Twelve-year-old Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward) lives on a tip of the island with her parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand).

NEWYORKER: Stormy Weather

Also involved are the analyst's adulterous wife, played by Swinton, and a couple of gormless gym instructors played by Pitt and Frances McDormand.

BBC: Pitt and Clooney at Venice debut

It stars Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and Frances McDormand.

WSJ: 'Men in Black 3' Rakes In $70 Million Over Weekend

Celebrity watchers had complained at the absence of big Hollywood names this year, though those stars who did turn up included Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

CNN: Italian film wins at Cannes

With the encouragement of her friend Glory (Frances McDormand), Josey takes a job at the mines, runs head first into the brutish scorn of the male workers, and determines to do something about it.

NEWYORKER: North Country

John Turturro, Frances McDormand and John Malkovich co-star.

NEWYORKER: Fired

That is why many of the actresses who have won Oscars in the 1980s and 1990s to date were dumpy (Kathy Bates), tiny (Holly Hunter), cosy (Frances McDormand) or downright plain (Cissy Spacek and Sally Field).

ECONOMIST: Beauty beats the beast

Stars Shia LaBeouf (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), Josh Duhamel (Life As We Know It), Tyrese Gibson (Four Brothers) and John Turturro (The Good Shepherd) have returned along with a host of new stars including Patrick Dempsey ("Grey's Anatomy"), Frances McDormand (Fargo) and John Malkovich (Beowulf).

ENGADGET: Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blu-ray due September 30th, 3D version later

The independent writer-director Nicole Holofcener had a fresh idea for a movie: how would three well-off married women (Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack), living in Los Angeles, sustain their friendship with a younger woman who is unmarried, broke, working as a housekeeper, and given to meaningless relationships with jerks?

NEWYORKER: Friends With Money