- Craig Kennedy offered a eulogy to Dino De Laurentiis and a rundown of this week's DVD releases.
- Jim Emerson bore witness to yet another critic calling it a day.
- Scott Von Doviak ambivalently welcomed back Burn Notice.
- If you take Simon Abrams's advice for the moviegoing weekend, you could see a Claire-Denis-directed documentary about Jacques Rivette, Roman Polanski's latest (awesome) film and Dr. Butcher M.D.. FUCK YEAH ECLECTICISM
Today's video: A triple-header in memory of the late Mr. De Laurentiis, to remind us of the breadth lost. First, a clip of Dino accepting the Best Foreign Film Oscar on behalf of La Strada. (Embedding is disabled for this one; check it out here.)
Then, an indelible scene from a seminal De Laurentiis production:
Lastly, a promo for one of his single goofiest projects:
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