Female Film Critics 24/375
Steven Soderbergh’s perfect little cinematic contraption is old-fashioned in the very best sort of way. Movies used to be like this, not that long ago: smart, sexy stories about grownup people, not the serious dramas but the sophisticated nonsense. Sleek and elegant, full of gorgeous, charismatic people with genuine star quality engaging in deliciously amusing balderdash.
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David Koepp and Steven Soderbergh step into the world of British Intelligence with the spy thriller-romantic drama Black Bag. Starring Michael Fassbender as the cerebral George Woodhouse and Cate Blanchett as his glamourous and capable wife, Kathryn St. Jean: Black Bag is a winning combination of style and game playing reminiscent of John le Carré. The puzzles are plenty in Black Bag and the world of these fundamentally untrustworthy people in charge of a shadow milieu that goes beyond conventional politics and morals is a blast to inhabit. Black Bag proves Soderbergh has a lot of juice left in his genre game and it invites the audience to play with him. Go to the party.
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Black Bag: Something’s are best kept under the rug. If you are looking for a liar, just spike the Chana Masala. In Black Bag, that’s how a legendary intelligence agent tries to ferret out a mole within the bureau. By inviting the prime suspects to a dinner party like an Agatha Christie mystery, he’s sure one will speak the truth. But what if the traitor turns out to be his Mata Hari wife?
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