Film News & Trailers

A big RF congratulations to director Christian Mungiu and his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days which took home top honors and was awarded the Palme d’Or (The Golden Palm) at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.  Mingui’s small film (made for less than $700,000) examines the issue of abortion in Romania during Communist rule and how attitudes to this volatile issue are affected by political systems, how a country indoctrinates its citizens, and stereotyping.

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile)
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When one of thier own (Elliot Gould) is double-crossed and left for dead Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up the gang to get revenge on the man responsible (Al Pacino).  Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, and Shabo Quin all return (but no Julia Roberts or Catherine Zeta Jones??).  Ellen Barkin also stars.  Here’s a HD trailer if you prefer, and you can check out the official site and the film’s MySpace page.  The film opens on Friday and we’ll have the review!

Ocean’s Thirteen
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Roger Kynard “Roky” Erickson was a rock-and-roll icon.  As the frontman for the 13th Floor Elevators he was one of the early creators of psychadelic music, but an arrest and three year stint in a mental asylum changed everything; his career, family, and life slowly disolved into a downwold spiral, leaving him crazed and forgotten.  The new documentary examines Roky’s past and his life now as his brother returns home after ten years desperate to reach the man he once was.  Check out the official site.  The film opens in a short-run limited release on Friday and will be available on DVD July 10.

Your’re Gonna Miss Me
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Marion Cotillard stars as Edith Piaf who rose from poverty through her beautiful voice and passionate romances only to end her life as tragically as it began.  Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Gerard Depardieu and Emmanuelle Seigner also star.  Check out the film’s official site.  The film opens in limited release on Friday.

La Vie en Rose
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Writer/director Eli Roth returns with this sequel to 2006’s Hostel.  Once again a trio of buff and toned Americans (well, at least they’re female this time) meet up with a beautiful model (Vera Joranova) and head of the hedonistic pleasure only to find horror in a Slovakian hostel.  The film stars Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo and Bijou Phillips.  Here’s a HD trailer if you prefer, and you can also check out the official site.  The film scares itself into theaters on Friday.

Hostel Part II
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