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The turbulent economy seems to be the go to excuse these days for bad management. The Weinsteins who were reportedly having difficulty finding coin to release their 2009 slate, will eventually pull out of their tight spot and so will Marco Webber and his Senator U.S. label, which until now has managed to only release The Informers - a title that got raped by Sundance critics three months before its release.

I’m pleased by some of the names and film titles that were nominated in the fifteen categories and especially glad to see that Lance Hammer’s Ballast grabbed six nominations but I’m perplexed by one of the two films it shares a total of six nominations with.

I have no problem with hip hop. In fact, in my time, I've downloaded one or two Wu-Tang Clan songs onto my iPod.

After a hugely successful Sundance film festival, it is to Cannes that the Paris-based Celluloid Dreams is looking towards with the hopes of finding a three peat victory with the Dardenne's latest. The Dardenne film is what we are most looking forward to seeing, the same goes for the Sundance winner, the IFC film Ballast and Director Fortnight's Better things.

Stemming as far back as Cannes and Toronto of last year and fresh from journeys at Sundance and Berlin, most of the titles selected...