This year "Golden Apricot" film festival dedicates one of its anniversary programs to Armenian American writer William Saroyan’s 100 anniversary. Golden Apricot international movie festival will take place in Yerevan, Armenia July 13-20.

Since 2005 “Golden Apricot” Film Festival has been functioning under the aegis of the European Cultural Parliament. The Council of Europe, in cooperation with Ministry of Culture of Armenia, has initiated “The film as a means for intercultural dialog” conference within the “Golden Apricot” 5-th International Film Festival July 13-20.

Following AFI's super-hyped redux of their Top 100 American Film countdown last year, the tradition continues tonight when they do their annual tribute to...well, good movies. This year's theme is 10 Top 10: ten top ten lists of the best (insert genre here)s of all time.

Why would CBS remake Sybil, (premiering tonight at 8 on CBS), the renowned 1976 made-for-TV movie starring Sally Field as a woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder? The answer is simple: Tammy Blanchard.

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival President Atom Egoyan was awarded the 34th Ecumenical Jury Prize for the humanistic values they discovered in Adoration, a film that explores cultural intolerance and misinformation.

The LA Times is reporting that director/actor Sydney Pollack has died at age 73. Pollack won Oscars for directing and producing Out of Africa, should have won for Tootsie,and was also an actor and producer.

This was a good last day at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Amongst the films receiving honours at the awards ceremony yesterday night were 4 films funded by the EU’s Media Programme: “Entre Les Murs” directed by Laurent Cantet (France) won the Palme d'Or, whilst “Gomorra” directed by Matteo Garrone (Italy), swept up the Grand Prize of the festival.

Clint Eastwood opens his 1920s-'30s set film Changeling in Cannes (Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins) with a period logo of its studio—here, Universal, with its silvery, Deco-esque depiction of a small plane circling the globe. The slight but noteworthy irony here is that this picture is nothing like a Universal production of that era, it is instead, very much like a Warner Brothers production of that era and beyond. (Eastwood just recently stopped hanging his producing hat at Warner's, alas.)

British actress Mischa Barton, 22, blew off the premiere of her upcoming movie You and I at the Cannes Film Festival because she was very unhappy with the film. While the film was being shown, the actress was reportedly drinking champagne at the Chopard’s Cannes bash.

The good news first: Reports that "Indiana Jones and the Quest For Profit" was an unmitigated disaster appear to have been somewhat overblown. I'd say "This is proof that even as part of a pure money-grab, Spielberg isn't capable of making an unmitigated disaster," but the guy's last sequel was "The Lost World." So I won't say that.

The Cannes Film Festival is starting today. The premiere of thriller Blindness, starring Julianne Moore, will kick off the world's top film festival later.

The world's largest film-producing nation may be missing from the official selection of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday but, as always, a sizeable Indian contingent will descend on the French Riviera over the next fortnight to promote a wide array of cinematic wares.