
Casablanca. It’s perfect. Claude Rains keeps the whole thing moving.

Casablanca. It’s perfect. Claude Rains keeps the whole thing moving.

The Maltese Falcon. This movie is really, really good. Sydney Greenstreet is hilarious. Peter Lorre does the usual vaguely-creepy foreigner bit. Mary Astor is a tricky little devil. Bogart is Bogartian. None of the characters are entirely likeable, or hateable. Thumbs-up.