Film: Black Box
The conspiracy thriller gets an effective update in Black Box (2021), a French production that slots in nicely alongside classic …
Film: All the President’s Men
The third film in Alan J. Pakula’s “Paranoia Trilogy,” All the President’s Men (1976), may be the best of them. …
Film: Kill the Messenger
The fact that I’m still pondering the historical veracity of Kill the Messenger (2014) is a good sign that it …
Film: Beckett
Conspiracy thrillers are tricky business in a post-truth world, but as these things go, Netflix’s Beckett (2021) is a good …
Spy 100, #45: The Parallax View
It would be difficult, I think, to pitch a movie like The Parallax View (1974) today. This terrific conspiracy thriller …