• Krista Smith sits down with dark horse Best Supporting Actor contender Christian McKay. [Little Gold Men]
• Pete Hammond reports on the town’s goings-on, including Jason Reitman’s program of films for the New Beverly Theater. [Notes on a Season]
• A master list of FYC screenplays available for download. [MovieCultists]
• China renames a mountain in honor of “Avatar.” [BBC]
• Meanwhile, Patrick Goldstein points out what we all know, even if some don’t want to accept it: James Cameron’s film needs an asterisk in the box office record books. [The Big Picture]
• Too lazy to put the press release up myself, so, Quentin Tarantino to host screening of “Posse” in Santa Barbara, Q&A with Kirk Douglas to follow. [The Wrap]
• Gregory Ellwood calls early Oscar prospects in Sundance for Focus Features’ newly acquired “The Kids are Alright” and Searchlight’s “Cyrus.” [Awards Campaign]
• Speaking of which, Melena Ryzik chats with the latter’s fraternal filmmaking duo Jay and Mark Duplass. [The Carpetbagger]
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What about Mesrine for best film? I think it was
best film of 2009 regardless of being a foreign language feature and Vincent Cassel was amazing in this!!