Casual Viewing: Bones, Chloe, and Mr. Briggs
I highly recommend Netflix instant-streaming for sick days. Unfortunately Jenn was down with a sinus …
Spy 100, #96: Triple Agent
A subtle, dialogue-driven mystery, director Eric Rohmer’s Triple Agent (2004) is a somewhat ponderous, confusing …
Film: Bangkok Dangerous
From Thailand, Bangkok Dangerous (1999) is a stylistically innovative crime film that relies heavily on …
Spy 100, #99: All Through the Night
Here it goes: I’m launching the “Spy 100” project! Since the 100th movie on the …
Novel: The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
Since discovering the work of Alan Furst, I’ve been rationing his novels in order to …
Film: The Anderson Tapes
If you thought public concern about ubiquitous surveillance was a recent phenomenon, The Anderson Tapes …
Even More Random Viewing Notes
So my TV writing ambitions are pretty solidly fixed to the backburner these days, but …
The Riches and Other Criminal Families
The Riches (2007-2008) has everything I like in a good TV show: a strong premise, …
Novel: At Risk by Stella Rimington
My ever-continuing search for effective spy novelists takes us next to the unimaginatively titled At …
Film: Transsiberian
Brad Anderson is a solid director who’s done a number of small, classy independent films …
Film: Burn After Reading
Sunday night I watched the latest Coen Brothers film, Burn After Reading (2008), an offbeat …