It isn’t just about refugees, of course. On the surface, Casablanca is a romantic melodrama with an exotic wartime backdrop. Its hero is Rick (Humphrey Bogart), the cynical and absurdly well ...

I felt like the use of Casablanca helped underline how Iris is conditioned to romanticize relationships that haven’t even had a chance to start and really be something real. She assumed she and ...

Casablanca is more than just a love story. It is a film about, and stocked with, the waves of refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during wartime.

Round up the unusual suspects. “ Casablanca” has turned 80, and the most esteemed of all Hollywood classics enters its octogenarian years with a new ultra-high-definition DVD release.

On Nov. 26, 1942, 'Casablanca' made its world premiere at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City.

Of all the classic Hollywood films, it's one of the best-known and most enduring — this week, Casablanca turns 75. Amazingly, the people involved thought it would be just another Hollywood flick ...

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