I continue my review of HBO’s The Newsroom by looking at season two – wherein a series of whistleblowers accuse...

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The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it. In this episode we examine dozens of films...

The post ClandesTime 216 – The Movies That Were Never Made first appeared on Spy Culture.

12 Angry Men is a Hollywood classic about a jury trying to decide whether a young man is guilty of...

The post Subscribercast #51 – 12 Angry Men first appeared on Spy Culture.

In a year of very few theatrical releases it’s been a bad time for state-sponsored culture, so in this episode...

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I continue the more philosophical theme in recent subscribercasts by outlining the ancient Greek model of moral philosophy known as...

The post Subscribercast #50 – Virtue Ethics vs Virtue Signalling first appeared on Spy Culture.

In this subscriber-only podcast we take a sideways look at one of the most popular philosophical conflicts. I explore some...

The post Subscribercast #49 – Individualism vs Collectivism first appeared on Spy Culture.

Tom Hanks is perhaps the last of the classic Hollywood leading men, and has starred in some of the most...

The post ClandesTime 214 – The Secret World of Tom Hanks first appeared on Spy Culture.

I decided to do a subscriber-only review of the HBO TV series The Newsroom, with an episode looking at each...

The post The Newsroom Season 1 Review (Preview) first appeared on Spy Culture.

On this Christmas edition of the subscribercast we examine the daddy of all Christmas movies – Die Hard.  I outline...

The post Subscribercast #48 – Die Hard first appeared on Spy Culture.

The Department of Homeland Security is one of the biggest agencies of the US government, and has a highly active...

The post ClandesTime 213 – Homeland Security in Hollywood (and the Boston Bombing) first appeared on Spy Culture.