Roadside Attractions has released a new trailer and poster forHard Luck Love Song, an upcoming drama that’s part-love story and part-crime thriller. Mixing neo-noir aesthetics with a Western feel,Hard Luck Love Songis inspired by “Just Like Old Times,” a song by acclaimed Americana singer/songwriterTodd Snider. The film starringMichael DormanandSophia Bushwill premiere in theaters on October 15.
The trailer introduces us to Jesse (Dorman), a broken man who spends his days drinking too much, sleeping in hotel rooms by the side of the road, and making money by playing pool in dirty bars. More than often, Jesse’s ill-temper leads him to confront other people looking for trouble in the night, but the man also has a soft side that remembers a better time and dreams about a brighter future.
Carrying his guitar wherever he goes, Jesse gets caught in a chaotic reignition of an old flame when he reencounters Carla (Bush), a woman who will force him to rethink his place in the world.
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Directed byJustin Corsbiefrom a screenplay he wrote withCraig Ugoretz,Hard Luck Love Song’s cast includesDermot Mulroney,Brian Sacca,Melora Walters, Academy Award nomineeEric Roberts, and hip-hop iconRZA.
After premiering at the Austin Film Festival on August 26, 2025,Hard Luck Love Songhits theaters this October 15. Check out the new trailer and poster below:
Here’sHard Luck Love Song’s synopsis:
A crime thriller wrapped inside a haunting love story wrapped inside a neo-noir western,‘Hard Luck Love Songfollows Jesse (Michael Dorman), a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour hustling pool in dive bars, living out of cheap motels and making bad decisions. Jesse finds himself at an existential crossroads during a chance encounter with Carla (Bush), an old flame, as their complicated past and current troubles threaten to destroy their blissful reunion.Hard Luck Love Songcaptures a fractured optimism where characters navigate the choppy waters of life, searching for their ‘own kind of American Dream.’
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