The news that Alex Stockman is shooting his second feature film means that he can finally be removed from the long list of Flemish cinema's missing-in-action. After an impressive debut in 2000 with Verboden te zuchten, he seemed to vanish, only to pop up again in 2003 as one of the producers of Tom Barman's excellent Anywhere the Wind Blows. (Speaking of which, where is his second film?)

The Magritte Museum, which opened this week in Brussels, has a difficult balancing act to perform. It wants to get away from the clichés of one of the world's best know Surrealists - the apples in place of faces, the men in bowler hats - and explore the full range of the Belgian artist's heritage. Yet it also aspires to be a tourist attraction that will put Brussels on the map, in which case it needs to give the postcard-buying public what it wants.

Public broadcaster Canvas will air a live selection from the final day of this year's Rock Werchter festival under an agreement with promoters Live Nation. The two are currently holding discussions to determine which of the concerts taking place that day - Sunday, 5 July - will be aired live. The festival itself is sold out of day tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday's bill features Metallica, Kaiser Chiefs, Black Eyed Peas and Nine Inch Nails, as well as local acts Milk Inc., Lady Linn and De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig.

It’s been a long time, probably going back to the introduction of the mini-skirt, since fashion designers were considered really controversial. But “controversial” is the claim made in the title of a new book on Walter Van Beirendonck.