daily stream: whistleblowing in a warmongering dystopia (a true story)
2019’s Official Secrets is on Netflix and Kanopy in the US, on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
GCHQ
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Oct 18
Sara Bernstein cowrites docudrama Official Secrets, starring Keira Knightley; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
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.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 30
Hannah Pearl Utt directs, writes, and stars in, with cowriter Jen Tullock, comedy Before You Know It; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Doctor Who blogging: “Listen”
Whatever you do, don’t look at the Weeping Vashta Nerada under the bed at the end of the universe.
