Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Television
TV: The White Lotus (Season 2)
Not many shows count as appointment television these days—especially for us card-carrying wait-for-it bingers—but HBO’s The White Lotus is…
December 18, 2022-
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Spies, TelevisionTV: The Night Manager
Written in the wake of the Cold War’s end, at a time when the spy novel’s relevance was still…
June 9, 2016 -
Drama, Spies, Spy 100 Project, TelevisionSpy 100, #30: The Company
Although it scores points for ambition and scope, The Company (2007) didn’t really connect with me, a three-part miniseries…
April 8, 2012 -
Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: Hanna
Filled with beautiful international scenery, Hanna (2011) is a stylish and compelling spy film, carried by the charismatic lead…
October 31, 2011 -
Drama, History, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #62: Enigma (2001)
It’s not easy to make codebreaking visually compelling, but Enigma (2001) pulls it off nicely. Written by Tom Stoppard…
September 27, 2010 -
Comedy, FilmFilm: In the Loop
This morning I made my first visit to a Laemmle independent theater in far too long. Imagine a two-hour…
August 2, 2009