CINEMA The man who stands back up: Bridge of Spies*

In Bridge of Spies, Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) calls James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) “standing man” – the man who gets beaten and stands back up, who stands up to injustice. This idea, that of the upstanding man, the man who believes in justice and fair treatment for all, lies at the heart of the American way – at least as mythologised by Hollywood.


Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant,
left, and Federal Circuit Court Chief
Judge John Pasco…

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