Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project
Spy 100, #69: O.S.S.
There’s an element of patriotic propaganda to O.S.S. (1946), which dramatizes the actual efforts of secret agents behind enemy…
October 24, 2017-
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Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #88: The Iron Curtain
At last, I can belatedly backfill an obscure film from the Spy 100 list. The Iron Curtain (1948) tells…
October 23, 2017 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectFinal Thoughts on The Spy 100 Project
It took me almost six years, but I’ve finally finished reviewing the Spy 100 list. (Well, almost; several of…
December 19, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #1: The Third Man
The Carol Reed-Graham Greene collaboration that worked so well in Our Man in Havana works even better in The…
December 7, 2015 -
Spies, Spy 100 Project, TelevisionSpy 100, #74: An Englishman Abroad
The subdued, talky An Englishman Abroad (1983) isn’t the list’s most electrifying entry, but it does serve as an…
October 25, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #2: North By Northwest
When I first watched North By Northwest (1959) nearly thirty years ago, I had no idea the path it…
June 14, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #3: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
In my view, the list’s top three selections are unassailably awesome spy films, but it’s The Spy Who Came…
May 11, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #4: Goldfinger
Hallelujah. The final James Bond movie on the list, Goldfinger (1964), has been dutifully processed. I wasn’t impressed. Actually,…
May 3, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #89: The Spy in Black
Occasionally, I find old movies difficult to get invested in, but director Michael Powell’s The Spy in Black (1939)…
April 1, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #90: The Mask of Dimitrios
While it pales in comparison to some of the other spy films of its era, The Mask of Dimitrios…
March 31, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #5: Our Man In Havana
Now this is the stuff. From writer Graham Greene and director Carol Reed – the same winning team of…
February 16, 2015 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #6: The Manchurian Candidate
Its inclusion on the list is unassailable, but on this viewing I wonder if The Manchurian Candidate (1962) might be…
December 29, 2014 -
Spies, Spy 100 Project, TelevisionSpy 100, #7: Smiley’s People
If there’s essential reading in the spy genre, John le Carré’s Karla trilogy surely tops the list. Tinker Tailor…
December 22, 2014 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #8: Pickup on South Street
Much as I enjoyed Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street (1953), I think it’s rated too highly on the…
November 30, 2014 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #9: The Lives of Others
In my view, the quietly devastating The Lives of Others (2006) is right up there with other classic films…
November 24, 2014