After reviewing 2004's My Name is Modesty and listening to two Modesty Blaise radio adventures, I decided to take a look at the 1966 film, in spite of its bad reputation. The premise and core plot ...

Joseph Losey’s 1966 send-up of the spy genre is in essence a send-up of a send-up. Losey himself refers to it as a mixture of bitterness, humor, and gaiety, but however it’s taken, one is likely to ...

Modesty Blaise is working as right-hand-woman for a casino owner in Tangiers, Morocco, being his eyes and ears at the tables, supervising staff, and working as a croupier if needed. When an armed gang ...