Peter Bart: In Movies As In Politics, Young Protagonists Are Scarce These Days Peter Bart writes that Hollywood is suffering the same problem as Washington: an absence of vital young protagonists. 04/19/2024 - 9:29 am | View Link
In the Venice Biennale's Historical Sections, Overlooked 20th-Century Figures Come into Focus In many ways, resurrecting artists like those is the central concern of one half of the 2024 Venice Biennale. Titled "Nucleo Storico," this portion is split into three parts: "Portraits," ... 04/19/2024 - 9:27 am | View Link
Wydad Casablanca vs Hassania Agadir Prediction: The hosts' new tactician will secure his first win After failing to win his first game as the coach of Wydad Casablanca, Ben Askar will be determined to get his first three points against Hassania Agadir at the El Bachir Stadium in a bid to redeem ... 04/19/2024 - 6:50 am | View Link
What’s on the Menu: Twisted Noodle Cafe | Sponsored by CasaBlanca Resort & Casino What’s on the Menu” host Sheldon Demke has the greatest job in the world: getting to taste the best food in Southern Utah. For this week’s episode, Demke brought golfer and social media star Malosi ... 04/19/2024 - 5:53 am | View Link
Biden demands unconditional surrender of Israel U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Casablanca Declaration. It stated that the Allies’ goal was the “unconditional surrender” of the Axis ... 04/19/2024 - 5:16 am | View Link
Casablanca movie review & film summary (1942) | Roger Ebert Casablanca. Roger Ebert September 15, 1996. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. If we identify strongly with the characters in some movies, then it is no mystery that “Casablanca” is one of the most popular films ever made. It is about a man and a woman who are in love, and who sacrifice love for a higher purpose. 04/13/2024 - 2:01 am | View Link
Casablanca (1942) A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII. 04/12/2024 - 11:23 pm | View Link
Casablanca (film) Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. 04/12/2024 - 8:03 pm | View Link
Casablanca (1942) Casablanca: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. 04/12/2024 - 12:39 pm | View Link
Watch Casablanca (1942) | Prime Video An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up. 15,171 IMDb 8.5 1 h 42 min 1943. X-Ray UHD PG. Drama · Romance · Harrowing · Inspiring. Subscribe to Max for $9.99/month, rent, or buy. Watch with Max. Start your subscription. Rent. UHD $4.29. Buy. UHD $14.99. More purchase. options. 04/12/2024 - 6:34 am | View Link
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you.
“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.
Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).
Right now, fans of sci-fi/fantasy films are going ga-ga over “Dune: Part 2” (which certainly is gorgeous).
But I’m here to sing the praises of another space opera.
A young George Lucas talks with Anthony Daniels, who plays the robot C-3PO, for the film “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977.
I was a bit late jumping on the Star Wars bandwagon.