Articles written by Dan Lalande
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Mirisch Brother Memoir
"I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History" is the dry, gentlemanly memoir of Walter Mirisch, baby of one of Hollywood's most successful families
Jul 21, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Notes On A Life
She has subsisted in her husband's shadow - but with this delicate, introspective and textural journal, Eleanor Coppola comes to the fore
Jul 10, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Lonely Are The Brave on DVD
Star Kirk Douglas has called Dalton Trumbo's offbeat, contemporary Western the perfect screenplay. It isn't exactly but it is something admirable and unique.
Jun 22, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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High Noon on DVD
With the making of High Noon, writer Carl Foreman, director Fred Zinneman, and actor Gary Cooper revolutonized the Western
Jun 15, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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James Bond's Ian Fleming at 100
The James Bond films are the most successful series in movie history...but have they killed the very form that's spawned them?
May 28, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Frank Sinatra Anniversary
It's been ten years since ol' blue eyes checked out of the saloon - leaving a handful of memorable dramatic performances
May 16, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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James Stewart at 100
The venerable James Stewart was the unlikeliest of movie stars - and yet, one of the most liked
May 5, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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There Will Be Blood & Sierra Madre
Paul Thomas Anderson tips his dusty hat to John Huston's Treasure Of The Sierra Madre with There Will Be Blood, newly released on DVD
Apr 13, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Charlton Heston Dies at 84
King, Prince, Warrior, God - Charlton Heston played them all, American style
Apr 7, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Bette Davis at 100
If anyone personifies Woman according to the Studio Era, it's the irrepressible Bette Davis, who would have turned 100 this month
Apr 1, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Battleship Potemkin on DVD
It's existed in various versions for years. Now, Eisenstein's classic is unleashed in its most definitive form to date.
Mar 25, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Joan Crawford Centenary
It's a happy 100th to Joan Crawford , who, sadly, is preserved primarily by camp
Mar 17, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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2008 Ottawa Jazz Fest Leaks Acts
The early line-up for Ottawa's 2008 Jazz Festival constitutes a chronology of the music, from the bayous of Louisiana to the River of Herbie Hancock.
Mar 14, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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The Apartment on DVD
The Best Picture Oscar winner of 1960 is a deft juggling of comic and dramatic elements
Feb 20, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Gigi - Best Picture of 1958
The French they are a funny race, it's been said - and when it was said musically in 1958, the result was the Oscar for Best Picture
Feb 14, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Key Largo
It's not John Huston's best work but 1948's Key Largo is memorable nonetheless
Jan 24, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Five Easy Decades - Review
It may be five decades but it's all one Jack - author Dennis McDougal on a half century night on the town with the world's best known Lakers fan
Jan 18, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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The Lady from Shanghai
This bizarro film noire, with its unforgettable climax, still casts an hypnotic spell after all these years
Jan 9, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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United Artists Deluxe Gift Set
UA's been through many incarnations but a new deluxe set proves that the heyday of United Artists was the 60s and 70s
Jan 2, 2008
- Dan Lalande
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Christmas in Connecticut
Barbara Stanwyck and company spend Christmas in Connecticut in this amusing little romp
Dec 24, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Ford at Fox
It's made up of a whopping 21 discs - but the heart of this collection devoted to the work of director John Ford are his collaborations with producer Daryl Zanuck
Dec 21, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Citizen Kane Screenplay For Sale
The script behind Citizen Kane, and the Oscar it received, are up for auction...but is it worth the money?
Dec 11, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Review of Odessa-Havana in Ottawa
Klezmer and conga came together at Ottawa, Canada's Dominion-Chalmers United Church in the form of the latest musical kick of versatile trumpet master Dave Buchbinder
Nov 30, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Bingcrosby.com
A family-created website celebrates all things Crosby in classy fashion
Nov 13, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Considering Doris Day
A new book purports to take a revisionist look at Doris Day...but reads more like an unapologetic fan letter
Oct 29, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Odessa/Havana
Klezmer king Dave Buchbinder and Cuban pianist Hilario Duran to meet under the aegis of the Ottawa Jazz Festival Nov. 26
Oct 29, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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The Jazz Singer
Jolson sings again in the 80th anniversary edition of this seminal film
Oct 20, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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The Graduate
The counter-culture sold out long ago but this seminal film from the sixties still plays - even if only as an expertly made romantic comedy
Oct 15, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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The Bank Dick
With The Bank Dick and other films, comic great W.C. Fields began a legacy that continues to this day
Oct 11, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Hello, I Must Be Going
Charlotte Chandler's 1977 book on comic icon Groucho Marx hits book shelves again in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of his passing
Sep 11, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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2007 Ottawa Folk Festival Wraps Up
The 2007 Ottawa, Folk Fest, which featured acts such as Kris Kristofferson and Eliza Gilkyson, ends on a mellow high.
Aug 20, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Ottawa Folk Festival's Rising Star
Singer-songwriter Dave Gaudet is one of the talks of the Fest - he may play mostly with girls but his introspective tunes are resonating big time with men
Aug 19, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Ottawa Folk Festival: Daytime Acts
As always, the Ottawa Folk Festival features plenty of hidden gems
Aug 19, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Ottawa Folk Festival
Oh Susanna, The Foggy Hogtown Boys, and hall of fame songwriter Kris Kristofferson please a near capacity crowd at the Ottawa Folk Fest
Aug 18, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Ottawa Folk Festival
Meredith Luce, Kate Weekes and other Ottawa-based talents ring in the 14th annual Ottawa Folk Festival
Aug 17, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Peter Falk Pens Autobiography
It wanders and weaves like the three drunken husbands in the John Cassavetes film of the same name - but proves just as amiable company
Aug 13, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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2007 Ottawa Folk Festival
The 14th edition of the Ottawa Folk Fest, Thursday Aug. 16 to Sunday Aug. 19, is undergoing a facelift, thanks to new executive director Tamara Kater
Aug 13, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Laslo Kovacs Dies
Hungarian born Laslo Kovacs brought us a personal vision of America, one formed by experiences back home
Aug 3, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Barbara Stanwyck at 100
It's another centennial celebration, this time for the tough cookie always forced to crumble
Jul 3, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Ottawa Jazz Fest Wraps Up
The 2007 edition of the TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival came to a close with a choice collection of Canada Day acts
Jul 2, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Byron Plays Walker
Don Byron and a high-octane band perfectly replicated the sound of Junior Walker at the Ottawa Jazz Festival - and then some!
Jun 27, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Treasure Island
The latest Pirates of the Caribbean sequel spawns memories of an old gem, the 1934 version of Treasure Island
Jun 25, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Brubeck Plays Ottawa
Call him Father Time Signature. 85 year old Dave Brubeck, whose musical experimentation has made him a household name, reveals his more conventional side in Ottawa
Jun 25, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Branford Marsalis plays Ottawa
Branford Marsalis may be the perfect opening act for a midsize jazz festival - a hunch he confirmed in a tight set last night.
Jun 22, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston's classic adventure story is just as good today as it was back in 1947. Good as gold, in fact.
Jun 10, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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John Wayne at 100
The Duke is riding tall in the saddle again, as this would have been his 100th birthday
May 29, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Katherine Hepburn - 100 Years
She passed away four years shy of her 100th birthday. That doesn't prevent us from celebrating it, via three recommended films
May 15, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Brando
Turner Classic Movies debuts its two-part documentary on Marlon Brando. Like the subject himself, it's dense, diverse and deeply introspective.
May 3, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Buster Keaton's The General
There's still debate about whether or not it's his single best work. Regardless, there's a lot to appreciate about Buster Keaton's 1927 comic epic The General
Apr 30, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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Classic Film & WW 1
The Classic Film that best represents the hearts and minds of those who fought the World To End All Wars may not be the one you think
Apr 17, 2007
- Dan Lalande
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