PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is now the most profitable film of all time. The movie cost $15,000 to make, and has delivered a 434,000 percent return (more).

INDIEWIRE writes that “2009 has been seen by many as landmark film for female-directed, written or produced cinema”, listing Lone Scherfig’s AN EDUCATION and Claire Denis’ WHITE MATERIAL among the successes (more).

The LATimes gathered predictions for this year’s Best Picture winner at the Oscars from “Oracle” film critics like Peter Travers and Steve Pond (more). All of them predict nominations for AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, and PRECIOUS.

Mark Harris takes a moment to ponder the old chicken-vs-egg question with regards to Penelope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar (more). Is she HIS muse, or is the other way around?