DFS Film: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

3 academy award nominations including best actor (gary oldman) and best adapted screenplay

In the midst of the Cold War, recently retired British Secret Service agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) returns to uncover a Soviet mole within MI6’s echelons. His investigations of former trusted colleagues (Colin Firth, John Hurt) pull him back into the shadowy world of international espionage as the old gentleman’s club of spying rapidly disintegrates. D: Tomas Alfredson, UK/France/Germany, 2011, 127 minutes

Programmed as part of the Dartmouth Film Society’s “End of Times” winter series.

Established in 1949, the Dartmouth Film Society (DFS) is one of the country’s oldest student-run film societies.Today, the DFS is a thriving hub of film culture at Dartmouth College and in the Upper Valley.  Every Monday at 6pm, movie fans of all stripes meet to talk about the week’s slate. Midway through the term, future DFS series are proposed and members vote for a winner. The Film Society also periodically honors film luminaries such as Meryl Streep, Werner Herzog, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Laura Linney and Sidney Lumet. Buy a pass, come to a meeting, propose a series: the DFS welcomes all film lovers. For further information, email dfs@dartmouth.edu or call 603.646.2576.