• Pete Hammond digs into the truth about “Amelia” and potential new found hope in a recent re-edit. [Notes on a Season]
• The Rome film fest gets with it, structures a “women in contemporary cinema” theme around this year’s festivities. [The Independent]
• Variety’s Peter Debruge has a bit of mash-up fun with the “Antichrist” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” trailers. [YouTube]
• Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski arrested in Zurich for 1977 rape charge. [CNN]
• Steven Zeitchik reports that Summit was set to be the first out of the gate with awards screeners this year with “The Hurt Locker.” Would it have made a difference? [Risky Biz Blog]
• Nathaniel Rogers considers Julianne Moore’s Oscar chances in “A Single Man.” [The Film Experience]
• One night only…ABC wants to bump the Oscars to March. [Variety]
• David Poland finally reviews some Toronto films. [The Hot Button]
• Breaking down a Wired cover story, starring Charlie Kaufman. [Wired]
• Aaron Eckhart is four-square against the idea of recasting the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise. James Franco and Michael C. Hall can stop holding their breaths. [MTV]
• More parsing of the “Burn After Reading” numbers. Why isn’t it obvious? Brad Pitt + George Clooney = $$$. [Risky Biz Blog]
• Patrick Goldstein mines this month’s issue of Esquire for clues about Paul Thomas Anderson’s childhood. [The Big Picture]
• Ten movies to watch when feeling the financial crunch. [Spout Blog]
• From the rumor mill: Rome’s mayor wants to ban “W.” from showing at the city’s upcoming film festival? Forced denial and all. [The Guardian]