7/27/2007

Coming Attractions

There's been so much going on here lately that I've seriously neglected my blogging duties. Hopefully within the next month or so we will be launching a completely new look for roadsideattractions.com. But in the meantime, I figured I'd let you know about all the new flicks we have coming up.

First up, on August 24th we will be opening Chris Gorak's Sundance hit Right At Your Door. The film stars Rory Cochrane and Mary McCormack as a married couple in the midst of a terrorist attack on Los Angeles. Check out the official site for the pants-soilingly terrifying trailer.

Then on September 21st, we will roll out another Sundance alum, Trade, starring Academy-Award winner Kevin Kline and penned by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Motorcycle Diaries.

And, as previously blogged, we're opening the greatest Zen cooking film of all-time, How To Cook Your Life, on October 19th.

I'm incredibly jazzed to announce that sometime in November (maybe the 2nd, maybe the 19th...) Roadside will be opening the critical smash of this year's Sundance Film Festival, Starting Out In the Evening. 2007 Tony award winner Frank Langella gives another award-worthy performance in this portrait of a legendary New York author.

While visiting the South of France this past May, we happened to pick up the lovely Lebanese film Caramel. Writer/director/star Nadine Labaki's multi-generational portrait of a Beirut beauty salon was the fan-favorite of this year's Director's Fortnight and we're looking to release the film in the US this January.

And finally, in February '08 we will be releasing Academy Award nominee Brett Morgen's Chicago 10. This groundbreaking, revolutionary depiction of the '68 Chicago DNC riots features the talents of such acclaimed actors as Liev Schreiber, Nick Nolte and Mark Ruffalo and was the opening night film of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

7/05/2007

New York's Got New Jersey...

...and now it has Colma too. Tomorrow (July 6), Colma: The Musical opens at NYC's Quad Cinema. You can check out the review from The New York Times here and then follow Ms. Dargis' advice and buy your tickets right here. It'll be just like going to Broadway; except it won't cost $120, the music's better and the only wicked witch is Rodel.