Tag Archives: Casablanca
Frozen? That’s not feminism
My daughter finally got me to watch Frozen recently. I think she’s sorry she did. Though I sense 13 year old girls are watching it with a sense of irony and a kind of knowing detachment in the way my … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Film, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Uncategorized
Tagged Casablanca, Disney, elsa, fairytales, feminism, frozen, lady and the tramp, marvel, meryl o rourke, Ming-Na Wen, mulan, richard chamberlain, the slipper and the rose, thor
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Casablanca: When refugees were glamorous
This was written for the Spectator Coffee House blog, ahead of the Casablanca night at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on June 22nd, to mark Refugee Week. “I don’t buy and sell human beings,” says Rick to the rival club … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Film, Uncategorized, War
Tagged 40s, Casablanca, cinema, culture, film, Hollywood, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, literature, Nazis, refugees, war
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From Casablanca to Calais: refugees on film
On 10 June last year I chaired a panel discussion at BFI Southbank with directors Stephen Frears, Mat Whitecross and Kenny Glenaan and cultural commentator Professor Terence Wright. We were looking back on the portrayal of refugees in film as … Continue reading
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Tagged Casablanca, cinema, culture, film, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, journalism, politics, refugees, stephen frears, war
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