
Film: 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, 2021To the extent it’s possible to enjoy a film full of people you don’t like doing things you don’t…
November 9, 2021I’m usually a sucker for old wartime spy thrillers, but Secret Mission (1942) is so generic as to be…
February 19, 2019Carol Reed’s Odd Man Out (1947) has two primary assets: a leading role for James Mason and stunning black-and-white…
August 6, 2017A week ago today, the great Martin Landau died. Landau first caught my attention in the great Hitchcock caper…
July 22, 2017Inside Out (1975), not to be confused with the brilliant animated film, is a dated, third-rate caper flick that…
December 26, 2016From the classic screenwriting team of Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim (?) comes The Last of Sheila (1973), which…
November 6, 2016When I first watched North By Northwest (1959) nearly thirty years ago, I had no idea the path it…
June 14, 2015A John le Carré story directed by Sidney Lumet? Yes, please! The Deadly Affair (1966) is an adaptation of le…
July 7, 2012For all the iffy, “talking-point” entries on the Spy 100 list, there are at least as many obscure, unjustly…
May 7, 2012Ah, this is the stuff! An intelligent, well plotted blend of adventure and intrigue,The Mackintosh Man (1973) is my…
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