It's official: Members of the U.S. military are now more than welcome to ask and/or tell.
Related: Rachel Maddow commemorates the end of DADT.
Over at PopMatters, a critique of anti-hipsterism.
Nick Pinkerton interviews Dave Kehr.
Steven Spielberg says his Lincoln will focus on last four months of president's life.
Lars von Trier retracts his apology.
Tom Wilson of Ziggy comic fame dies at 80.
A damn fine piece by Steven Boone, for Capital, on being out, but not up in the age of Bloomberg.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky reviews The Tree of Life. Other notable takes on the film: Reverse Shot, A.O. Scott, Roger Ebert, Glenn Kenny, Michael Joshua Rowin, and Nick Pinkerton.
Lars von Trier will return—but can Cannes cope (quick, say that five times fast!) without him?
Billboard's Editorial Director Bill Werde says they won't change U.S. chart rules over one-dollar Lady Gaga sales on Amazon.
Click here for the first image from David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis.
Was Ingmar Bergman switched at birth?
Joe Mantello on the return of The Normal Heart:
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UPDATE: News is just coming in that Corey Haim has died from an accidental overdose.
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami calls for the release of his colleagues, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof.
Nick Pinkerton makes me LOL at R-Pattz & Co.'s awesomely bad Remember Me. My own take, calling for its midnight movie-fication, is here.
Jabba the Hutt gets Park & Recreation-ized:
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