• Charles Burress chats up legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki. [Los Angeles Times]
• John DeVore goes fly fishing in Vermont for the “A River Runs Through It” Blu-ray junket. [Premiere]
• A.O. Scott wraps up the summer with a tired old argument against the dumbed down summer movie season. [New York Times]
• David Poland responds. [The Hot Blog]
• David Gritten sits down with Pedro Almodovar across the pond. [Daily Telegraph]
• With “Julie & Julia” in theaters, Kerry Lauerman gets 10 minutes with Meryl Streep. [Salon]
• John Harlow, meanwhile, spends some time with Amy Adams. [The Times]
• Eugene Hernandez remembers John Hughes at length. [indieWIRE]
• Meanwhile, 10 stars who owe their career to the director. [Newsweek]
• Sean O’Hagan talks “Inglourious Basterds” with Quentin Tarantino. [The Guardian]