Humphrey Bogart

The immortal ‘Casablanca’: Why the Old Hollywood’s Everlasting Masterpiece Is Still Beloved

  By Sven Mikulec   There is only a spoonful of movies that enjoy such a reputation as Casablanca, the…

3 years ago

John Huston and Humphrey Bogart: The Mise-en-Scène Magazine’s Exploration of the Legendary Director-Actor Partnership

When someone mentions the most famous director-actor collaborations, there are usually several monumental pairs that come to an average film…

7 years ago

‘Angels with Dirty Faces’: Michael Curtiz’s Touching Gangster Classic Forged Under the All-Seeing Eye of the Hays Code

  By Sven Mikulec   Back in the thirties, gangster movies were increasingly popular in the American cinema. The subject…

7 years ago

‘The Big Sleep’: Seventy Years Since Howard Hawks’ Electrifying Film Noir Masterpiece

  By Sven Mikulec After the romance-adventure film To Have and Have Not under the directorial guidance of the great…

7 years ago

‘The Maltese Falcon’ was a perfect directorial debut for John Huston

  By Sven Mikulec Widely regarded as the first major film noir, considered by Roger Ebert as one of the…

9 years ago