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The Maltese Falcon
Director: John Huston
United States, 1941
Huston’s directorial debut is a detective story about the pursuit of the titular avian, a priceless ornament whose origins are engagingly described by Sydney Greenstreet’s portly treasure hunter. The bejewelled bird, lost in history between the Knights of Malta and the Crown of Spain, has popped up once more in Istanbul …
Casablanca
Director: Michael Curtiz
United States, 1942
Casablanca needs no introduction, except maybe the first few bars of As Time Goes By. It’s a masterfully told, elliptical yarn about a difficult period and after so many decades, it’s too easy to overlook the fact that it was contemporary to those times.
Bogart’s world weary ex-pat Rick Blaine runs an …
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Luxor
Modern Luxor (known locally as Al Uqsur) stands where once stood the ancient city of Thebes. History is everywhere in Egypt but nowhere more so than here. Hidden in the desert mountains beyond the …
- Originally published: 18 Oct 2006 in Middle East
At home with Papa: from Key West to Key Largo
Great War ambulance driver, the Lost Generation’s leading light, hunter in the Serengeti, radicalist sympathiser in the Spanish Civil War, Q-Boat captain Cuba, D-Day correspondent, Nobel Prize winner, friend then enemy of …
- Originally published: 16 Jan 2008 in North America
Some Like It Hot
Director: Billy Wilder United States, 1959 What is it with Billy Wilder movies? For me, only the unprecedented content made The Apartment stand out. Now I find that this highly esteemed comedy does very …
- Originally published: 15 Feb 2007 in Film
A walk in Longdendale
J and I recently took off for a day and went walking in Longdendale, a valley descending from Dark Peak in a westerly direction down into Greater Manchester. As one might expect in …
- Originally published: 21 Feb 2007 in UK
The slow train to Richmond
Hotbed of the venerable London moccasin scene, Richmond has got it all. From Wagamama to Crabtree & Evelyn, all the shops were packed this weekend with the thirtysomething fritterati of our great …
- Originally published: 16 Aug 2005 in UK
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
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