Hard to get excited about all things cinema during the thick of summer, but I will put forth some kind of effort.

- Eric Kohn interviews the charming Duplass brothers, the siblings behind the new indie-ish "Baghead." I quiet enjoyed their previous effort, "The Puffy Chair." I hope they tip more in the direction of plot than in 'mumbling."

- Indiewire reports U.S. rights to Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, "Synecdoche, New York" have been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. Early reviews suggest that Mr. Kaufman goes deeper than his previous screenplays here, and apparently without too much of a grin, but if you watched those early films, you can see glimpses of the direction Synecdoche appears to go in.

- Geez, us tooo?? AOL is making across the board budget cuts on its blogging properties, we’re hearing from multiple sources. The cuts range up to 25% of each properties total budget, which falls mostly on personnel costs - bloggers are simply being told to take a couple of weeks off for now, and there may or may not be work for them later in August.

- Karina and the gang at Spout are covering this thingy in San Diego. She also files a great review of "American Teen".

- HIT may have some episodes of our web serial up sooooooon!