• Andrea Arnold's 'Wuthering Heights' Premieres in Venice to Wildly Mixed Responses: Andrea Arnold, the director of 'Fish Tank' and 'Red Road,' turned heads when it was announced she would tackle a large-scale adaptation of Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights.'

• Eddie Murphy to Host 84th Academy Awards: It's official. Oscar-nominee Eddie Murphy will host this year's Academy Awards show on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012.

• For Your Consideration: Updating Oscar Contenders in the Eye of the Storm: In the past seven days or so, there have probably been more developments in the awards race than will be seen during any period this year. Except for maybe the next seven days.

• Five Films to Watch From Telluride: There's a camaraderie that makes the Telluride Film Festival like few others you'll ever attend. Sitting alone at a picnic table while taking in a beautiful Colorado landscape the other morning, I was approached by Jon Busch. The Telluride tech director was looking for a place to eat his colorful plate of brunch. Within minutes we were having a terrific chat about the history of the festival.

• The Star of 'Knuckle' and Tim League Will Step Into the Ring at the Fantastic Fest Debates: Our call: Fantastic Fest co-founder Tim League should be afraid.

• 2012 Oscar Predictions: The 2011-12 awards season is slowly falling upon us and indieWIRE will be updating this chart of predictions for the 84th Academy Award nominations on a regular basis between now and late January, when the nominations are announced.

• Here's 4 Reasons the Stock Market Won't Hurt, Could Help Indie Film: It sounds like the start of an indie film producer's worst nightmare: The U.S. stock market drops 4.3 percent in August.

• iW's Project of the Day: An Unlikely Friendship in 'Nate & Margaret': Here's iW's daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

• Small Screens: A 9/11 Widow Talks 'Rebirth,' Our DVD Pick of the Week": Shortly after opening in select theaters last month (it hits more markets throughout September), Jim Whitaker's documentary portrait of emotional and physical rebuilding following 9/11, 'Rebirth,' hits DVD today. It's iW's pick of the week.

• Summer Indie Box Office Report: From Woody to Werner, the Top 10 Grossing Films: Over in Hollywood, it was a pretty hit-and-miss summer.

• The 9 Indie Films You Must See This September: There's a whopping 31 films listed on indieWIRE's September calendar. From a cancer dramedy to a martial arts family drama, check out indieWIRE's picks for the nine best options, and then check out the full calendar or iW's fall movie preview; there's many worthy films that didn't make this list (including notable studio efforts like 'Contagion' and 'Moneyball').

• Critical Consensus: 'Detective Dee' Is the Pick of the Week: Hark Tsui's 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame' hits theaters this weekend, and it's the pick of the week, according to the folks polled on criticWIRE.

• FUTURES | Ami Canaan Mann Follows in Her Dad's Uncompromising Footsteps With 'Texas Killing Fields': Ami Canaan Mann, daughter to Michael Mann ('Heat,' 'Public Enemies'), is one of this year's most highly touted new talents behind the camera. Her feature film debut, 'Texas Killing Fields,' starring Sam Worthington, Chloe Moretz and Jessica Chastain, world premieres at the Venice Film Festival and hits theaters Oct. 14.

• Werner Herzog's 'Abyss' Nabbed by Sundance Selects Ahead of Toronto Premiere: Ahead of its Toronto International Film Festival debut next week, Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights to Werner Herzog's 'Into the Abyss.' Selects, a sister division of IFC Films and IFC Midnight, released Herzog's most recent box office hit, 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams,' which premiered at last year's TIFF.

• Madonna's 'W.E.' Gets Slammed at its Venice Film Festival Debut: When Madonna arrived in Venice Thursday for the premiere of 'W.E.,' her second feature as director, to a media frenzy, she was surely hoping the film would have a better reception than 'Filth and Wisdom,' her critically challenged debut. Unfortunately, that isn't going to be the case, and some critics have argued that the high-profile project might be even worse.

• Suzanne Blech In, Robert Baruc Out as President of Screen Media Films: Suzanne Blech has been elevated from executive vp of Screen Media Films to president, the company announced today.

• iW's Video of the Day: Malcolm McDowell Breathes & Jack Nicholson Smiles in Kubrick GIFs: Be prepared to be awestruck. With 'The Lion King' (and every other film marketed towards children and meatheads) getting a 3D release and endless promises to one-up the cinematic gimmicks of William Castle, it's always nice to be reminded that technology can enhance our filmgoing experiences.

• Watch: The Sad and Somewhat Promising Trailer for Kenneth Lonergan's Long-Delayed 'Margaret': It's been 11 years since Kenneth Lonergan impressed us with his directorial debut, 'You Can Count On Me.' He's finally back with his sophomore effort, 'Margaret,' which was shot way back in 2005. It finally opens in limited release on Sept. 30 after struggles in the editing room (they shot it with a reportedly 300-page script).

• Watch: Alessandro Nivola is a Messed-Up Rocker Dad to Sensible Abigail Breslin in 'Janie Jones': The coming-of-age rock drama 'Janie Jones,' which had its premiere at Toronto 2010, will be released by Tribeca Film on Oct. 27.

• Venice Reviews 'Carnage': Jodie Faster Coming Out on Top of Polanski's Actors Showcase?: Reviews have landed for Roman Polanski's 'Carnage,' playing at the Venice Film Festival.

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• Fall Movie Preview: The 30 Must-See Indies: Summer is essentially over. Maybe not by the calendar, but certainly when it comes to Hollywood. The 'Transformers 3's' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean 4's' have come and gone, and for anyone who likes a mediocre $200 million-budgeted film aimed at teenage boys, you're out of luck for at least a few months. (Editor's note: Yay.)

• George Clooney's 'Ides of March' Debuts in Venice to Mixed Reaction: As the opening night film of the Venice Film Festival, George Clooney's 'The Ides of March' made its debut Wednesday night in Italy, kicking off two straight weeks of non-stop high profile premieres at Venice, Telluride and Toronto.

• Nicholas Ray Was an Early Adopter: An Interview With Susan Ray on Her Husband's Legacy: Of the big names premiering work at this year's Venice Film Festival, one is particularly both notable and unexpected. More than 30 years after his death, legendary American filmmaker Nicholas Ray appears in the program -- and not with a retrospective, but with a "new" work.

• Oscilloscope Buys Nicholas Ray's Last Film, 'We Can't Go Home Again': North American rights to Nicholas Ray's final film, 'We Can't Go Home Again,' have been picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories ahead of the centenary of the late director's birth. A restored/reconstructed version of the film will debut at the Venice Film Festival followed by the New York Film Festival in October.

• Cinemad Will Release 'Shit Year,' Starring Ellen Barkin, This Fall: Microdistributor Cinemad Presents will release Cam Archer's 'Shit Year,' starring Ellen Barkin, in the U.S. this fall.

• Venice 2011: A Guide to the Film Festival: The Venice Film Festival kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 31, with the world premiere of George Clooney's 'The Ides of March,' leading into 11 days that feature some of the most anticipated premieres of the year, from David Cronenberg's 'A Dangerous Method' and Roman Polanski's 'Carnage' to Madonna's 'W.E.' and Steven Soderbergh's 'Contagion.'

• Upcoming Telluride Festival Gets $50K AMPAS Grant; Lineup Set for Thursday: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given $50,000 to underwrite the 2011 Telluride Film Festival's Guest Director program.

• Phase 4 and Submarine Go for James Westby's Dark Comedy 'Rid of Me': Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to James Westby's black comedy 'Rid of Me.'

• Leonard Maltin Reviews 'The Debt': Sometimes a film seems to have everything going for it and still comes up short; such is the case with 'The Debt.'

• Watch: Trailer for Fred Schepisi's TIFF Entry 'Eye of the Storm' With Geoffrey Rush: It has been a long time since Australian director Fred Schepisi has been behind the camera. His last effort was the acclaimed HBO miniseries 'Empire Falls' and before that his last feature film was 2003's forgettable 'It Runs in the Family.'

• Venice 2011: A Guide to the Film Festival: It's one of the year's major international cinematic events and indieWIRE will be offering a variety of coverage during the course of the fest.

• Project of the Day: This Is the One Where We Announce the Monthly and Weekly Prizes: Today is kind of a big deal at indieWIRE: We've combined our editorial and our audience to create direct connections that can help filmmakers.

• indieWIRE's Project of the Day: Finding 'MOM' With a Motley Crew of Private Eyes: Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

• Watch: Teaser for 'Dogtooth' Director's Latest Oddity, 'Alps': If you thought 'Dogtooth' was provocative, just wait till you hear what 'Alps' is about.

• Talking With Eli Craig, Director of Our VOD Pick of the Week: 'Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil': indieWIRE caught up with Eli Craig to dish on his love for horror movies and why he decided to mock them.

• REVIEW | Chinese Fantasy Epic 'Detective Dee' Delivers a Better Ride Than Most U.S. Alternatives: A giant, hollow Buddha that dwarfs a city, spontaneous combustion, uneasy shapeshifting and gravity-defying martial arts: These are the far-reaching pleasures of 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.'

• Talking TIFF: Co-Director Cameron Bailey on the 2011 Toronto Film Festival: Before you head to TIFF 2011, festival co-director Cameron Bailey wants to give you a heads up: It's not the same festival you might have gotten used to.

• iW's Online Video of the Day: Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Melt Hearts by Singing in French: Mon Dieu! Today's video is a hot one, featuring a swoon-inducing Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

• Closing Night Film for the London Film Festival: Rachel Weisz in 'The Deep Blue Sea': The 55th BFI London Film Festival will close Oct. 27 with the U.K. premiere of 'The Deep Blue Sea, starring Rachel Weisz and adapted and directed by Terence Davies.

• Who Were the Winners and Losers of the Summer of 2011?: As the summer winds die down with a flat and uninspired whimper, the realization sets in: The summer of 2011 was for the birds.

• For Your Consideration: 10 Things the Fall Fests Can Tell Us About Award Season: The Venice Film Festival begins Wednesday and that's as good as a starting gun: It means the awards season is here.

• INTERVIEW: Ludivine Sagnier on Impersonating the Late Alain Corneau in "'Love Crime': In the late Alain Corneau's final film, 'Love Crime,' French star Ludivine Sagnier plays a driven ingenue at a multinational who engages in a deadly battle with her ruthless mentor, played by Kristen Scott Thomas. Think of it as a Gallic mash-up of 'Working Girl' and 'Fatal Attraction,' with a twist to rival the best potboilers.

• Critic's Notebook | How the West Memphis 3 Release Transformed The 'Paradise Lost' Documentaries: When the trio of Arkansas men convicted of crimes they may not have committed 18 years ago suddenly found themselves free on Aug. 19, a significant chapter in the saga of the West Memphis 3 came to a dramatic close. However, for viewers familiar with their struggles, the story had already ended twice before.

• INTERVIEW | Joann Sfar on Serge Gainsbourg: "You have to understand what he sings.": Cartoonist Joann Sfar's name may not mean much in the U.S., but in France he's nearly as revered as the pop icon at the center of his directorial debut. 'Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life' delivers a playful, stylized rendition of French musician Serge Gainsbourg's wild and sultry adventures.

• Pedro Almodóvar to Serve as AFI Fest's Guest Artistic Director: For its 25th anniversary, the American Film Institute has announced that Pedro Almodóvar will serve as the Guest Artistic Director of AFI FEST.

• Watch: See Cannes Breakout Stephanie Sigman in 'Miss Bala' Trailer: One of indieWIRE's top picks out of the Cannes Film Festival was 'Miss Bala,' a Mexican thriller that features a breakout performance from newcomer Stephanie Sigman. Get a taste for what all the fuss is about by checking out the new trailer for the film, courtesy of 20th Century Fox, who release the film on Oct. 14 in New York.

• 2012 Oscar Predictions: The 2011-12 awards season is slowly falling upon us and indieWIRE will be updating a chart of predictions for the 84th Academy Award nominations on a regular basis between now and late January, when the nominations are announced. Each week a chart update will be supplemented by a weekly awards-related column, which will often work to provide context for the list.

• 'Hunger Games' Teaser: Thrilling or Disappointing?: Reaction has been tepid to this 'Hunger Games' teaser, introduced on video by a low-key Jennifer Lawrence at the Video Music Awards Sunday night, which reaches the film's teen demo.

• Josh Brolin Signs On for Spike Lee's 'Oldboy' Remake: It looks like Spike Lee has got the man he wanted for his gestating 'Oldboy' remake.

• With More Mainstream Acceptance, Is Queer Cinema in Trouble?: Anthony Kaufman wonders whether the lack of political urgency among today's filmmakers living in the age of Obama, rather than the infuriating Reagan-Bush 1980s, has hindered the boldness and fury that has often driven strong cinema. Read his ReelPolitik.

• The TIFF Skip List: Here Are 10 Films Not Heading to Toronto: The Toronto International Film Festival finalized its 36th annual lineup yesterday, with 268 features representing 68 countries.

• How to Make Your First Feature Film for $5,000: Back in the early '90s, making a movie for $5,000 was the stuff of legend. Nowadays, that number is practical.

• Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds' 'Fireflies in the Garden' Finally Getting Released: How often does a film starring Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds sit on a shelf for three and half years? I guess about as often as one starring Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo and Anna Paquin.

• FUTURES | 'Circumstance' Director-Writer Maryam Keshavarz Can't Go Home Again: Why she's on our Radar: Because in a great year at Sundance, her feature narrative directorial debut 'Circumstance' beat out a crop of impressive films (including 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' 'Another Earth,' 'Take Shelter' and 'Pariah') to win the coveted Audience Award.

• iW's Online Video of the Day: Jim Carrey Declares His Love for Emma Stone: Jim Carrey (49), who broke up with his longtime girlfriend Jenny McCarthy last year, made the interesting decision to post a video love letter to Emma Stone (22) on his official website on Wednesday.

• In My Own Words: Jeff Prosserman Shares a Scene From 'Chasing Madoff': When the Bernard Madoff scandal broke in December of 2008, I was fascinated with the magnitude of the scheme and the scope of what thousands of people had lost.

• 'We Are What We Are' and 'Metalocalypse' Directors Join 'The ABCs of Death': Drafthouse Films, Magnet Pictures and Timpson Films have come close to finalizing the list of 26 directors lined up to helm segments for their international co-production 'The ABCs of Death.'

• 'Metropolis' Returns to Theaters, This Time With Giorgio Moroder's '80s Soundtrack: Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' seems to be the classic that keeps on giving.

• WATCH: Guillermo del Toro at Lincoln Center: "What's great is when distributors are brave.": On August 8, Guillermo del Toro made a special appearance at the Film Society of Lincoln Center with Film Comment Selects: 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' along with stars Katie Holmes and Bailee Madison, and director Troy Nixey.

• Watch: Gritty Trailer for Paddy Considine's Directorial Debut 'Tyrannosaur': Paddy Considine, the accomplished British actor likely best known stateside for his turn alongside Samantha Morton in 'In America,' impressed Sundance audiences this year, not for his acting chops but for his undeniable talent behind the camera.

• Watch: Trailer for the Silent Movie Sensation 'The Artist': So, are you one of those people who refuses to watch a film that's in black and white or worst yet [shudder] a silent movie?

• 'Circumstance's' Maryam Keshavarz Faces Threats, Fears DVD Release: Maryam Keshavarz can't go home again.

• Critical Consensus: 'Circumstance' is the Pick of the Week: 'Circumstance' -- which won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival -- is also the pick of the week, according to the folks polled on criticWIRE.

• Meirelles' '360' to Open London Film Festival; What Will Close?: Fernando Meirelles' '360' will be the opening night film at the 55th BFI London Film Festival, which will be the last under the stewardship of artistic director Sandra Hebron.

• HBO Is Ready for a Fourth 'Paradise Lost' Movie, but the Directors Might Not Be: HBO is prepared to greenlight a fourth documentary in the 'Paradise Lost' saga. Peter Jackson says he's still funding an investigation into the real culprits behind the murders. However, 'Paradise Lost' directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky say they aren't ready to commit to shooting another doc about the West Memphis Three.

• Recut 'Paradise Lost 3' and Oliver Stone's U.S. History Doc Added to New York Film Festival: The new ending to Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' will have its world premiere at the upcoming 49th New York Film Festival.

• So Taboo: Four Upcoming Films That Promise to Offend: Plenty of provocative and disturbing films pass through the festival circuit. But of those that really tug at societal taboos, it's a select few that make it to theaters.

• Guillermo del Toro, Part II: "The most important element of filmmaking is your freedom.": In Monday's first installment of indieWIRE's two-part interview with Guillermo del Toro, the director talked about the evolution of storytelling, explaining his interests in video games and transmedia.

• Chameleon Jessica Chastain Talks 'Tree of Life,' 'The Help,' 'The Debt,' 'Coriolanus': Anne Thompson interviews the rising star and her loaded slate of films.

• 'Tucker & Dale,' the Hillbilly Horror Buddy Comedy You Never Knew You Wanted: ThePlaylist reviews 'Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil,' Eli Craig's directorial debut.

• Women Lose Ground as TV Writers: Women on Hollywood's take on the current stage of women in TV land.

Today on indieWIRE, we told you the five best ways to use social media to build your film audience, Paul Rudd talked 'Our Idiot Brother,' Miramax joined forces with Facebook, and much more.

• The 5 Best Ways to Use Social Media to Build an Audience for Your Movie: Here's the second in our series of excerpts from The Film Collaborative's upcoming book, 'Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul.' This one's by social media strategist Sheri Candler.

• Watch Miramax Movies on Facebook in the U.S., UK and Turkey: In Miramax's latest attempt to make money off their library digitally (they already have deals with Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and Apple), the company has launched the largest-scale Facebook streaming movie app to-date, not just in the U.S. but in the UK and Turkey as well.

• Focus Features Launches VOD Premiere Label Focus World: Seven months ago, Focus Features launched its VOD label, Focus World. However, there was no announcement; instead, they just released the movies.

• INTERVIEW | Paul Rudd Would Like to Play Someone Different, Please: In Paul Rudd's second film directed by his good friend Jesse Peretz (they collaborated on the 2001 comedy 'The Chateau'), Rudd plays the nicest guy since Forrest Gump opened up his box of chocolates.

• Four Cool Apps That Help Turn Phones Into Pro-Grade Cameras: One of the reasons Cisco killed the popular Flip cam was its users' phones did nearly the same thing. They were right; Flip's death now looks like the start of a filmmaking revolution.

• Toronto Film Festival Adds More to Complete 2011 Lineup: The mammoth Toronto International Film Festival unveiled the last of its 2011 lineup, with added titles to its Masters section, including work from Aki Kaurismäki, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, the Dardennes, Bruno Dumont, Gus Van Sant, Béla Tarr and more.

• Ben Stiller to Receive BAFTA Los Angeles' Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award: Ben Stiller will be awarded the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy at the upcoming BAFTA Los Angles Britannia Awards, hosted by Alan Cumming.

• VIDEO ESSAY: Critic Manohla Dargis on 'Poetry' by Lee Chang-dong: To commemorate Tuesday's release of Lee Chang-dong's 'Poetry' on the site Fandor, Fandor editor-in-chief and Press Play contributor Kevin B. Lee has produced the following video essay -- with words by Dargis -- on the film.

• San Sebastian Makes Picks for Cinema in Motion and Films in Progress 20 Series: The San Sebastian International Film Festival announced the four films to make the 7th edition of their Cinema in Motion series, which features films at the end of their filming or at their post-production stage, made by directors from Maghreb, Portuguese-speaking African countries and developing Arab countries.

• indieWIRE's Weekend Recap: Here Are Eight Stories You May Have Missed: In case you were away from your computer this weekend, here's a tidy package of our weekend coverage that includes this week's indie and mainstream box office reports, Pixar news and more.

• Watch: Get Ready to Fall in Love in Trailer for SXSW-Winning Romance 'Weekend': If you're a fan of of love stories in the vein of 'Before Sunrise,' chances are you'll go for Andrew Haigh's much-hyped festival darling 'Weekend.'

• REVIEW | Paul Rudd Outshines Mediocrity in 'Our Idiot Brother': Hiding behind a shaggy beard and a stoner grin, Paul Rudd plays an amusingly oblivious shlub in 'Our Idiot Brother,' but the movie can't keep up with his comic inspiration.

• Box Office: 'One Day' Struggles; 'Senna' Scores In Sophomore Frame (UPDATED): Focus Features unleashed its critically challenged British romance 'One Day' on a wide 1,721 screens this weekend and the results were slightly more spectacular than the film's reviews.

• FIRST PERSON: How a Burn Pile of Scripts Led Vera Farmiga to Make 'Higher Ground': In a first-person feature for indieWIRE, Oscar-nominee Vera Farmiga opens up about how her directorial debut, 'Higher Ground,' came to be, and why she decided to go behind the camera.

• indieWIRE's Project of the Day: Narrative Feature 'fenêtre' Raises Awareness About Child Marriage: Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

• INTERVIEW | Guillermo del Toro, Part I: Videogames, Transmedia and Here's His E-mail: Guillermo del Toro's name adorns posters for the horror remake 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' which opens this week, but the director has a lot more on his mind aside from how to scare people.

• iW's Online Video of the Day: Ryan Gosling Saves a Life (Well, Kinda) in NYC: We all know Ryan Gosling is a great actor, charming as all hell and has abs that can cut steel. Turns out the Canadian heartthrob is a good Samaritan as well. Go figure.

• Gus Van Sant Retrospective at Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image: Award-winning American director Gus Van Sant will have his work featured in a retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image from Sept. 9-30.

• Financing Nears On 'Lunatic at Large'; 2 More Unmade Kubrick Projects Continue Toward Production: Almost as legendary as the films Stanley Kubrick did complete in his lifetime are the numerous projects that went unmade, but a few of those are getting a new lease on life.

• Anatomy of a High-Brow Art Debate: Sean Penn and the Bitch-Slapping of Malick's 'Tree of Life': It goes like this. Sean Penn talks to Le Figaro and implies (Exhibit A) that Terrence Malick underutilized him in 'The Tree of Life.'

Today on indieWIRE, Anderson Cooper lost his cool, Andrea Riseborough dished on working with the Material Girl, Fantastic Fest announced some news, and much more.

• iW's Online Video of the Day: Gerard Depardieu Causes Anderson Cooper to Lose It On Air: Thank you Gérard! Yesterday, we at indieWIRE got our best chuckle of the week when news hit that French actor Gérard Depardieu had peed in the aisle of a packed plane.

• 'Michael,' 'Melancholia,' 'Headhunters' and More Make Fantastic Fest's 2nd Wave of Programming: Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., has announced the second wave of programming for its upcoming seventh edition.

• 'Peace, Love & Misunderstanding' to Open 12th Woodstock Film Festival & Other Highlights: Unveiling what it calls a "sneak peak" Thursday, the Woodstock Film Festival announced some highlights of its upcoming event that takes place in the scenic Catskills in upstate New York, Sept. 21-25.

• Indie Spirit Awards Call for Entries Begins Today: It's that time of year again: As summer starts to wind down, awards season revs up. Film Independent is getting a head start today, beginning its call for entries for the Independent Spirit Awards, now in its 27th year.

• How Little Documentary 'Quantum Hoops' Became a Big Ben Stiller Comedy: How does a tiny documentary become a hot Ben Stiller comedy? 'Quantum Hoops' was Rick Greenwald's 2007 documentary that followed the CalTech basketball team in their quest to gain a win after 21 seasons of losses.

• FUTURES: Andrea Riseborough Talks Madonna, RADA and 'Brighton Rock': Andrea Riseborough might be a familiar face for some. The English full-lipped beauty turned heads for her brassy turn in last year's 'Made in Dagenham,' had a small part in Mike Leigh's 'Happy-Go-Lucky' and garnered a bevvy of acclaim for her BAFTA TV Award nominated turn as the title character in the TV film 'Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley.'

• Critical Consensus: 'Last Circus' Tops Weak Week on criticWIRE: Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia's 'The Last Circus' hits theaters this weekend via Magnolia Pictures, and it's the pick of the week, according to the folks polled on criticWIRE.

• Morgan Spurlock, Nick Broomfield and Ted Hope on Tap for TIFF's Industry Programs: Nick Broomfield, Morgan Spurlock, Ted Hope, Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh and Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald are among the names taking part in this year's industry programs at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, it was announced today. The TIFF Industry programs provide sessions with industry professionals and some of the festival's filmmakers to provide networking opportunities for filmmakers.

• Watch: Nicole Kidman Cashes a Paycheck in Trailer for 'Trespass': Nicole Kidman must have really enjoyed her time spent hamming it up on the set of 'Batman Forever.'

• Watch: Wrenching Trailer for Sundance AIDS Doc 'We Were Here': 'We Were Here,' the deeply affecting documentary that takes a look back at the birth of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, garnered buzz following its world premiere at Sundance and has since gone on to play at a slew of festivals, including Berlin, Outfest and NewFest.

• How You Can Help the U.K. Distributors Who Saw Their Business Decimated by the London Riots: The London riots have ended, but the chaos has only begun for the country's independent film distributors. That's where The Other Cinema has stepped in.

• San Sebastian Fills Out Its Lineup With the Latin American Sidebar: The upcoming San Sebastian International Film Festival has added 13 films to its official lineup with the Horizontes Latinos sidebar, including two Cannes' Un Certain Regard players, Gerardo Naranjo's 'Miss Bala' and Chilean Christian Jimenez's 'Bonsai.'

• Ridley Scott: From 'Alien' Reboot 'Prometheus' to 'Blade Runner' Sequel: The highlight of Comic-Con, bar none, was Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' footage. While Fox and Scott are downplaying the sci-fi space thriller's relationship to the original 'Alien' and the kick-ass James Cameron sequel 'Aliens,' there's no question this movie is grown from the same DNA; Scott admits it.

• San Sebastian Festival Adds International Titles to New Directors Section: The world premiere of Kim Ki-duk's 'Amen,' along with Oren Moverman's 'Rampart,' round out the 59th San Sebastian Film Festival's competition section in additions made Wednesday. Also joining the festival's Zabaltegi-Pearls section are titles from Steve McQueen, Johnnie To and Nicolas Provost.

• In My Own Words: Jeff Warrick Shares a Scene From 'Programming the Nation?': Over seven years ago when I first decided to do a documentary on the alleged history of subliminal messaging in America, it's important to note that I first approached the subject matter with a bit of skepticism.

• Anne Hathaway: A Shockingly Adequate Rapper: Don't worry, she still retains adorability and even a dose of her Oscar-hosting cheekiness. In response to being hounded by the paparazzi after the announcement of her prowling role in 'The Dark Knight Rises,' the 'Love and Other Drugs' and 'One Day' star rapped about her relationship with the camera-toting set on 'Conan' Tuesday night.

• REVIEW | Anne Hathaway's Fake Accent Isn't the Only Thing Wrong With 'One Day': Anne Hathaway's faux British accent might be the first obvious conceit in 'One Day,' but not its most cumbersome. That distinction belongs to the eponymous structure, a claustrophobic device that follows a pair of best friends over the course of a 22-year period, but only on many versions of July 15.

• What You Are About to Read Is True: We Interview the Anonymous Creator of 'Story Notes From Hell': 'Story Notes From Hell' sounds like it could be any struggling screenwriter's snarky and solipsistic blog, but it's something much better. It's a collection of real-life excerpts and dialogue collected by an anonymous screenwriter. And it's an addictive delight.

• Alexander Payne's 'Descendants' to Close 49th New York Film Festival; Main Slate Unveiled: Alexander Payne's 'The Descendants' will close the 49th edition of the New York Film Festival, taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 16, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which organizes the annual event, said Wednesday.

• Carl Colby's Doc About His CIA Spy Father Gets Picked Up by First Run: The new film from Carl Colby, whose credits include 'Legends in Light,''Voyager: The Grand Tour' and 'Ground Zero,' will have his next film, a documentary about his CIA spy father, released in New York at the Lincoln Plaza Cinema courtesy of First Run Features.

• New Look at Matt Damon & Scarlett Johansson In Cameron Crowe's 'We Bought a Zoo': So, both Venice and TIFF have unveiled their slates and ... Cameron Crowe's 'We Bought a Zoo' is nowhere to be seen.

• Viola Davis Goes Big Time: Viola Davis, fresh off her great and potential Oscar-nominated performance in 'The Help,' is taking her "klout" score to the bank as she should.

• REVIEW | Why 'Amigo' is a Blueprint for the Work of John Sayles: From the structure of his screenplays to the fluidity of his working-class themes, the cinema of John Sayles is always clean. Unfortunately, that assessment doesn't always apply to the quality of his work.

Today on indieWIRE, we talked with beloved "mockumentarian" Harry Shearer about his first feature-length (and factual) documentary, 'The Big Uneasy'; we heard from Howard Feinstein on his resignation from the Sarajevo FF; got updated on the TIFF lineup; and 'Mozart's Sister' and 'Drive' got reviewed.

• When Celebrity Overwhelms Auteurs: Howard Feinstein on Resigning From the Sarajevo Film Festival: We're publishing Howard Feinstein's first-person piece on his reasons for resigning from the Sarajevo Film Festival with the caveat that we're not taking sides; there's two sides to every story and here only Howard has the floor.

• REVIEW | 'Mozart's Sister' Fills in a Historical Gap With a Sad Saga: 'Mozart's Sister,' a fictionalized take on Anna "Nannerl" Mozart's teenage years written and directed by French filmmaker René Féret, puts a reasonable face on the character's blurry legacy.

• indieWIRE's Project of the Day: Panama's Very Special Beauty Pageant: Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

• Small Screens: Talking With Pick of the Week Director Harry Shearer and More DVD/VOD Goodness: Beloved "mockumentarian" ('This is Spinal Tap,' 'A Mighty Wind') and voice-work titan ('The Simpsons') Harry Shearer gets the inside story behind the New Orleans disaster in his first feature-length (and factual) documentary, 'The Big Uneasy.'

• TIFF List 2011: The Announced Toronto Film Festival Lineup: More updates to the highly-anticipated TIFF lineup.

• The 10 Things You Must Know Before You Set Foot on the Festival Circuit: Independent film advice is the ultimate in self-help literature; most filmmakers can't afford other options.

• Toronto Film Festival Adds Galas, Special Presentations, World Cinema & More: The 36th Toronto International Film Festival revealed more of its extensive lineup today, with eight more titles added to its Galas including Closing Night film 'Page Eight' by British filmmaker David Hare as well as 18 Special Presentations.

• 4 Clips & New Pics From Johnnie To's Economic Meltdown Drama 'Life Without Principle': Announced last week as a final addition to the Venice Festival, and joining the TIFF lineup this morning, Johnnie To's 'Life Without Principle' seems to be a pretty overwrought affair about these financially lean times that have weighed heavily on people from all facets of life.

• Empire Big Screen '11 Review: Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Drive' Reminds Us Why We Love the Movies: It's lucky that Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Drive' has come along: It's a shot of pure cinema straight to the eyeball.

• Watch: Victorian-Era Ladies Squirm With Delight in "'Hysteria' Trailer: Fresh off of making the Toronto International Film Festival's official lineup earlier this morning, the Maggie Gyllenhall and Hugh Dancy-fronted period comedy 'Hysteria' has dropped its first trailer.

• Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore Reteam for HBO Series, 'Dope': Todd Haynes has reportedly reteamed with the HBO miniseries' executive producers, John Wells and Christine Vachon, for another go-round at HBO.

• indieWIRE's Weekend Recap: Here Are Nine Stories You May Have Missed: In case you were away from your computer this weekend, here's a tidy package of our weekend coverage that includes interviews straight from the Locarno Film Festival, box office reports, a first look at Jason Reitman's latest and much more.

• Box Office: 'Senna' Scores Year's Best Doc Debut (UPDATED): Asif Kapadia's acclaimed documentary 'Senna' found glowing numbers in its limited debut this weekend.

• Locarno Fest Fetes 'Back to Stay' & 'Best Intentions' in Weekend Awards: Argentine/Swiss production 'Abrir Puertas Y Ventanas' (Back to Stay) won the golden leopard at the Locarno Film Festival over the weekend, capping the 10-day event.

• David Lynch Set to Drop Solo Album Featuring Karen O This Fall: David Lynch, recording artist? You heard that right.

• Eight Great Reasons to Shoot Your Movie in a Small Town : It's only natural: You make a movie, you think New York. Or Los Angeles. No one thinks Biddeford, Maine (Pop.: 21,000).

• David Cronenberg & Pedro Almodovar Get Galas at 49th New York Film Festival: In a first for the New York Film Festival, two galas will join the Opening, Centerpiece and Closing Night galas, rounding out the total of gala screenings to five.

• 'The Aviator' & 'Gladiator' Writer John Logan Teams With Patti Smith to Adapt Her Memoir 'Just Kids': John Logan, the writer behind 'Gladiator,' 'The Aviator' and Steven Spielberg's forthcoming 'Lincoln' will team with Smith in writing the script for 'Just Kids.'

• Christine Vachon, Rose Troche, Bruce LaBruce Among the 150 in IFP's Project Forum: New projects from Christine Vachon, Bruce LaBruce, David Robert Mitchell ('The Myth of the American Sleepover'), and Rose Troche are among the 150 that made the cut for this year's Project Forum, hosted by IFP during Independent Film Week (Sept. 18-22) at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center.

• iW's Online Video of the Day: Jason Sudeikis and Tyler Labine Get Up Close & Personal in 'Orgy': We weren't so hot on the tame trailer for the upcoming comedy 'A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.' It was all buildup and no payoff. So it was a pleasant surprise when we came across a just-released clip from the film that fulfills on the promise of its title: namely that people actually get it on.

• Abel Ferrara, David Mamet and David Fincher Featured in Film Noir Series at San Sebastian: The 59th San Sebastian Film Festival will include a repertory series, ''American Way of Death: American Film Noir 1990-2010', devoted to the modern-day American film noir.

• Meet the Toronto International Film Festival Programmers, In Their Own Words: We're happy to present the Toronto International Film Festival as the first non-U.S. event in our ongoing series spotlighting festival programmers.

• Toronto Film Festival Announces Participants in Four Industry Programs: The 36th Toronto International Film Festival announced the participants in four industry programs today -- returning programs Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS!, Talent Lab, and Producers Lab Toronto, and new initiative Rising Stars.

• FUTURES | Asif Kapadia, Director of Racecar Doc 'Senna': Off With the Talking Heads!: Asif Kapadia is no newcomer. The filmmaker won a BAFTA for his 2001 visually ravishing epic 'The Warrior' and helmed the Sarah Michelle Gellar horror flick 'The Return.' So why are we profiling him? His Sundance award-winning sports documentary, 'Senna,' marks his first stab at documentary filmmaking, and he nails it.

• First Look At 'American Psycho' Director Mary Harron's 'The Moth Diaries': It has been six years since we've heard from Mary Harron, at least on the big screen. The director who made waves with the one-two knockout of 'I Shot Andy Warhol' and 'American Psycho' stumbled with the workmanlike and disappointing 'The Notorious Bettie Page' and spent the next few years largely working in television.

• Director Lone Scherfig Talks About 'One Day,' Anne Hathaway, and 'The Way We Were': 'One Day' has a rigid structure that some directors would find impossible. Emma and Dexter -- played by Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess -- live through two decades of tumultuous friendship and love, although we only see them on July 15 each year. But this romantic drama plays to Danish-born director Lone Scherfig's strengths.

• Dubai Film Connection Extends Deadline, is Open to Arabic and French Scripts: The Dubai International Film Festival has extended its submission deadline for the fifth cycle of the fest's co-production market, Dubai Film Connection. Until Augu. 22, scripts written in English, Arabic and French will be accepted, allowing a broader range of filmmakers to participate.

• Tribeca Accepting Submissions for Doc Fund, Sloan Filmmaker Fund, All Access & Latin America Fund: The Tribeca Film Institute is now accepting submissions for their following programs: The TFI Documentary Fund, TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca All Access and the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund.

• James Franco is Directing a Documentary About Porn Megasite Kink.com: James Franco's latest project is making a documentary about BDSM and fetish porn site Kink.com.

• Watch: Rousing Trailer for Ralph Fiennes Directorial Debut 'Coriolanus': Ralph Fiennes likes himself some drama. After laying Lord Voldemort to rest in this summer's 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,' the acclaimed British performer next finds himself playing the titular general in a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' which hits theaters during awards season on Dec. 2 courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

• INTERVIEW | Drugs, Meet Movies: Tao Lin and Megan Boyle's MDMAfilms : Filmmakers Tao Lin and Megan Boyle aren't the first people to find causal connection in drugs and art, but they may have broken new ground in their conspicuous consumption. The name of their production company, MDMAfilms, is the embodiment of truth in advertising: They take drugs and then they make movies.

• Oscar Whisperer Cynthia Swartz Leaves 42West to Launch Her Own PR Firm: Cynthia Swartz, a partner at PR powerhouse 42West since May 2005 and veteran Oscar strategist, is negotiating her exit to form her own PR firm.

• Critic's Notebook | How Movies Like 'The Help' Reinforce Hollywood's Race Problem : Nobody should be surprised by the dearth of minorities in contemporary media. On the surface, it's a boring issue: Whether or not the stories of gay, black or women characters make their way into movies and television only becomes a central issue if specific industrial forces continue to keep them out. If a truly progressive society is color blind, then everyone should let the chips fall and assume equal opportunity remains in flux. The reality is a lot more complicated, as demonstrated this week by the release of the antiquated civil rights drama 'The Help.'

• iW's Online Video of the Day: Harvey Weinstein Suffers Through Paul Rudd's Marketing Pitches: Sure, it's just movie marketing, but it's funny movie marketing. It's all in service of the upcoming Weinstein release 'Our Idiot Brother': Star Paul Rudd comes into Harvey Weinstein's office bearing, appropriately enough, idiotic marketing ideas for the film.

• indieWIRE's Project of the Day: 'Putty Hill' Director Returns With 'I Used to Be Darker': Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

• Martin Scorsese, Frederick Wiseman and Hirokazu Kore-eda Added to San Sebastian Roster: New films by Martin Scorsese, Frederick Wiseman and Hirokazu Kore-eda will be part of the San Sebastian International Film Festival's Zabaltegi special screenings program.

• 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' Scares Up the Lincoln Center: The paparazzi descended upon the Lincoln Center on Monday night. The reason? Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

• Keanu Reeves Lining Up Financing for His Directorial Debut 'Man of Tai Chi': "... but what I really want to do is direct" is a phrase commonly tossed around by actors in Hollywood, but few of them ever make the leap. It's a big transition to go from being in front of the camera to being behind, commanding an entire project from start to finish; a daunting task that can overwhelm even the most powerful players in the industry.

• Watch the Trailer for Gotham and Spirit Award Winning 'Littlerock': Hitting theaters in New York this Friday and expanding in September, Variance Films has premiered the trailer for Mike Ott's 'Littlerock,' which last December won the Gotham Award for "best film not playing at a theater near you." That's about to change.

• Harmony Santana, a transgender actress, gives a breakout lead performance in Rashaad Ernesto Green's coming-of-age scorcher 'Gun Hill Road.' Santana plays Michael, a male teenager on track to transition to a woman. When his father returns from a long stint in prison, Michael finds himself facing off against a man unable to understand his son's dilemma. The Bronx-set drama premiered at Sundance to positive notices, snagged a distribution deal with Motion Film Group and went on to open Outfest and close NewFest. Go here for our interview with Santana.

• The World Premiere of Simon Curtis' 'My Week With Marilyn' will screen as the Centerpiece Gala at the upcoming New York Film Festival on Oct. 9, the Film Society of Lincoln Center said Thursday. Last Friday, FSLC announced that Roman Polanski's 'Carnage' will open the 49th NYFF Sept. 30. For more go here.

• Stretching from July 14-Aug. 7, Montreal's marathon genre-film lovefest the Fantasia International Film Festival kicked off with the Canadian premiere of 'Red State' (without Kevin Smith) and featured other festival favorites like 'Another Earth.' The closing film screens Friday night with the Guillermo del Toro-produced 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' and the world premiere midnight screening of the fifth installment in the 'Final Destination' series. However, in a festival with a lot to love, they weren't the best things about Fantasia. These were.

• Legendary director Raoul Ruiz gave audiences the first film of his sixth decade of filmmaking with 'Mysteries of Lisbon,' which topped four other specialty openers this weekend to be the criticWIRE pick of the week. An adaptation of a famous 19th century novel by Portuguese author Camilo Castelo Branco, the film focuses on the child of an ill-fated romance between two aristocrats who are forbidden to marry. Many thought 'Lisbon' would be Ruiz's final film, but thankfully surgery for liver cancer saved his life. Go here for more.

• U.S. and Canadian rights to actor-writer-director Edward Burns' "comedic relationship drama" 'Newlyweds' have been picked up by Tribeca Film. The feature, which closed out the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival where it had its world premiere, will be released via multiple platforms in late 2011. Go here for more details.

• Just over a month ago the promising teaser for the anticipated spy flick 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' dropped and bode extremely good things to come. No big surprise really, given that it marks the first English language film from 'Let the Right One In' director Tomas Alfredson and boats an amazing cast that includes the likes of Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds. If the first preview didn't already have you all riled up, the film's fleshed out trailer that hit the web today will be sure to do the trick.

• The IFC Center, one of New York's finest independent film theaters, has announced its August-September lineup, which launches this weekend with the opening of Raul Ruiz's much-discussed 'Mysteries of Lisbon' and includes 10 U.S. theatrical premieres as well as IFC's regular slate of midnight repertory films and weekend classics. Go here for the lineup.

• The world premiere of the French comedy 'Intouchables,' from directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, will close the 59th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, it was announced today. Go here for more.

• FLICKERS: The Rhode Island International Film Festival (Aug. 9-14) announced the lineup for its 15th annual fest. This is the only Academy Awards-qualifying festival in New England. Go here for the lineup.

• Warner Bros. continues to get bold as it gets its Oscar dance cards in place. 2011 is filled with Stephen Daldry's 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' and Clint Eastwood's 'J. Edgar' starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Now the studio is eyeing 2012, and surprisingly, has thrown a sci-fi genre picture into Academy Award contention. Go here for details.