BBC: “But the film-maker told Variety magazine that the new movie would be ‘compelling drama, not a polemic.’…Stone has called it ‘the least political film I’ve made.'”

Hollywood Reporter: “Director David Lynch has worked out a deal with French producer Studio Canal to self-distribute his three-hour digital video feature ‘Inland Empire’ in the U.S. and Canada. Producer Mary Sweeney said the plan will ‘explore a new model of distribution,’ which is expected to include theatrical, home video and online venues.”

Terry Gilliam, sporting a cardboard sign reading “WILL DIRECT FOR FOOD,” showed up next to a line of people waiting for The Daily Show and began passing out handbills. You have to give props to the guy: he’s still determined to stick to his guns and promote his work in the streets, if need be.

You’d think I could simply ignore Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette like any ordinary populist, but, once again, Romancing the Tome steers me to this amusing piece of news. Apparently, the Marie Antoinette Association has blasted Coppola’s film. President Michele Lorin notes, “We’ve spent years trying to convince people that the queen was not just a libertine who told the starving to eat cake. What do you see on the trailer? You see Marie Antoinette eating cake. You see her lying naked on a chaise longue. I fear the film is going to set us back many years.”

No complaints on the egregious 1980s soundtrack? Or Coppola’s diffidence to include Marie’s death? If Marie Antoinette’s most ardent supporters are protesting this film, then heaven help the reactions of a mass audience.