Category: A Spy Among Friends
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Loyalty and Affection is Threatened in A Spy Among Friends
A Show That Makes You Question All Your Relationships by Mark Kennedy | Washington Post | March 10, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — A main character in “A Spy Among Friends†is one of the Soviet Union’s most notorious double agents. But you don’t need to know anything about him — or really about spying…
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MGM+’s A Spy Among Friends Is a Patient, Magisterial Addition to the Spy Pantheon
A Tremendous Restraint and Delicacy to Lewis’ Performance by Shane Ryan | Paste Magazine | March 10, 2023 If you are, like me, intermittently obsessed with the business of espionage, the name Kim Philby holds a sort of ineffable mystique in the darkest corners of your brain. Philby was the most notorious of the Cambridge…
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A Spy Among Friends Review: Guy Pearce as Kim Philby
A Nuanced, Finely Acted Cold War Series on MGM+ by John Anderson | Wall Street Journal | March 9, 2023 The six-part espionage drama “A Spy Among Friends†opens with a well-known quote from novelist E.M. Forster, which blooms enigmatic as the series rolls out: “If I had to choose between betraying my country and…
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A Spy Among Friends Review: An Elegant Cold War Thriller
A Talky Espionage Caper by Manuel Betancourt | AV Club | March 8, 2023 The title for A Spy Among Friends, last year’s British thriller that makes its MGM+ premiere on March 12, intentionally flirts with the glaring tension its narrative rests on. The spy genre, after all, depends on a timeless mantra—“trust no oneâ€â€”that…
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How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?
Jazzy Spy Craft by Staff | New York Times | March 9, 2023 A Spy Among Friends begins Sunday on MGM+. The personal is political in this juicy period drama, based on a true story about two British spies (played by Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce) who form an intimate friendship over decades – except…
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In A Spy Among Friends, B.F.F. Betrayal at an International Level
A Twisty MGM+ Series by Roslyn Sulcas | New York Times | March 3, 2023 A twisty MGM+ series tells the story of Kim Philby, a British agent secretly working for the Soviet Union, and Nicholas Elliott, his closest friend. Stream beginning March 12. “Why wasn’t he in custody?†asks the MI5 officer Lily Thomas.…
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New York Premiere of A Spy Among Friends
A Spy Among Friends x Billions Mini Reunion x A Dash of Homeland by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | February 27, 2023 Damian attended MGM+’s A Spy Among Friends New York Premiere at Crosby Street Hotel on Monday, February 27, 2023 in New York City. Damian is pictured here with co-star Stephen Kunken (Billions) who played…
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Damian Lewis Was Guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
A Spy Among Friends and Billions by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | February 27, 2023 Damian guest appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for S8, E81 on Monday, February 27, 2023 to promote the upcoming US release of his mini-series A Spy Among Friends available to stream on MGM+ beginning March 12. But Damian…