The fall film season just won't let up this year and one more understated gem of a movie is joining the fray: Alan and Gabriel Polsky's 2012 Rome film fest entry, "The Motel Life." Starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, and directed together by the Polskys (producers of "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and "Little Birds") the drama depicts a pair of working-class brothers who flee their Reno motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident. Today, Polsky Films announced a November 8, 2013 release for "The Motel Life" in 15 cities nationwide, and on VOD via FilmBuff. "The Motel Life" received four awards at the Rome Film Festival including the prestigious Audience Award. Our own Jessica Kiang saw the film in Italy and described it as a "gentle wise surprise of a film that without a doubt proving one of the most satisfying of our festival [experience]," while praising its "refreshing quiet confidence." Based on...
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