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Ferenc Legyel as Michael Curtiz in Curtiz, a film by Tamas Yvan Topolánszky recreating the drama behind the making of Casablanca.
Michael Curtiz: The ‘pompous b*****d’ who shaped Casablanca

In 1974, Warner Brothers executive Simon Benzakein met French New Wave icon François Truffaut in Los Angeles with an offer to remake Casablanca. The d(...)

From the Archives: September 5th, 1960

In five weeks the Irish soldiers have spread out efficiently, quickly and with a minimum of fuss into positions hundreds of miles apart. Goma, for ins(...)

Michelle Mbaya: “You have to learn to live with poverty because in the beginning, it affects you deeply to see people who are crying because their children are sick.”
Solar-powering fridges, light and phones

Donning an over-sized shirt and jeans, sunglasses pushed back on her head, Michelle Mbaya flits between English and French as she translates for the n(...)