In addition to my indieWIRE duties here in Cannes, I am doing some writing for the Wall Street Journal online. My second "Reporter's Notebook" piece has been published on WSJ.com:

The cruise liner Queen Mary 2 sailed into a Cannes harbor Sunday already crowded with luxury vessels and pleasure craft. Just hours before the film festival staged the world premiere of the final installment in the "Star Wars" saga -- "Episode III: --Revenge of the Sith" -- filmmaker George Lucas boarded the massive ship to receive the Trophy of the Festival from Cannes artistic director Thierry Frémaux, including the presentation of a tribute film directed by Cannes festival president Gilles Jacob.

At the legendary Carlton Hotel along Cannes' seaside esplanade, the Croisette, a maze of suites have been converted into a public-relations war room to orchestrate the massive media campaign accompanying the film's out-of-competition screening.