Better than BFI’s Top 100: 20-16

For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here 20) Sapphire (1959), directed by Basil Dearden Murder will out, but what’s most interesting to me about the outing in this movie is the reaction. The primary suspect all along was David. His pregnant black girlfriend was found murdered in… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 20-16

July 19, 2019 Tim1 Comment

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Dir. Tomas Alfredson. Starring Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong I’ve been thinking about this (slightly old) article by Matt Zoller Seitz in which he argues that Leonardo DiCaprio’s then-presumed Best Actor award for The Revenant would be symbolic of the way we’ve become inclined to think about acting performances as much as for what’s off the… Read More Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

November 30, 2017 Tim1 Comment

Seeing Things Secondhand

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Better than BFI’s Top 100: 20-16

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)