Depth and drama in ‘Black Bag’ - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Depth and drama in ‘Black Bag’ - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Steven Soderbergh’s new film, “Black Bag,” playing at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, grips us from the opening shot. The fast-paced espionage thriller unfolds day by day over a week. We follow an unknown man through London streets into a teeming nightclub, where he requests to see Philip Meacham (Gustaf Skarsgard). A minute later, we are launched into an engrossing plot of complex espionage as the two speak just outside in a dark alley. Meac…

‘Black Bag’ movie review: Steven Sodebergh’s ice-cold spy games would do le Carré proud

NOW STREAMING ON: A British intelligence officer is tasked with identifying the traitor in his midst from a group of close colleagues—including his own wife—in Black Bag, which opens in Prague cinemas this weekend after debuting stateside last month. This old-fashioned, no-nonsense thriller doesn’t waste a second of screen time, and represents director Steven Soderbergh‘s best film in years. A spy movie from the John le Carré mold, Black Bag st…