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Two figures at either end of a long dinner table in a dim London townhouse, a single candle between them.

Black Bag and the Return of the Competent Genre Film

Steven Soderbergh's ninety-four-minute spy thriller is the specific kind of mid-budget adult drama American studios have stopped making. Its existence is the argument. Its execution is the reward.

Lena Ashworth·18 Nov·7 min

A London rooftop at Christmas, string lights reflecting off a wet balcony railing above an empty street.

Black Doves and the Spy Show That Refuses to Pick a Tone

Joe Barton's six-episode Netflix spy series arrived in the Christmas release slot in December 2024 and did the thing most genre television cannot do: hold a comic register and a grief register in the same frame without either one winning.

Priya Nair·17 Apr·8 min