Sometimes a movie does what it says on the tin, such as these movies named after job titles… Choosing the title of your movie can be one of the hardest tasks. Get it wrong, and you might find your film is wholly mis-sold or misinterpreted by audiences. That was one of the reasons William Friedkin’s […]
A New Golden Age for John le Carré
Chris Connor on the new golden age of John le Carré adaptations… John le Carré is still among the most revered and influential spy novelists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works like The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy still loom large over the genre. His works have […]
Back to 2011: Ten Essential Movies from Ten Years Ago
Tom Jolliffe looks back 10 years to 2011, offering up ten essential films from the year… I’m almost dumbstruck by the fact that we’re now 10 years from 2011. To me, 2011 is the future. I’m still stuck somewhere in 2004. How in the hell are there 21 year olds born this century now? Still, […]
Movie Review – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 10th Anniversary 4K Restoration
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Kathy Burke, Ciaran Hinds, Simon McBurney and Roger Lloyd Pack. SYNOPSIS: There is a mole within the circus. Control (John Hurt) moves the pieces into play, but it falls […]
R.I.P. John le Carré (1931 – 2020)
Sad news today as word has come that famed espionage author John le Carré, born David Cornwell, has passed away. He was 89. The news was first shared by Jonny Geller, CEO of The Curtis Brown Group, le Carré’s literary agency, who said the author passed on December 12 after a short illness with pneumonia. […]
