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Pretty ironic the Boston Society of Film Critics would be such big fans of The Departed (wicked obvious, no?). The film received top honors in the 25th aniversary of the BSFC Awards. Their most recent winners of the past have been Brokeback Mounatin (2005), Sideways (2004), and Mystic River (2003). Formed in an attempt to showcase "Boston's unique critical perspective heard on a national and international level by awarding commendations to the best of the year's films and filmmakers," the BSFC also really liked the indie underdogs United 93 and Half Nelson.

The International Documentary Assn (a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of nonfiction film and video makers throughout the United States and the world, and who also publish a monthly mag) choose James Longley's Iraq In Fragments as the best feature-length documentary of the year. The other final noms in the same category were Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, Deliver Us From Evil, Showbusiness: A Season to Remember and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.

The team that brought us the surprise hit Little Miss Sunshine are gathering again. The directing duo of Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton are reportedly in talks to helm the film adaptation of The Abstinence Teacher, based on an upcoming Tom Perrotta novel.

No stranger to controversy, director Spike Lee has signed on with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment to helm a feature length retelling of the April 29, 1992 riots that threatened to destroy Los Angeles. The riots followed the acquittal by an all white jury of LAPD officers who were videotaped beating motorist Rodney King. The revisit will bring Lee further into the realm of pseudo-documentary, following his film for HBO Pictures “When the Levees Broke” which chronicled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of New Orleans. Brian Grazer (“Friday Night Lights”, “24”(TV)) is set to produce the flick, which will be penned by John Ridley (“Third Watch”(TV)).

Hot on the heels of his ensemble pic Smokin' Aces director Joe Carnahan has entered into talks to bring back the 1965 thriller Bunny Lake Is Missing. Carnahan is said to be working with Spyglass Entertainment and producer Mark Gordon to renew the Otto Preminger film with the style and zing that punctuates all of the director's works.