Casablanca

I avoided watching this for so long and I’m so annoyed that it’s so fucking good. It’s hard not to view Rick with antagonism - especially seeing this for the first time now in 2025 with the state of America - but he was what Ilsa called him: a coward. And yet, he came through in the end and I’m still crying as I write this.  Idk if I’m in the minority but I actually liked that Ilsa stayed with Victor but goddamn it if I’m not heartbroken over it! Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart were both so fucking beautiful in this movie, their chemistry felt so real ughhhhhhh. I will be thinking about this for a while! What a picture!