The Political Paranoia Of The Manchurian Candidate
John Frankenheimer’s Cold War conspiracy masterpiece feels as chillingly plausible now as it ever did.
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The Espionage Era: The Quiller Memorandum
This curious hybrid of Sixties Cold War spy film and old-fashioned Nazi-themed thriller is enjoyable but oddly unsatisfying.
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Western Civilisation’s Highest Point? Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na
Why one day in 1968 with The Beatles was the pinnacle of everything good.
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The Espionage Era: Hot Enough For June
The first in our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s is a lovely ‘accidental spy’ romp with Dirk Bogarde and Sylva Koscina.
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Cicciolina Sings Russians
The First Lady of Italian adult entertainment and her arresting version of Sting’s bleak anti-war song.
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Praise The Titanic – Reassessing A Notorious Cinematic Bomb
1980 film Raise the Titanic sunk without trace on release, but it far from the unmitigated disaster that many claim.
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