Tag: Russia
Red Sparrow released in September 2017, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Francis Lawrence, is a noirish espionage-thriller about a Russian ballerina forced to become a seductress for…
Come Into My Parlour, written by Dennis Wheatley and published in 1949, was the sixth of Dennis Wheatley’s novels featuring secret agent Gregory Sallust—a series that critics sometimes…
Bridge of Spies is a Cold War spy movie based on the true story of an exchange of American and Soviet spies. It stars Tom Hanks as James Donovan and Mark Rylance…
Pattern Recognition was William Gibson’s first non-science-fiction novel, although it shares much of the style of his cyberpunk novels. He published it in 2003 as the first part of the…
The Spy Who Loved Me was the third movie to star Roger Moore as James Bond, with Barbara Bach co-staring as KGB Major Anya Amasova. It is often described…
The Hunt For Red October, written by Tom Clancy and published in 1984, was a huge commercial and critical success. Critics often mention it as one of the best…
The Game is a BBC spy thriller series set in 1970s London and focussing on MI5’s attempts to prevent a devastating KGB operation. It stars Tom Hughes as Joe Lambe, and Brian Cox as…
Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union, 24 November 1979 …two, one… cameras are rolling, comrade. Tonight, excitement is mounting at the Kola Ultra-deep Borehole. Scientists calculate the world’s deepest mine…
From Russia With Love was written by Ian Fleming and published in 1957. It was the novel that made his name, and James Bond’s. From Russia with Love:…