Film: The Domino Principle
A cryptic, pseudo-profound conspiracy thriller
TV: The Chair Company (Season 1)
Initially, the buzz around Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company didn’t lure me; given my prickly
Film: Arlington Road
Rewatching Arlington Road (1999) for the first time in over twenty years is a weird
Film: Black Box
The conspiracy thriller gets an effective update in Black Box (2021), a French production that
Film: All the President’s Men
The third film in Alan J. Pakula’s “Paranoia Trilogy,” All the President’s Men (1976), may
Film: Kill the Messenger
The fact that I’m still pondering the historical veracity of Kill the Messenger (2014) is
Film: Beckett
Conspiracy thrillers are tricky business in a post-truth world, but as these things go, Netflix’s
Spy 100, #45: The Parallax View
It would be difficult, I think, to pitch a movie like The Parallax View (1974)