Tag: casablanca
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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Society’s nutters
J’s sister reports on her blog that she was recently attacked by a drab, repressed-looking, extremely neurotic character in a tube station over allegedly skipping a fare (J’s sister has a season …
- Originally published: 25 Aug 2005 in Personalia
The Aviator
Director: Martin Scorsese United States, 2004 The Aviator is not your typical Scorsese movie. As we open on a young Howard Hughes shooting his famously expensive Hell’s Angels, it’s hard to miss the fact …
- Originally published: 19 Feb 2007 in Film
Totally wired for Belgium
We’re both working now and an embryonic daily routine has started. Some kind of normality, albeit a new and fresh one, is creeping into our daily lives. And to function effectively in …
- Originally published: 13 Sep 2008 in Relocation
Key West and the Conch Republic
The more observant of my readers will no doubt have noticed that the number of parts in this series has now grown to five articles. We’ve been busy since we returned …
- Originally published: 15 Jan 2008 in North America
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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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I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.