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Notebook Reviews: THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

John Houston – 1948. Written and directed by the great John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a film which rightly regarded as a classic. This tense treasure hunt drama sees Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt and Walter Huston searching [...]

October 21, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman & Michael Curtiz On The Set Of CASABLANCA

Many films have been labelled with the “classic” tag over the years. Few really deserve it, however Michael Curtiz’s 1942 masterpiece, Casablanca certainly does. The script by Julius and Philip Epstein, Howard Koch and an uncredited [...]

February 9, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck Directing LIVE BY NIGHT

2016’s Live By Night is a luscious and luminous film. It features some beautiful production design and costumes, creating a vibrant world that echoes nearly a century of wonderful gangster movies. Ben Affleck’s adaptation of Dennis [...]

November 30, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE MALTESE FALCON

John Hutson – 1941 The Maltese Falcon is a true classic and one of the great film noirs. John Huston wrote and directed this adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel and it’s a film which set the template for all other detective [...]

November 3, 2020

Review: Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT Is A Muscular Gangster Thriller

Tommy guns, bootleggers, fedoras and molls – Ben Affleck’s Live By Night has everything you would want from a 1930s gangster drama. This adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel is a love letter to Warner Bros’ golden age of gangster movies [...]

January 16, 2017

Movies In Focus Talks To Cass Warner, Producer Of The CASABLANCA Sequel

Very recently, news began circulating that a follow-up to Casablanca was in the works, entitled Return To Casablanca. Any movie fan worth their salt has seen the original film; it’s flawless and it would be an incredibly tough act to produce a [...]

November 6, 2012

Top 10 Movie Stars Of All Time

There is a difference between what makes a great movie star and what makes a great actor. While the stars on this list are undoubtedly good actors, they have a something extra which makes them great movie stars. Therefore, wonderful actors like Gene [...]

September 1, 2012

CASABLANCA – Classic Hollywood At Its Best

Many films have been labelled with the “classic” tag over the years. Few really deserve it, however Casablanca certainly does. I recently had the opportunity to catch the film on the big screen for the second time, and it still works – seventy [...]

April 2, 2012