If one is to believe what one reads in Hollywood, Peter Bart has always struck me as a strident high-class call girl as opposed to the rest of us who are willing to do the down-and-dirty work of whoring for a place here in the smogged-smeared sun. Vareity blog Fodder for the cannon:

Although the film has yet to be completed, several people I trust have seen Valkyrie and testify that it's a superb thriller. "Bryan Singer is back in form," says one source, referring to the Valkyrie director whose last film was Superman Returns.

Gotta pay the mortgage, eh Mrs. Bart?

- The LA Filmfest is coming! Go here for tixs and info. I highly recco Roy Andersson's You, the Living.

- The always lovely Manohla Dargis writes about Nina Davenport's doc Operation Filmmaker for the NYTS.