Apr 13, 2025
Black Doves
Season 1, “The Coming Night”
Director: Alex Gabassi
DoP: Mark Patten
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Black Doves
Season 1, “The Coming Night”
Director: Alex Gabassi
DoP: Mark Patten
Black Doves
Season 1, “The Coming Night”
Director: Alex Gabassi
DoP: Mark Patten
Black Doves
Season 1, “A Little Black Dove”
Director: Alex Gabassi
DoP: Mark Patten
Black Doves
Season 1, “A Little Black Dove”
Director: Alex Gabassi
DoP: Mark Patten
Black Doves. Season 1. Review.
We are well past the point in Netflix’s existence as a platform where it was releasing quality high-budget originals with huge marketing campaigns every week beyond its pre-established hits and franchises. It’s now distinctly noticeable when the studio puts a sizeable amount of marketing and PR muscle behind a new property that wants to turn into a potential next big thing. The latest of these…
Black Doves
Black Doves [trailer]
Helen embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is. Caught in the crosshairs when her lover falls victim to the dangerous London underworld, her employer's call in Sam to protect her.
Gripping, tight mini-series. Especially during the first half.
Just when I was thinking that a highly professional assassin wouldn't leave his bullet casings behind at his shooting spot ...
Starting with the stop at the US embassy the story increasingly stretched credibility and turned a bit too much into a two-against-the-world confrontation.
It also felt that the episodes had more difficulties to find a good balance between the personal demons of the protagonists and the cold, ruthless world of spies, gangsters and politics. Turns out the second half had a different director than the first, which might explain the change.
I also kept wondering how Helen's husband wasn't more suspicious.
Despite those minor complaints, Knightley and Whishaw make watching the whole thing very much worthwhile. And for a change the series didn't feel unnecessarily stretched.
The Crown
Season 6, “Ritz”
Director: Alex Gabassi
DoP: Sophia Olsson
The Crown
Season 6, “Ritz”
Director: Alex Gabassi
DoP: Sophia Olsson