Speaking of female directors, anyone know if Sofia Coppola has a movie in the works?

Oh yeah, and following up on Billy, Inla and Syd's comments about Terrence Malick, I am a confirmed fan. All his films are gorgeously shot, but much more important is the equally rich story he allows to develop and gel. No cliches, no templates you've seen a thousand times before, Malick's films are long but deliciously satisfying. The guy serves a frickin' Italian wedding's worth of cinematic food - a multicourse meal of talk and action - and if you have the appetite for it you'll leave the theatre smiling.

It's ironic that the first female to win Best Director did so with a film vehicle that's so male.

This statement is anti-feminist in and of itself. Who is to say that action is "male"?

Yeah, like where was Sofia's award for Lost In Translation? I realize I'm comparing apples to oranges, but my purely subjective response to LIT was as strong as The Hurt Locker, and plenty of us here thought that film should've had similar recognition.

This statement is anti-feminist in and of itself. Who is to say that action is "male"?

Gotta point out that I was the first 'round these parts to discover The Hurt Locker, and even then I predicted awards for Bigelow.

This statement is anti-feminist in and of itself.

Shit, Billy's gone PC.

I thought New York, I Love You was somewhat of a letdown. New York holds its own, and I mostly liked the structure and approach of the film(s). Most of the short films have a similar look so that they blend together. A few characters from previous films pop up in the background of later films. And brief vignettes connect some of the films. And we get a very international cast, highlighting New York's ethnic stew. But mostly the films themselves are rather weak and seem to try too hard to be hip. They tend to rely on a twist, which in most cases isn't clever or believable.

Julie Christie gets the nostalgia treatment in one film, and she looks great. Cloris Leachman teams up with Eli Wallach in a decent film that seems a little too familiar. I probably liked Shunji Iwai's short, starring Orlando Bloom and Christina Ricci best. It had a quirky appeal that felt more plausible and less forced than most of the other entries. Overall, it's quite watchable but forgettable, and seemed a pale imitation of Paris, Je T'Aime, though the talent involved with loving New York was a notch or three lower.
I think Shanghai is supposed to be represented int his series, unless my mind is playing tricks on ... my mind, I guess.