Pick of the week: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy“ — My full review is here. An unlikely spy thriller masterpiece, Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John Le Carre’s novel about British intelligence rooting out a mole is both a twisty, engrossing mystery and a meditation on those who keep secrets.
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“Wetlands”: She puts the “germ” in “German”
“Wetlands” opens Friday at Sundance Cinemas. Not rated, 1:49, three stars out of four.
Can a movie be a sensitive coming-of-age film and include a scene that seems to feature an extreme close-up of somebody’s buttcrack, only to reveal it’s really the crook of her leg? In the case of David Wnendt’s inventively gross “Wetlands,” the answer is apparently yes.

