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Resenha: Casablanca – A criação de uma obra-prima involuntária do cinema, de Renzo Mora Book review: Casablanca – Creating an involuntary masterpiece, by Renzo Mora Comumente escrevo aqui sobre filmes cujos bastidores são tão ou mais interessantes que o produto final que read more

“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” The other day on Groupon they featured an offer to see the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra play along with CASABLANCA (1942) and I sincerely regret not jumping at this chance to give myself the best Valentine read more

My Review —Another ½ Hour Surprise— Honorary Bogie Fix: The Lowdown It’s a classic radio adaption of Hollywood’s most classic film! You can read my original synopsis of the film here. Despite the drastically shortened run time, the film still retains almost all of its most read more

Wonders in the Dark By Marilyn Ferdinand Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Although director Michael Curtiz and the rest of the team involved with making Casablanca could not have known it at the time, this last line of dialogue from the film perfectly characterizes the read more

Casablanca Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch from a play by Murrey Burnett and Joan Allison 1942/USA Warner Bros Repeat viewing/Warner Home Video DVD #165 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Unless you have reached this blog by mistake, read more

As promised in an earlier post, I am now running promos on the ebook version of BEYOND CASABLANCA. Beginning Monday, August 11, 2014, and running through Friday, the ebook is free on Kindle, and I hope you'll either consider the book for yourself or encourage friends to give it a try. It contains ma read more

As promised in an earlier post, I am now running promos on the ebook version of BEYOND CASABLANCA. Beginning Monday, August 11, 2014, and running through Friday, the ebook is free on Kindle, and I hope you'll either consider the book for yourself or encourage friends to give it a try. It contains ma read more

As promised in an earlier post, I am now running promos on the ebook version of BEYOND CASABLANCA. Beginning Monday, August 11, 2014, and running through Friday, the ebook is free on Kindle, and I hope you'll either consider the book for yourself or encourage friends to give it a try. It contains ma read more

A while back my publisher at Westview announced some changes in the way they work. Sadly, the downside of the alteration is that the print version of BEYOND CASABLANCA is no longer available from online stores (I can still get print copies directly). On the plus side, I'm now able to run promotions read more

A while back my publisher at Westview announced some changes in the way they work. Sadly, the downside of the alteration is that the print version of BEYOND CASABLANCA is no longer available from online stores (I can still get print copies directly). On the plus side, I'm now able to run promotions read more

A while back my publisher at Westview announced some changes in the way they work. Sadly, the downside of the alteration is that the print version of BEYOND CASABLANCA is no longer available from online stores (I can still get print copies directly). On the plus side, I'm now able to run promotions read more

 My Review —Hollywood’s Greatest Film—  Your Bogie Film Fix: Director:  Michael Curtiz The Lowdown An American expat (Bogart) running a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during World War II is surprised when his ex (Ingrid Bergman) shows up, married to the leader (Pal Henried) of read more

Casablanca won Oscar honors for Best Picture, Best Director (Michael Curtiz) and Best Screenplay (Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch), presented on Thursday, March 2, 1944, at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, in Hollywood. Casablanca also received nominations for Best Actor (Humphrey read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #085 on the list, Michael Curtiz‘s Casablanca. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll b read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #085 on the list, Michael Curtiz‘s Casablanca. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll b read more

Turner Classic Movies will bring CASABLANCA to theaters nationwide for one night only in March – and viewers get a chance to help pick the cities. In celebration of the network’s twentieth anniversary, TCM will present Michael Curtiz’s iconic 1942 drama in twenty U.S. cities on Tuesday, read more

A friend of mine requested an index of the films in BEYOND CASABLANCA II organized by genre. The book has three index sections already, with listings by year, director, and notable cast, but I think that a genre index can also be a handy tool, especially if you're in the mood for a particular kind o read more

A friend of mine requested an index of the films in BEYOND CASABLANCA II organized by genre. The book has three index sections already, with listings by year, director, and notable cast, but I think that a genre index can also be a handy tool, especially if you're in the mood for a particular kind o read more

A friend of mine requested an index of the films in BEYOND CASABLANCA II organized by genre. The book has three index sections already, with listings by year, director, and notable cast, but I think that a genre index can also be a handy tool, especially if you're in the mood for a particular kind o read more

My second collection of classic movie reviews is now available on Kindle, and to celebrate its arrival it will be free all this weekend. I hope that anyone who enjoys the blog will download a copy! BEYOND CASABLANCA II: 101 CLASSIC MOVIES WORTH WATCHING offers a whole new collection of classic film read more