Drama, Spies, Television, Thriller
TV: Slow Horses (Season 1)
I’ve only read the first two novels of Mick Herron’s Slough House series, but they’re pretty solid evidence he’s…
May 3, 2022
Drama, Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: All the Old Knives
Has it really been seven years since Olen Steinhauer’s All the Old Knives was released? Steinhauer’s complex spy novels…
April 10, 2022
Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: Tehran (Season 1)
Say what you will about its logistical verisimilitude, it’s refreshing to see a spy series both produced by and…
March 24, 2022
History, Spies, TelevisionTV: Glória (Season 1)
Normally I would say reaching the end of a TV season only to have a “what was the point?”…
March 1, 2022
Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: The French Conspiracy
The French Conspiracy (1972) is only one of this film’s titles (it was released as L’Attentat in France, and…
January 9, 2022
Comedy, Drama, Spies, TelevisionTV: Killing Eve (Season 3)
It’s not uncommon for shows that make a major splash to lose their luster as they extend themselves. Such…
December 23, 2021
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Dead Lions by Mick Herron
If Slow Horses was the tempting bait, Mick Herron’s Dead Lions (2013) is the enthralling hook, not just a…
December 17, 2021
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Silverview by John le Carré
John le Carré’s final published novel, Silverview (2021), does not disappoint, a superb capstone to an illustrious career. It’s…
December 1, 2021
Film, History, Spies, ThrillerFilm: Kill the Messenger
The fact that I’m still pondering the historical veracity of Kill the Messenger (2014) is a good sign that…
November 28, 2021
Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: The Marseilles Contract
To the extent it’s possible to enjoy a film full of people you don’t like doing things you don’t…
November 9, 2021
Drama, Film, History, Spies, World War IIFilm: The Forgotten Battle
Movie based on actual events can be tricky beasts to wrangle, but The Forgotten Battle (2020) is a solid…
October 24, 2021
Fiction, Mystery, SpiesNovel: Slow Horses by Mick Herron
It was time for some classic British spy fiction, and this time I stumbled randomly across Mick Herron’s Slow…
October 23, 2021
Film, History, SpiesFilm: The Courier
Based on true events, The Courier (2020) isn’t an overwhelmingly successful dramatization of history, but it’s less prone to…
October 17, 2021
Comics, Film, SpiesFilm: Black Widow
One of the many things the pandemic has broken is my habit of racing out to theaters to catch…
October 8, 2021
Drama, Film, History, SpiesFilm: Wasp Network
If interesting stories don’t necessarily make for good films, a case in point might be Wasp Network (2019), which…
October 8, 2021