by Symeon J. Thompson
What begins as a noirish political thriller turns into a surreal, survivalist horror in Agnieszka Holland’s Mr Jones, available on video on demand streaming services.
Mr Jones tells the story of Welshman Gareth Jones (James Norton) and his investigations into Stalin’s Russia. Jones was a freelance reporter and former adviser to David Lloyd George (Kenneth Cranham). He was one of the first foreign journalists to interview Hitler and Goebbels when they came to power…