Michael Fassbender cannot lie — the polygraph scene in Black Bag was a bear for him to shoot. Not because he had to pass the test (in fact, his character, George, is the one administering it). But on the page,

“ Black Bag ,” an elegant, quick-witted new thriller that finds Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender playing married spies, isn’t the pair’s first time together on screen. That honor goes to 2017’s “Song to Song,” one of Terrence Malick’s most intangible and head-scratching offerings — though the two stars can barely recall that experience.

Cate Blanchett, Rege-Jean Page and Pierce Brosnan also star in the Steven Soderbergh movie that is one of the director’s recent bests.

"Thirteen years after announcing his retirement, Steven Soderbergh is busier than ever," said John Nugent in Empire. Coming just two months after his last film, "Black Bag" is "tremendous fun: think 'Ocean's 11', if they were spies".

Read a review of Steven Soderbergh's thriller 'Black Bag,' which stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married spies trying to root out when a mole.

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Stars of Steven Soderbergh's sexy new spy thriller share what they'd like to hide away in their own "Black Bag," and what scenes most spoke to them.