DOUGLAS HODGE

BEIRUT (2018)
Starring Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham, Dean Norris, Mark Pellegrino, Douglas Hodge, Alon Aboutboul, Kate Fleetwood, Leïla Bekhti and Jonny Coyne. Directed by Brad Anderson.

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.

RED SPARROW (2018)
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons, Joely Richardson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Ciarán Hinds, Thekla Reuten and Douglas Hodge. Directed by Francis Lawrence.

Dominika Egorova is drafted against her will to become a "sparrow," a trained seductress in the Russian security service. Dominika learns to use her body as a weapon, but struggles to maintain her sense of self during the dehumanising training process. Finding her power in an unfair system, she emerges as one of the program's strongest assets. Her first target is Nate Nash, a CIA officer who handles the agency's most sensitive infiltration of Russian intelligence. The two young operatives fall into a spiral of attraction and deception, which threatens their careers, allegiances and the security of both countries.

REVIEWS Red Sparrow - A thriller as problematic as it is visually gorgeous
Red Sparrow - Elegantly brutal