Spies, Television
TV: Tehran (Season 2)
While Apple’s Israeli-produced, Iran-set thriller Tehran is by no means as impressive as its hit spy series Slow Horses,…
January 9, 2023-
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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 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Berlin Station (Season 3)
Berlin Station launched with a bang, a complex, gripping spy drama that played out like a rich, multifaceted novel.…
July 4, 2020 -
TelevisionTV: Veep (Seasons 1-7)
Oh, Veep. What hath thou wrought? (Or something.) Back in the LA days, when we had HBO, I started…
May 7, 2020 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: The Bureau (Season 1)
There’s nothing top secret about my mission to watch every great spy show ever made. I’ve logged many, many…
April 20, 2020 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Queen Sono (Season 1)
The Netflix original series Queen Sono doesn’t exactly reinvent the spy thriller, but it does something else important: it…
March 21, 2020 -
Film, SpiesFilm: Cleanskin
For some reason, Cleanskin (2012) feels ancient, even though it only came out seven years ago. That says more…
December 29, 2019 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Pine Gap (Season 1)
Australia’s Pine Gap is the kind of spy show I would have utterly fallen in love with…about fifteen years…
February 12, 2019 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Season 1)
Although it probably seems like it, I’m not contractually obligated to watch every spy show ever made — it’s…
October 2, 2018 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Mossad 101 (Season 2)
After a peculiar but satisfying first season, Israeli spy series Mossad 101 reinvents itself for its second year, with…
September 14, 2018 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Homeland (Season 4)
Oh, Homeland, you exasperating motherfucker. Season four of Showtime’s prestige spy drama is a much-needed, overdue reinvention of the…
October 8, 2016 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Quantico (Season 1)
My immediate impression of the pilot of Quantico: not bad, but is it sustainable? Short answer: nope. Indeed, while…
July 10, 2016 -
FilmFilm: That Man from Rio
I went way off the board looking for a movie to watch this weekend, and found That Man from Rio (1964),…
March 28, 2016 -
Comics, TelevisionTV: Daredevil (Season 1)
Anyone who reads this blog knows I’m an unreserved fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but for the first…
April 20, 2015 -
TelevisionTV: Salamander (Mini-Series)
Sad to say, I think the new reality of the Internet Age has rather taken the teeth out of the conspiracy…
April 14, 2015