Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema - Season 2 Episode 3 Spies
Season - Episode
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3 - 1British Comedy Jan 11, 2021 -
3 - 2Pop Music Movies Jan 18, 2021 -
3 - 3Cult Movies Jan 25, 2021
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2 - 1Superheroes Mar 19, 2020 -
2 - 2British history movies Mar 26, 2020 -
2 - 3Spies Apr 02, 2020
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1 - 1The Romcom Jul 17, 2018 -
1 - 2The Heist Jul 24, 2018 -
1 - 3Coming of Age Jul 31, 2018 -
1 - 4Science Fiction Aug 07, 2018 -
1 - 5Horror Aug 14, 2018
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0 - 1Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets Dec 20, 2018 -
0 - 2Oscar Winners: A Secrets of Cinema Special Feb 21, 2019 -
0 - 3Mark Kermode's Disaster Movies Apr 22, 2019
Overview
Mark Kermode explores one of the most distinctive and popular genres of all. The spy movie plays on our paranoia and feeds our fears as well as fulfilling our fantasies of secret missions and special skills. It has also given us perhaps the most famous hero in all of cinema – James Bond. Spy movies capture a world not of black and white but shades of grey. But if the morality is often ambiguous, the genre is full of tried and tested conventions. Mark opens up the cinematic agent’s essential toolkit, from the spy boss to the mysterious McGuffin, surveillance techniques to a striking set of opening titles, and he traces the development of the genre from its earliest days. Whether you’re a blockbuster superspy or a compromised cold warrior, Mark reveals all you need to survive in the murky yet thrilling world of big screen espionage.
