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John le Carre

Our Kind of Traitor movie review: ordinary everyday spies

Thu, Jun 30, 2016
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Smartly elegant; the fantastic cast makes it worth your time. But it does feel as if it belongs on the small screen spread across six or eight hours.

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A Most Wanted Man movie review: intelligence afterscape

Thu, Nov 06, 2014
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A smart, classy, slow-burn thriller made up of the stuff of authentic spy work and plenty of bitter irony about modern geopolitics.

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A Most Wanted Man clip: one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last performances

Mon, Feb 03, 2014
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Based on a novel by John le Carré, and just debuted at Sundance.

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British Film Bloggers Circle announces 2012 awards

Wed, Feb 29, 2012
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The British Film Bloggers Circle — a new organization of which I am a member — has announced the winners our first annual awards…

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy movie review: let the spy one in

Thu, Sep 22, 2011
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Why does no one ever intone at me and tell me to go to Budapest and wear polyester and smoke cigarettes and get all espionagey, dammit?

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