Tag: Arthur Edeson

Classic Review: The Maltese Falcon (1941)–Humphrey Bogart defined the classic hardboiled detective in John Huston’s seminal film noir

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I have a huge blindspot on John Huston and Humphrey Bogart's films, so I thought I'd hit two birds with one stone (pun fully intended). It’s perfect timing since AMC is now licensing a bunch of its shows to Netflix, including Monsieur Spade, where Clive Owen takes on Bogart’s role as Sam Spade, the detective …

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Great Expectations. Seeing CASABLANCA for the first time

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Tonight I have a date with Rick and Ilsa... the most famous movie couple from the classic of all classics, Casablanca. Turner Classic Movies is bringing the 1942 film to almost 500 movie theaters nationwide as part of a 70th Anniversary event, so a few of my blog friends will be seeing it too on the …

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