Sadly the UK Film Council is getting the axe from the government. They aren't going to be the only ones to feel a cut, but it hurts more when you have the likes of Mike Leigh and Nick James to support your good work. Hence we're going to lose support for relatively intelligent filmmaking -- maybe not as round and round smart as Inception -- but there are definitely no Trons about. We wonder if Japan and Italy will follow suit in their respective crises?

Knowing the Hollywood mindset of picking ideas off the true story pile, KF is offering a few freebies from our newsdesk! The obvious classic is a disaster flick, but this time it could include financial meltdown -- money being something that makes us unhappy -- or a music version of Heysel. On the other hand, we could get James Franco involved, with perhaps Lincoln Center or Pacific Standard Time as a backdrop -- but then he'd probably just try to assimilate it into his art. Though maybe a Nabokov poem might tempt him. Diplo and MediaGuardian 101st Tyler Brulee biopics could be intelligently sexy -- especially if accompanied by oversized coffee table books or ones that can be downloaded. Then there's always the sprawling epic about creativity like a Carravaggio or a Sterling Prize winner. WikiLeaks could give us our next Bourne-esque thriller, or maybe a story inspired by a Spin top album or an old magazine cover.... Now how's that from the KF production team?