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"Black Bag" makes monogamy sexy again

Steven Soderbergh's second film of 2025 is even better than the first, an espionage romp destined to be a classic

Salon

‘Cancer gave me clarity’: Industry star Marisa Abela on surviving serious illness, playing posh and on-screen nudity

She’s the breakout star of the cult banking drama who went on to play Amy Winehouse and has now been handpicked by Steven Soderbergh for his latest thriller. But at 23, a shock diagnosis changed her world

The Guardian - UK

Film star who recommended Daniel Craig for Bond names star who should succeed him

‘He’s got all the attributes,’ actor said

The Independent UK

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How to watch Black Bag

Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett star in the spy thriller now playing. But where can you watch Black Bag? Here’s what you need to know.

WhatToWatch

Michael Fassbender relished character-driven nature of Black Bag

Michael Fassbender was glad to star in a spy movie that was driven by the characters in the form of 'Black Bag'.

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The rise, fall and (very quiet) return of Michael Fassbender

INSIDE FILM: The Irish actor had a sensational 2010s, with roles in films including ‘Shame’, ‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Prometheus’ – then he seemed to vanish. As he returns to acting with a series of under-the-radar projects, Adam White digs into where he’s been

The Independent UK

Streaming: Steven Soderbergh’s Presence and the best haunted house films

The director’s witty supernatural thriller joins Psycho, Hereditary, The Brutalist and more – films in which buildings are characters in their own right

The Guardian - UK

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Black Bag’s Rotten Tomatoes score is strong — can it end a perplexing Steven Soderbergh movie streak?

Critics have been loving Soderbergh’s recent string of movies, audiences not as much. Can Black Bag change that?

WhatToWatch

This new spy thriller starring Michael Fassbender earns near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score with glowing first reviews

Critics are raving over Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender’s chemistry

Total Film

Steven Soderbergh’s Sexy New Spy Thriller Is The First Great Movie Of The Year

'Black Bag' is a tightly wound thriller buoyed by a terrific ensemble and Steven Soderbergh's masterful direction.

Inverse

Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller Black Bag about married spies is brilliant, sexy, and as tight as a drum

5/5 Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett’s espionage aces share a marital bed – but not state secrets – in this immensely pleasurable new genre outing

The Independent UK

Black Bag review – Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett intrigue in marital espionage

Steven Soderbergh’s spy comedy sends two married agents after a mole, who might turn out to be one of them

The Guardian - UK

Erin Brockovich review – Julia Roberts’ glamorous turn as an underdog lawyer

Steven Soderbergh’s true story of a paralegal who takes on corporate villains seems a little old-fashioned 25 years on

The Guardian - UK

'Spy thriller, Soderbergh, Fassbender ... When do I show up?' Cate Blanchett couldn't turn down Black Bag

Cate Blanchett says the opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh and Michael Fassbender on the spy thriller 'Black Bag' was irresistible.

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I spy: first-person films can be really exciting – but why are there so few?

Two new films, Nickel Boys and Presence, offer point-of-view perspectives – but it remains tantalisingly rare in the history of cinema

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David Leitch 'working with' Amazon MGM for a new action thriller film

'The Fall Guy' director David Leitch is claimed to have joined forces with Amazon MGM to create a new heist action thriller.

Evening Standard

James Corden films dark comedy with two huge stars after success of Gavin and Stacey special

The actor, 46, was seen shooting scenes of the Steven Soderbergh-directed film in London

Evening Standard

Marisa Abela teases Industry season 4 dramatic finale: 'Yasmin's going to have to put on a brave face'

The British actress, 28, also talks to The Standard about working with a slew of Hollywood icons in Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming spy-thriller Black Bag

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Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' Tops Box Office Despite Criticism

Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' tops box office, 'The Brutalist' and 'Nickel Boys' face challenges. Sundance and Oscars impact.

The Guardian - UK

Presence review – the ghost’s behind the camera in Soderbergh’s teasing haunted house thriller

A suburban family, headed by Lucy Liu’s pitbull mum, are stalked by a malign spirit – and the director’s spectral camerawork

Salon

"Presence" lets the viewer play ghost

Flipping the perspective of a standard haunt, Soderbergh unravels truths about our disconnected world

WhatToWatch

How to watch Presence

Steven Soderbergh’s haunted house movie Presence is now playing, here’s what you need to know on how to watch it.

Reason

Steven Soderbergh's Presence Is a Stylish, Experimental Ghost Story

In this POV haunted house film from the Ocean's 11 director, the camera plays the ghost.

Inverse

"It Was A Risk": How Lucy Liu And Steven Soderbergh Made The Most Innovative Horror Movie Of The Year

The 'Presence' star talks working with Steven Soderbergh for the first time, taking risks in her career, and, of course, ghosts.

The Independent UK

Steven Soderbergh’s Presence radically subverts the haunted house genre

4/5 Lucy Liu and Julia Fox star in a film that puts the viewer in the perspective of the ghost haunting a family’s new home

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