In town already for some Beowulf junketing, Angelina Jolie appeared at a special screening of A Mighty Heart on Sunday evening at the Paramount lot, to hold forth at a Q&A moderated by Maxim critic Pete Hammond.

Jolie is respected, and should secure a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her work as Mariane Pearl, the widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Talking about the film’s emotional crescendo, Jolie got emotional herself, and she also had plenty to say about her continuing friendship with the real-life Mariane.