Two films playing at this year's festival are already garnering early rave reviews among critics. "Talk to Me" and "My Best Friend," both currently playing in limited release, received enthusiastic praise from Richard Roeper and guest critic Dave Karger (senior writer at "Entertainment Weekly") on this weekend's "Ebert and Roeper" show.

Karger calls “Talk to Me,” the story of popular radio personality and ex-con Ralph “Petey” Greene, a “powerful twist on the buddy movie,” noting that “it is tough to mix comedy and drama together, but ‘Talk to Me’ pulls it off.” Roeper went a step further, predicting Oscar nominations for the cast and saying “the film didn’t hit a single false note in any scene.”

Both men were equally admiring of “My Best Friend,” a French film about an unlikeable businessmen who discovers that his friends all secretly despise him. Desperate to learn the art of charming others, he enlists a charismatic taxi driver to teach him some much-needed social graces. Roeper remarked that the film has “a perfect touch” and “is done so well;” Karger called it a “an absolute gem of a comedy.” (To watch the full reviews for both films, click here: www.ebertandroeper.tv)

Tickets are currently available to both of these great films. To order yours today, go to http://www.traversecityfilmfest.org/tixSYS/2007/filmguide/title/detail/