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‘Our Kind of Traitor’ Review: Le Carre Like Clockwork

Philip Brown — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:00:25 +0000

It’s a bit strange that there have been more cinematic adaptations of books by paranoid spy specialist John le Carré over the past decade than there were from the 1960s to the 1990s combined. On a certain level, the author’s novels are dated to Cold War politics, yet films like ‘The Constant Gardener’, ‘Tinker Tailor...

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‘The Night Manager’ Premiere Recap: “There We Have It, the Changing of the Guards”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:00:07 +0000

A co-production with the BBC, AMC’s new spy thriller drama ‘The Night Manager’ aired in the UK a couple months ago and has only made its way across the pond starting last week. British viewers already know how it ends, yet we’re just starting it now. Based on the first episode, it may be one...

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‘A Most Wanted Man’ Review: The Pained Sadness of International Espionage

Philip Brown — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:00:51 +0000

At their best, John le Carré adaptations strip the espionage genre of any and all glamour. They present the spy game as a series of meetings and stakeouts by depressed alcoholics who hate their lives, yet end up doing vastly important work for the global community. ‘A Most Wanted Man’ is the type of movie...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Spy Movies (Not James Bond)

Josh Zyber — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:00:56 +0000

We’ve talked about James Bond a lot in the blog this week. While Agent 007 may be cinema’s most famous spy, he’s far from the only (or even necessarily the best) secret agent whose adventures have graced the silver screen. For today’s Roundtable, let’s look at some of our other favorites. WARNING: The following file...

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Critical Mass: ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’

Aaron Peck — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:00:39 +0000

Critical Mass is a new feature here on the blog where Luke and Aaron argue about newly-released movies. It’s simply a free-flowing conversation where emails are exchanged, battles are waged, and tempers flare. It’s all in fun, of course. We kick off the inaugural edition with a discussion of the new John le Carré adaptation...

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Now Playing: An Espionage Drama Not Worth Tinkering With

Luke Hickman — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:00:47 +0000

Since it started building buzz on the festival circuit and in the U.K. (where it opened nearly three months ago), I, along with many other film lovers, have been looking forward to ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.’ Although my expectations were high, they weren’t so high that they couldn’t be met – but that didn’t stop...

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The Trailer Park: Musketeer Spies on the Moon

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:00:58 +0000

This fall, we’re going to get a really varied selection of movies. Only one of them looks highly promising, even though the least of them is more likely to draw a crowd. First we get a found-footage tale of a secret moon landing that exposes the reasons why NASA never returned, followed by another swashbuckling...

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