Kevin Gosztola joins us to talk about his new Medium publication The Wide Shot, a film review and industry analysis... The post ClandesTime 265 – The Wide Shot, David Robb and Phil Strub first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

What does a military movie with no heroes look like?  It looks like Buffalo Soldiers, a tale of bored, criminally... The post Subscribercast #86 – Buffalo Soldiers, etc. first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

It isn’t often that you get a long-term inside view of a government propaganda office, but that’s what I’ve got... The post ClandesTime 264 – The US Marine Corps in Hollywood: 1974 to 1982 first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Apocalypse Now and Francis Ford Coppola were rejected by the Pentagon when they asked for production support. A decade later... The post ClandesTime 263 – Gardens of Stone first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

15 years after podcasts first became a popular medium, the CIA has cottoned onto the value of pre-recorded audio content.... The post ClandesTime 262 – The CIA and Podcasts Decoded first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Two years on from my investigation into over 3000 pages of Bureau of Prisons files on Jeffrey Epstein we return... The post Subscribercast #85 – The Epstein-Maxwell Cover-Up first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Dying of the Light. Dark. The Card Counter. Aside from all being written and directed by Paul Schrader, what do... The post ClandesTime 261 – A Paul Schrader Trilogy first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

In this month’s subscriber-only podcast we tackle the final season of The Shield, and do so head on.  In this... The post Subscribercast #84 – The Shield Season Seven first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Netflix’s The Diplomat marks the first time that the British Foreign Office and the US State Department have made a... The post ClandesTime 260 – The Diplomat first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

For this Christmastime subscribercast we welcome back Henri to discuss the 1980s sci-fi comedy classic Back to the Future. We... The post Subscribercast #83 – Back to the Future first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Between 2018 and 2022, three major OSS spies have been canonised in film and TV – Julia Child, Moe Berg... The post ClandesTime 259 – The OSS in Popular Culture first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Continuing our review series, on this month’s subscribercast we look at the sixth and penultimate season of The Shield. We... The post Subscribercast #82 – The Shield Season 6 first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

The CIA’s Museum is a monument to lies, murder and secret power. Not officially, of course, they use much prettier... The post ClandesTime 258 – The CIA Museum first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

How do you hold the police accountable if Internal Affairs are corrupt?  That’s the core question in The Shield season... The post Subscribercast #81 – The Shield Season Five first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Ted Kaczynski a.k.a. the Unabomber died earlier this year. As a tribute, in this episode we look at the latest... The post ClandesTime 257 – Was the Unabomber Wrong? first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

In this special report we examine the documentary accusing celebrity Russell Brand of sex crimes. We look at the troubling... The post ClandesTime Special – The Russell Brand Allegations first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

One thing the Pentagon love to do is ‘showcase’ absurdly costly technologies to the public. This military product placement helps... The post ClandesTime 256 – Military-Industrial Product Placement first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Should the government be allowed to seize people’s property because they think it was bought with the profits from crime? ... The post Subscribercast #80 – The Shield Season Four first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Life is like this sometimes: you wait ages for a movie to take corporate personhood and turn it into the... The post ClandesTime 255 – Cultural Capitalism: Air vs Tetris vs Blackberry first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Reality Winner was an NSA contractor who leaked a single document to The Intercept, and received a five year prison... The post ClandesTime 254 – Reality first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)