Sound on Sight Radio #298: ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ / ‘The Spy Who Came In From the Cold’
Tomas Alfredson’s long-awaited, star-studded adaptation of John le Carré’s famed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has begun to creep into North American theaters a couple of months following its UK debut, bringing with it heaps of awards buzz and the hope that it will live up to Alfredson’s breakout feature, Let the Right One In. We’re joined by UK correspondent John McEntee, with whom we’ll also discuss director Martin Ritt’s 1965 film version of another le Carré book, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, available in a lovely Criterion edition.
Playlist:
A-Frames – “Spy Satellite”
The Greenhornes – “Lies”
Case Studies – “Lies”
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Simon Howell is a native Haligonian (look it up), and has lived in Montreal roughly half his life. He joined Sound On Sight in 2008 and has since become a member of the OFCS (Online Film Critics Society). Currently he co-hosts and co-produces 'Sound On Sight Radio' as well as the 'Front Row Center' videocast, and attends Film Studies at Concordia University. His favorite films include F for Fake, Brazil, Stroszek, The Fog of War, Grave of the Fireflies and In a Lonely Place.
Simon's Twitter handle is @suckerhowell. 
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