One of the most anticipated films of the Venice Film Festival was
Tomas Alfredson's
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which is a new take on
John le Carr's 1974 cold-war thriller novel. The film remakes the well-loved 1979 BBC version starring Alec Guinness as retired MI6 agent George Smiley, called back to action to uncover a mole infesting the agency, aka 'the Circus.' This version features
Gary Oldman as Smiley, ...