welcome back to spotlight nerve and just a reminder that my guest on the show today is alex amy the visit program director of the two in one international contemporary film festival i would say we started talking about different features of your film festival well let's talk about another one big festivals have two faces as well to win one most of the festivals one is to promote non-conventional most of the festivals want to promote now conditional on it and noncommercial art and on the other hand they advertise movies for the wider public the they sort of are. show them to the air to the press to the public what do you see as the principal row for your first of all the two are you know what well what you are saying i think it's really relevant only for one from first of all in the world which is the council on the cannes film festival because. really really really launching launch in a film all are still in film or as the competition and we the count's film first of all the conserve european european distribution maybe venus very nice but. otherwise no i don't believe so i mean film fest

amy palmer. good morning. >> good morning, alex. >> what is it? a must see or must avoid? >> it's a must see.is movie thinking this is ridiculous, i will walk out. but it was fantastic. and i was not the only adult in the theater without kids. there were adults in there going crazy. this is a must see and your kids are going to love it. >> i take your word for it. also out there is -- >> tell us what you want to know. >> tell her what she wants to know and jump. we can control this moing r thing. >> i've got to go. >> is this a must see or must avoid? >> oh, no, alex. it's must avoid. >> i'm shocked. >> i know. i didn't expect it either. the story line is one dimensional and falls flat. it's an amazing cast but doesn't hold up to the hype. >> all right. denise richards tweeted out this photo of her 16-week-old daughter with these jeans from gucci that are $265. this is bad taste in this economy. this is causing quite a stir. >> okay. this could go either must see or must avoid. what do you think about "the simpsons." >> they are coming back. their contract was renewed for two years. there was

alex lawson has details on that affected social security recipients will get a 3.6% increase next year. then jonathan martin and amylatest developments in the 2012 presidential campaign. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it is just to me very obvious that with all the priorities we have, and they're all worthy, until further notice, every decision the national government makes, every close call should be made in favor of economic growth. every type should be broken in favor of growth of the private sector. >> he worked as an adviser in the reagan white house, omb director and george w. bush's administration and he implemented budget cuts that produced $1 billion in surplus. mitch daniels on his decision not to run for president in 2012 at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c- span's today. >> on friday, president obama honored the recipients of the 2010 medal of science and technology. it is the highest honor bestowed on scientists and innovators. the president discussed the importance of making investments and speeding up the transfer of new ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace. from the east

alex lawson has details about the announcement of an increase in social security benefits. then, a political roundtable with jonathan martin and amy gardner on the latest developments in the 2012 campaign. >> on sunday, senator tom harkin will talk about the recent work on the note child left behind act -- no child left legislation.d jobs >> former mexican president vicente fox talked about mexico's drug war and made the case for legalizing drugs. he said one benefit would be that the billions of dollars of revenue will not be flown into the hands of cartel but rather to the government. this is hosted by the cato institute. it is about 35 minutes. >> the united states has been fighting drug trafficking for a least 40 years since president nixon declared a war on drugs to prevent them from being readily consumed in this country. washington has led an increasingly aggressive international war on drugs. that has been a policy that has been proven impotent to stop drug use. the supply-side campaign against drugs is at a high cost. it has come at a high cost for drug transit and drug producing companies -- countries. milton friedman ob

alex lawson has details that social security recipients will get a increase in benefits next year. and at the political roundtable with jonathan martin and amy gardner on the latest developments in the 2004 presidential campaign. "washington journal" live at 7:00 on c-span. speaking in front of the small business committee, he faced criticism from the ranking republican on the committee. the >> i was here when president reagan was elected. we had 10.8% unemployment. guess what -- he had a democratic house and a republican senate. we worked hand in glove to get it done for the american people. rome is burning. it is facing the decimation of our community. they want help. they feel they are not getting any difference from the administration and in congress for that matter. if you are talking about policies in 2014, 2015, 2016 -- we have had three years of virtually the same unemployment numbers as we do today. that is the point. this is nothing new. we need to get a head of the curve at some point. we need to make changes to our tax and regulatory policies. i am hearing it from everybody from fortune 502 companies of 3 or 1. everybody is sayin

alex loss and -- lawson will talk about social security recipients who get a 3.6% increase in benefits next year, and jonathan martin and amydner participate in a roundtable discussion regarding the latest developments in the 2012 presidential campaign. thank you very much for watching today's program. we will see you again tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern.