MOVIE BUZZ: Four of the shorts from this year's festival are on YouTube through May 8. You can still be arty if you're broke/foreign/stuck in the office during all the good screenings.

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The Best Links:

1. Cutlass (directed by Kate Hudson, featuring BuzzFeed favorite Dakota Fanning)
2. Section 44 (Guy gets thrown in van, drama and interrogation ensue)
3. Wu (“Fat and hair issues. Life choices. And dark thoughts…. “)
4. The Confession (Priests and Irish accents!)
5. Tribeca Film Festival

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Rourke’s getting Oscar buzz for his performance in “The Wrestler.” After awards in Venice and a distribution deal with Fox, “The Wrestler” is being hailed as Rourke’s return and a big Oscar contender.

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The Best Links:

1. Mickey Rourke + The Wrestler = A Nice Comeback Story, Aw
2. Rave Variety Review of “The Wrestler”
3. Could Mickey Rourke Win an Oscar for “The Wrestler”?
4. ‘The Wrestler’ Has A Great Viewing In Toronto
5. Venice Agrees: Mickey Rourke Has Returned
6. Fox Searchlight Picks Up ‘Wrestler’ After A Bidding War
7. Even The Film Poster For “The Wrestler” Looks Awesome

MOVIE BUZZ: Madonna heads to the Berlin Film Festival next week to screen her directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom . It’s reportedly a musical comedy featuring Russian immigrants, gypsy punks, lap dancing, dominatrixes, ballet, and cultural revolution. Further showing hubbie Guy Ritchie he’s not the only filmmaker in the family, Madge also just produced the upcoming documentary I Am Because We Are , about Malawi orphans.

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The Best Links:

1. Madonna’s Directorial Debut, “Filth And Wisdom” To Premiere at Berlin Fest; Gogo Bordello Singer Featured
2. Madonna Directing “Filth and Wisdom” (Guardian Unlimited)
3. Madonna’s Making a Film on Our Doorstep
4. First Images from ”Filth and Wisdom” Have Been Released
5. Madonna: I Am Because We Are, New Documentary
6. Madonna Brings “Wisdom” to Berlin
7. Madonna Making No Friends on “Filth and Wisdom”
8. Madonna’s Documentary, “I Am Because We Are”
9. Madonna’s “Filth and Wisdom” To Premiere in Berlin
10. Filth & Wisdom: The Material One’s New Film Is Aptly Titled
11. “I Am Because We Are” on Wikipedia
12. “Filth and Wisdom” on Wikipedia
13. Madonna’s New Film “I Am Because We Are”