Review: John Le Carré reveals final secrets in Errol Morris' 'Pigeon Tunnel'

'The Pigeon Tunnel'

Errol Morris has made documentaries about Stephen Hawking, Steve Bannon and Robert McNamara. So why is he spending oodles of time with some Brit named David Cornwell? It makes more sense if you know that Cornwell wrote under the pen name of John le Carré, author of "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."

Cornwell, who based his novels on his time as a British intelligence officer, isn't nearly as cagey as you might expect. When Morris calls him the exquisite poet of self-hatred, he readily agrees. Much of the therapy session — I mean, interview — revolves around his huckster father and the mother who abandoned him. The childhood anecdotes are as riveting as any case that George Smiley ever tackled.

Cornwell died in 2020 at the age of 89. This was his last interview. The film is a proper farewell. Apple TV Plus

'Surviving Paradise'

The more I watch "Survivor" wannabes, the more I admire "Survivor." The original series is still going strong after 23 years, in large part because it continues to cast strong-willed, smart competitors who love a challenge. They'd laugh at the "hardships" in "Paradise," a nine-part series in which contestants try to earn space in a villa. Losers whine that they have to spend the night in a forest that looks nicer than most campgrounds. If you want to spend time with the kind of folks the zombies would devour first, "Paradise" awaits. Netflix

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