• Kevin offered three tips for documentary filmmakers in search of the truth.
• A look at three fine examples of pre-code cleavage.
• It’s now easier for documentary filmmakers to qualify for an Oscar nomination.
• Did YouTube “borrow” branding from a successful internet film festival?
• Nikki Finke claimed Warner Brothers had instituted a corporate policy against casting women, then baited Gloria Allred into threatening a WB boycott. WB was like, “No you didn’t,” and then Nikki was like, “Yes, in fact, I did.”
• In more devastating Warner Brothers news, the studio continues to show a lack of support for Jesse James by making it nearly impossible for non-coastal critics to see it.
• Michel Gondry’s working on an autobiographical animated film with his teenage son.
• Harmony Korine explains how he solved his filmmaking block by joining a cult of fishermen in the Amazon.
• Juno is not a remake of another film about a pregnant teen with ‘Juno’ in the title.
• The Austin Film Festival memorializes Moonlighting.
• “Any network that can be used to share cat pictures can be used to bring down a government.” This and other pearls of wisdom from from academic/blogger Henry Jenkins.
• On FilmCouch, Paul and Kevin talk to Rob Parrish, the mastermind of Next to Heaven, a web series carved out of the public domain. Watch the most recent episode of Next to Heaven here.

New York Film Festival:

• Mark Cuban confirmed to us that he would not release Brian DePalma’s director’s cut of Redacted. DePalma took the case to the DGA, who ruled that Magnolia could release the “redacted” version. DePalma eventually gives up.
• Peter Bogdanovich explains why his Tom Petty movie is four hours long.
• The Silent Light trailer breaks Karina’s heart.

Chicago Film Festival:

• The Affleck Brothers on the red carpet.
• The Filmspotting gang shares their take on the fest.