The Report and the paperwork thriller

British Film Institute by British Film Institute

Nov 14, 201929:49TV & Film

A paperwork thriller. A chit-chat drama. The Report, the true story of the US Senate intelligence officer who investigated the CIA's torture of detainees after 9/11, uses dialogue - lots and lots of dialogue - to tell a...

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