Official Secrets movie review: blow all the whistles
Not a spy thriller but a story of emotional and intellectual suspense wrangling with matters of patriotism and of conscience, and of just how far journalism’s watchdog role can and should take it.
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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again, Saturday, September 7th
They like me — they really like me! — at “The Arts Hour” on the BBC World Service radio experience.
Armstrong documentary review: the man we put on the Moon
Meet the “nerdy engineer” who dreamed of a life in aviation… and landed a tin can on the Moon. A deeply moving portrait of the modest man who seems to have been destined for his historic voyage.
I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again TONIGHT, Saturday, June 15th
Listen online or on actual over-the-airwaves radio. Imagine that.
the dystopia is here
BBC Two’s Who Should Get to Stay in the UK? Do we get to call in and vote?
I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Sunday Saturday, March 30th
Unlike previous episodes of “The Arts Hour,” I’m the only in-studio guest. So you might hear a bit more from me this time.
Doctor Who: “Logopolis” Fathom Event review: it’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for
An iconic story from the classic era of the British cult TV favorite comes to US big screens for one night only… and the cleaned-up FX as well as its deceptively simple tale hold up rather well.
I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again today, Saturday, January 12th
We’ll be talking about Keira Knightley’s new film Colette; everything Idris Elba; Justin Hurwitz’s amazing score for First Man; and a lot more.
They Shall Not Grow Old documentary review: more museum exhibit than movie (LFF 2018)
There’s a poignant eeriness to this modernization of WWI footage: we are looking into a past that feels touchably close and immediate like never before. But this is a novelty. A solemn one, but a novelty nonetheless.
I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Sunday, October 7th
We’ll be talking about director Cary Fukunaga, Netflix, Night School, Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor, rapper M.I.A., and a lot more.
