Spies Like Us Podcast

Brush Pass - The Bureau

Spy entertainment news and alerts, plus our quick takes on The Bureau.  This French television series began in 2015 and is ongoing.  Featured agency is the DGSE.  

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFsBFcu8cOs

 

The next regular episode will be Ronin (1998) and work has begun on our Get Smart (2008) episodes.  

The Battle of Algiers (1966) Part Two

One of the most influential movies we had never heard of, in terms of cinematic style and substance.  A stark portrayal of the brutality of terrorism and counterinsurgency tactics that is studied by intelligence agencies around the world even today. 

Next week will be Ronin (1998)

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‘Ice Cold’ by Audionautix

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‘Enter the Party’ by Kevin MacLeod

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The Battle of Algiers (1966) Part One

One of the most influential movies we had never heard of, in terms of cinematic style and substance.  A stark portrayal of the brutality of terrorism and counterinsurgency tactics that is studied by intelligence agencies around the world even today. 

Music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

‘Ice Cold’ by Audionautix

Artist: http://audionautix.com/

‘Enter the Party’ by Kevin MacLeod

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100240

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Brush Pass - Judas and the Black Messiah

Spy entertainment news and alerts, plus our quick takes on Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).  This film is based on historical events (1960's), featured organizations are the Black Panthers and the FBI.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjtGqRXQ9Y

 

The next regular episode will be The Battle of Algiers (1966) and work has begun on our Ronin (1998) episodes.  

Anniversary Special p2 - Handlers, Analysts, Assassins and Puppetmasters

Continued omphaloskepsis (look it up, it’s one of the greatest words ever).  It feels really good to hit a year and we are feeling like a bit of self indulgence is warranted.  We are retrospecting on our first year of podcasting and especially doing a Spy vs Spy beatdown of different spy characters.  This week, Handlers, Analysts, Assassins and Puppet Masters.  Oh, you really want to stick around for the Puppet Master discussion.  It’s really good.   

Visit http://spieslikeus.net/spyvsspy to keep track of all the contenders!  

Next week we will be back in form, hitting up the classic and definitive cinematic work on counterinsurgency, 1966’s The Battle of Algiers. 

Thanks for listening!  One Year woot!  Much more to come!!!

Anniversary Special p1 - Everyman’s, Action Heroes and Infiltrators

100% self-indulgent breaking our arms patting ourselves on the back anniversary episode!  Brief review of the worst and best, least and most accurate spy movies we discussed in 2020.  Further we are pitting over 60 spy characters from those films against each other to see who is the best overall in a number of categories.  Visit http://spieslikeus.net/spyvsspy to keep track of all the contenders!  

The Day of the Jackal (1973) Part Two

Continued discussion of the mother of all modern Assassin movies.  It’s a fictional but extremely believable portrayal of a plot to kill French President Charles de Gaulle in 1963.  The portrayal of identity forging in this film was so realistic that it caused European authorities to update their passport protocols!    

Next week we will be celebrating the anniversary of our podcast by comparing the best and the worst spies from all of our 2020 episodes. 

Brush Pass - Lupin

Experimental short form episode.  Quick takes on the new Netflix show Lupin, plus spy entertainment news and alerts.  

The Day of the Jackal (1973) Part One

Famed director Alfred Zinneman (High Noon, From Here to Eternity) directs the mother of all modern Assassin movies.  It’s a fictional but extremely believable portrayal of a plot to kill French President Charles de Gaulle in 1963.  The portrayal of identity forging in this film was so realistic that it caused European authorities to update their passport protocols!

RED (2010) Part Two

Continued discussion of RED.  Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is classified Retired, Extremely Dangerous and he’s got some equally retired and dangerous friends (Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovitch, Brian Cox).  Mary-Louise Parker gets swept up in their mission to find out who is trying to kill Frank after all these years in this colorful and comedic caper.  

 

Next week we will be tackling the 1973 british classic The Day of the Jackal, portraying a fictional assassination attempt on French President Charles de Gualle.