Directed by Michael Curtiz, screen written by Julius Epstein, Howard Koch and Philip Epstein; Casablanca is a romance drama movie. The central theme of the film is World War II and its effects on individuals and countries. The story, as would be natural, has its devious convolutions of plot. But mainly it tells of a…
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How ‘Great’ is Glazer’s Great Expectations 1998?
Being a film adaptation, The Great Expectations 1998 is an abridged modernization of Charles Dickens’ novel. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, the screenplay by Mitch Glazer ‘makes us believe’ how the literary word of Dickens is deployed in an appealing cinematic experience. Great Expectations 1998 is about a poor painter boy who falls in love with…
Read MoreThe Iskender Tomb
The Iskender Tomb is thought to be the most important monument in the Archaeology Museum in Istanbul. It was found in the year 1887 at the Kings’ cemetery in the city of Sidon, which is today the third largest city in Lebanon. Although it is remembered as ‘Iskender Tomb,’ it does not belong to the…
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