Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project
Spy 100, #89: The Spy in Black
Occasionally, I find old movies difficult to get invested in, but director Michael Powell’s The Spy in Black (1939)…
April 1, 2015
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #27: Secret Agent
It’s lesser Hitchcock, but it’s still Hitchcock: Secret Agent (1936), one of the master’s pre-Hollywood spy thrillers. Set in 1916,…
September 23, 2012
ComicsGraphic Novel: Petrograd
Petrograd (2011) is a historical spy thriller set in 1916 Russia, a fictionalized recreation of the secret machinations behind…
August 11, 2012
Drama, History, TelevisionTV: Downton Abbey (Season 1)
If you’d pointed me at this show five years ago, I probably would have bounced off it. But I’ve…
March 6, 2011