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Alice Arlen, a screenwriter whose credits included “Silkwood,” “Alamo Bay” and “A Thief of Time,” died Monday night at her home in New York City. She was 75. Arlen, who co-wrote the Academy Award-nominated “Silkwood” screenplay with Nora Ephron, died following a long illness. Born in Chicago in 1940, Arlen graduated from Radcliffe College before returning to her hometown to become a writer for the local CBS station. In addition to her screenwriting, Arlen wrote a biography of her great aunt, titled “Cissy Patterson,” in 1966, and completed a biography of her aunt...

TORONTO -- Tonya Lee William's ReelWorld Film Festival, which showcases racially diverse films, has tapped Canadian filmmaker Damon Vignale's Little Brother of War for its March 31 opening-night gala. The film, starring Frank Cassini, portrays an 8-year-old boy, played by Brett Sherwood, who ends up with his mother's estranged sister and her down-and-out boyfriend after losing his parents. The Toronto-based ReelWorld festival, which unveiled its lineup at a press conference here Tuesday, will also feature three gala screenings of U.S. films -- Chris Eyre's A Thief of Time, Michael Tolajian's Bought & Sold and Bertha Bay Sa-pan's directorial debut, Face -- followed by the closing night film, The Seat Filler, from U.S. director Nick Castle.