Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag movie delivers an elegant and erotic meditation on manipulation, love, and loyalty. Cate Blanchett truly shines.

A scene involving George’s clandestine surveillance of Kathryn during a satellite handover is still a tense affair that has a literal countdown clock in play. But what makes the Black Bag difference is the fact that SigInt expert/bad girl Clarissa (Marissa Abela) also uses the opportunity to attempt to flirt with her older co-worker.

No one’s movies move quite like Steven Soderbergh’s, and he continues to hone his unique cinematic rhythms with Black Bag. A spy thriller that feels like a cross between John le Carré and Agatha Christie,