Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag arrives like a breath of fresh, espionage-laced air in a cinematic landscape dominated by superhero showdowns and CGI spectacle. Tense, cerebral, and exquisitely acted, this modern-day spy thriller plays like a classy throwback to an era when intrigue, dialogue, and adult complexities carried more weight than explosions. “They don’t make them like this anymore,” is a sentiment that rings especially true here. Black Bag is proof that you can deliver a gripping, edge-of-your-seat experience not with gunfights and gadgets, but with wine glasses, cold stares, and the eerie quiet of a dinner party where every guest might be a traitor. Michael Fassbender leads the film as George Woodhouse, a composed yet quietly intense British intelligence officer tasked with uncovering the source of a devastating security leak. He has just seven days to unearth the mole—or face the deaths of tens of thousands. The suspects form a claustrophobic circle: his own wife and fell...