Film, Spies
Film: Scorpio
For some reason, I had vague and generally fond memories of watching Scorpio (1973) decades ago, so I decided…
June 15, 2020-
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FilmFilm: The Cassandra Crossing
Ah, there’s nothing quite like a 1970s disaster movie. The Cassandra Crossing (1976) is an obscure entry in this…
July 11, 2018 -
Film, History, World War IIFilm: The Train
There’s something about director John Frankenheimer’s output from the 1960s that speaks to my aesthetic. Add his anti-war war…
March 10, 2018 -
Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: Seven Days in May
John Frankenheimer’s conspiracy thriller Seven Days in May (1964) is considered the middle chapter in his “paranoia trilogy,” a…
September 8, 2014 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #94: The Osterman Weekend
Sam Peckinpah’s final film, The Osterman Weekend (1983), is exactly the kind of intriguing oddity I hoped the Spy…
January 31, 2010