This week awards season got underway in earnest, we learned lineup details on Berlin and Rotterdam, and the long, cold ass kicking that is Sundance began. See you next week!

• DEAR ZACHARY: A response to comments
• An Idiot’s Guide to the Magical Negro
• Polanski Wants Trial Moved Out of LA
• SILENT LIGHT Review
• Criterion’s Bottle Rocket: The Best and Worst Version Ever
• My Bloody Valentine 3D in 2D. Clip(s) of the Day
• Julie Delpy Goes to Berlin, Chris Moltisanti Goes to Rotterdam
• WGA Nominations
• Wall-E vs The Academy: Seven Snubbed Movies About The Future
• 13 Films We’re Watching At Sundance
• The Great Samurai Cop Swindle
• Ridley Scott’s 1984, and 11 Commercials From Famous Directors
• Sex Scenes: Sex and Drugs and My Way
• Anti-war Films ARE Successful!
• DGA Nominations
• Sad Milestones in the History of 3-D
• Film Independent and Netflix Launch Indie Film Competition
• Cinema Eye Honors 2009 Shortlist
• Sundance/Slamdance previews: LA MISSION, ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE UNDEAD, PAPER HEART TV, YOU WONT MISS ME, Amreeka
• FilmCouch #103: Comedy, Tragedy, Criticism
• Oscars: 10 Unlikely Nominations We’d Like To Se
• BATTLE FOR HADITHA DVD Review
• Trailers: Hurt Locker, High Kick Girl!, THE RAMEN GIRL
• Eastwood Roundtable Video Essays
• Hugh Jackman Drops Out of Soderbergh’s Elvis Musical