Black Book
Here’s my review of “Black Book” from WTMD.
LISTEN: Black Book
If it’s not clear from the radio discussion, I loved this movie. It has everything you want: sex, violence, espionage, evil Nazis, heroic resistance fighters, heroic Nazis, evil resistance fighters, and a beautifully constructed plot that acknowledges the war’s complicated legacy. Verhoeven directs with confidence and verve, and he’s a master provocateur, as he shows in a few choice scenes: the repatriation that I discussed on the radio and the heroine dying her hair blond — the drapes and the carpet. It’s an old-fashioned espionage thriller pained in fascinating shades of grey.