A sneak preview of some of the films and documentaries premiering on Rialto Channel in the next few months

Easy Virtue

Starring Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth

A young Englishman abroad in the late 1920s, John Whittaker (Ben Barnes), falls madly in love with and impetuously marries the slightly older but glamorous American, Larita (Jessica Biel). When he brings her home to the grand old, fading family home to English fox hunt country, his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) takes an instant dislike to her, as do his younger sisters, Hilda (Kimberley Nixon) and Marion (Katherine Parkinson). But his war-depressed father (Colin Firth) recognizes another outsider and a domestic war of attrition begins as British upper class mores clash with free spirited New World sensibility.

Premiering in September

Country:	UK
Genre:	Comedy
Released:	2008
Rating:	PGS

Wendy and Lucy

Starring Michelle Williams

Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska with her dog Lucy, in the hope of finding work at the fish cannery for the summer. When her car breaks down in Oregon, a sequence of events transpires and Lucy becomes lost. Wendy makes a frantic search for Lucy but finds herself reliant on others as her financial situation becomes dire.

Premiering in September

Country:	US
Genre:	Drama
Released:	2008
Rating:	ML

The September Issue

Directed by R.J. Cutler

The September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine weighed nearly five pounds and was the single largest issue of a magazine ever published. With unprecedented access, this film tells the story of legendary Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour and her larger-than-life team of editors creating the issue and ruling the world of fashion.

Premiering in September

Country:	US
Genre:	Documentary
Released:	2009
Rating:	PGL

What Just Happened?

Starring Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener and Bruce Willis

Film producer Ben (Robert De Niro) is trying to balance the tug-of-war between two ex-wives and two different families, with his latest, the boldly 'visionary' movie, Fiercely, starring Sean Penn (playing himself) - while everything goes badly wrong. Fiercely looks like an audience-offending flop which draws the ire of studio chief Lou (Catherine Keener), who forces him into tangling with the film's rebellious and drug-addled director, Jeremy (Michael Wincott). Meanwhile, he's confused by his ex, Kelly (Robin Wright Penn), who can't make up her mind about him; shocked by his daughter Zoe (Kristen Stewart), who seems to have grown up overnight; infuriated by his screenwriter friend Scott (Stanley Tucci) who's trying to make a deal with him while making moves on his former wife; horrified by a hirsute Bruce Willis (playing himself) and flummoxed by Willis' agent Dick (John Turturro), who's scared to death of his own clients.

Premiering in September

Country:	US
Genre:	Comedy
Released:	2008
Rating:	MVLS

Rec 2

Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza

Rec 2 picks up roughly fifteen minutes after the end of the first film, the tenement building that was the scene of what appeared to be a zombie outbreak is now completely sealed off. A heavily armed SWAT team is sent in to accompany and protect a doctor as he tries to collect samples and information vital to determine what happened and how to prevent its spread. Things go wrong, of course. Very wrong.

Premiering in September

Country:	Spain
Genre:	Horror
Released:	2009
Rating:	16VL

Still Bill

Directed by Damani Baker and Alex Vlack

The story of how a 33-year-old Navy veteran from Slab Fork, West Virginia, went from building toilets for 747s in a factory to playing at Carnegie Hall in less than two years. Still Bill is more ambitious than that. Instead, Alex Vlack and Damani Baker try to make sense of soul icon Bill Withers, now a retiree in his seventies whose decision to reject the music industry in 1985 comes back, if not to haunt him, then at least to tug gently at the sleeve of his sweatshirt while he pads around his well-appointed Los Angeles home. With his two children now fully grown, the singer and songwriter who produced some of the biggest singles of the '70s (Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me) is remarkably content. Listening to Withers explain why he quit show business in response to record company meddling in his music and image makes you wonder what kind of person doesn't quit. If, per Hunter S. Thompson, the music biz is a place where good men die like dogs, Withers got out while the getting was good.

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Country:	US
Genre:	Documentary
Released:	2009
Rating:	M

Summer Hours

Directed by OlivierAssayas
Starring Juliette Binoche

For her 75th birthday, Helene's (Edith Scob) sons, Frederic (Charles Berling) and Jeremie (Jeremie Renier), bring their wives Lisa (Dominique Reymond) and Angela (Valerie Bonneton) plus their respective children, and her daughter Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) flies in from America. The widowed Helene lives in the country house of famous artist the late Paul Berthier, whose works and collection of antiques has to be passed on appropriately after her death. Indeed, it's not long before the siblings have to face this reality, made complicated by their differing needs. Carving up the estate, especially the house, brings out their different lifestyles and wishes. Teenage granddaughter Sylvie (Alice de Lencquesaing) comes to understand the importance of her late grandmother and the role the house played in her life.

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Country:	France
Genre:	Drama
Released:	2008
Rating:	M

Black Narcissus

Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

A group of Anglican nuns lead by Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) attempt to establish a civilised community in the former Bordello of the Rajah, in the untamed hills of the Himalayas. Sister Clodagh communicates with the indigenous leader of the land via Englishman Mr Dean. Worn down by the hostile surroundings and isolation the nuns become restless and unhappy. This escalates out of control when one of the nuns, Sister Ruth develops an infatuation with Mr. Dean and the fragile repressed community begins to implode. The sisters must battle suspicious locals, the elements and their own demons.

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Country:	UK
Genre:	Drama
Released:	1947
Rating:	PG