Red Sparrow (dir. Francis Lawrence).

Lawrence’s direction is impressively fluid. Full of post-Soviet intrigue in a rather ambiguously placed time despite a contemporary setting, the film is bare of typical political ideas but full of physical and psychological intrigue. It’s a daring, audaciously confident portrayal of deceptive character relationships likely to dissuade or turn off general audiences while clearly cementing the two Lawrences as a still powerful filmmaking duo beyond their previous young adult collaborations.

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