Peter Strempel’s reviews of television productions.
Conspiracy (2001)
The recent emergence of furtive and overt neo-fascism in some Western nations gives this film new meaning and power.
Television
Ray Donovan (2013–2020)
There’s a rare chemistry in the first few seasons of Ray Donovan that makes the series transcend its more mundane, soap opera storylines.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
If I were pushed to nominate the best television fiction ever made, it would likely be the BBC’s 1979 adaptation of John le Carré’s 1974 novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Tinkering with conscience
My reflections on John le Carré’s fictions.