experience that consistently rings true."- The Seattle Times

"Thanks to top-notch performances from the entire cast (the luminous Pozehl turns in a knockout performance in every sense of the word) and some of the best cinematography Austin's ever produced (courtesy of Jay P. Lipa), this is one sleeper that leaves you anything but drowsy."- The Austin Chronicle

"Filled with wonderful performances, an ear-grabbing soundtrack...Fall to Grace is a sweet indie slice of suburban apple pie." "...this is the real deal." - Film Threat

"Marchbanks captures the essence of a melting pot neighborhood where economics, not race, is the dividing factor. Without artifice or contrivance, she shows the daily battles fought by poor immigrants as they try to maintain their honesty and dignity." - Seattle Post Intelligencer

"This is an indie film in the genuine spirit of the word (not some studio-subsidized boutique product), showing compassion while following its own course of low-key redemption." - The Seattle Times

"Marchbanks' film is about the bonds that exist in small neighborhoods, where territoriality isn't necessarily a bad word (think Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing minus the racial showboating) and people's lives are unconsciously connected."- The Austin Chronicle

"Fall to Grace" joins the ranks of great low- budget, independent, Austin-based films like "Cicadas," "Slacker," "The Slow Business of Going," and "Dear Pillow." - File Thirteen

"Inspirational without being sentimental, "Fall to Grace" suggests the possibility of peaceful resolutions to seemingly insoluble problems." - Seattle Post Intelligencer

"Fall to Grace settles into an elliptical groove that's quietly satisfying." - The Seattle Times

"Crow turns in a performance that's both subtle and fully formed, which is a pretty good description of Fall to Grace itself. Like a real neighborhood, it pulses with its own unique heartbeat, and it's one that deserves to be heard." - The Austin Chronicle

"Marchbanks' debut film is sure to join the ranks of great family dramas." - The Daily Texan

"Heartfelt all the way." - The Charlotte Observer
Truly Indie release in Seattle, Mpls, Denver, Atlanta and Austin Jun 21, 2006 08:29PM
Hi! We are getting a lot of questions about Truly Indie, the distriution project that is releasing FALL TO GRACE. Please feel free to email any questions - I am excited to talk about this and share what we are learning!
Thanks Austin! Jun 20, 2006 07:40AM
Fall to Grace played to great houses throughout the weekend at the Dobie - exciting to see a real mix of people, lot's of 20-somethings and 50-somethings! Thanks to Acot and Austin Scriptworks for the excellent Q&A on Saturday and to Dan at the Dobie for taking great care of us.

6 more shows in Austin: 7:30 and 9:45 nighty through Thursday.
Austin Chronicle Gives Fall to Grace 3 1/2 Stars Jun 15, 2006 10:00AM
“Thanks to top-notch performances from the entire cast (the luminous Pozehl turns in a knockout performance in every sense of the word) and some of the best cinematography Austin's ever produced (courtesy of Jay P. Lipa), this is one sleeper that leaves you anything but drowsy. … Marchbanks' film is about the bonds that exist in small neighborhoods, where territoriality isn't necessarily a bad word (think Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing minus the racial showboating) and people's lives are unconsciously connected. … Crow turns in a performance that's both subtle and fully formed, which is a pretty good description of Fall to Grace itself. Like a real neighborhood, it pulses with its own unique heartbeat, and it's one that deserves to be heard.” - The Austin Chronicle

Read Marc Savlov's full review!

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A375135

FALL TO GRACE OPENS AT DOBIE THEATRE - ONE WEEK ONLY Jun 06, 2006 04:02PM
"Filled with wonderful performances, an ear-grabbing soundtrack...Fall to Grace is a sweet indie slice of suburban apple pie." "...this is the real deal." - Film Threat

Come see Fall to Grace, the award-winning debut film by Austin filmmaker Mari Marchbanks, produced by Vicky Boone, running June 16-22 at the Dobie Theatre! Fall to Grace also opens at Landmark Theatres in Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Denver in June and July.

Filmed in a rapidly disappearing East Austin, and featuring an outstanding Austin cast, Fall to Grace follows the loves and troubles of three teens and their families as their lives collide and intersect. The film reminds us of the invisible threads connecting us to one another, creating a net to catch us when we fall.

The film's soundtrack features songs by some of the city's best bands including Centro-matic, Shearwater, The Deathray Davies, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Cruiserweight, Palaxy Tracks, Moonlight Towers and more.

The cast includes Kira Pozehl, Jessica Roque, Gabriel Luna, Bhagirit Crow, Bill Johnson, Jeffrey Mills, David Stokey, Dean Stafford, Adriene Mischler, Cassidy Rose Johnson, Heather Hanna, Amparo Garcia, Julia Polozova, J. Ed Araiza, Rene Alvarado, Rick Azulay, Shannon McCormick, Lee Eddy, Aaron Alexander, Michael Walton, Aubree Zuniga and Eliza Stevens.

Fall to Grace premiered at the 2005 SxSW Film Festival and received narrative feature awards from the Rhode Island Film Festival (Best Feature Film - First Prize), New Orleans Film Festival (Narrative Feature Prize) and the Santa Fe Film Festival (Milagro Award - Best Screenplay).

Attendance in Austin is especially requested June 16-18. Weekend screening times in Austin are: Fri, June 16 - 4:30, 7:30, 9:40; Sat, June 17 - 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:40; Sun, June 18 - 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:40.

For more information, http://www.falltogracemoive.com

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6 Comments about falltograce

IndieFilmNation
Nov 22, 2006 03:09AM

Keep up the great work on your project - if you get a chance check out my podcast at http://www.indiefilmnation.com to here the latest independent film news from around the globe!

Mike Smith

MaxJ
Jul 10, 2006 07:40PM

I'd rate "Fall to Grace" with 5 stars if I knew how (this is my first visit to this site).
The acting, direction, scene layouts were exactly right.

Caglevision
Jun 23, 2006 05:49AM

Congrats on your film. Will it be showing in The NY area anytime soon?

blacktrack3
Jun 20, 2006 08:57PM

The newspaper and online magazine www.creativeloafing.com is a weekly happenings for Atlanta that probably has the most readers, for a free paper. Send in press within 10 days, to get a free listing, or pay for ad.

blacktrack3
Jun 19, 2006 09:56PM

hello filmmaker.

MeginAustin
Jun 06, 2006 08:26AM

Vicky,

I am not realy sure of all the ins and out of audience, but if you would like some help generating some interest for you film in Austin, I can def. help you out. I had a blast helping to get people together for Puffy.

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