Propulsive, back-to-basics - 4/5 John Le Carré’s classic Cold War novel is brought to the stage in thrillingly classic ...

Lean and pacy adaptation prioritises emotion over cliché - 4/5 John Le Carré’s classic novel is cleverly adapted for the ...

The first of Caine’s five Harry Palmer spy movies was critically acclaimed and a box office success. Meanwhile, it would go ...

Spies are basically actors. They create fake personas in order to achieve their ends. But the difference is that they do this ...

It's a bit unusual, perhaps, that a brooding, Cold War-era throwback spy movie ended up being one of the best and most ...

When I first read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, I was 11 or 12 years old. It is an extraordinary thriller, the story of ...

The Double, Michael Brandt’s post-Cold War spy film, is grade-B hokum, but it’s not without its occasional generic thrills. Apparently more adept at staging individual set pieces than he is at ...

The stellar period drama, based on a best-selling book, is only available to stream for a few more weeks on Amazon Prime.

So while the spy genre is as busy as ever, this feels like an opportune moment to revisit or discover some of the best made during or about the Cold War period itself – from both sides of the Iron ...