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Steven Soderbergh

A collection of 10 posts

First impressions of The Christophers

The Christophers

First impressions of The Christophers

With The Christophers, Steven Soderbergh delivers one of his finest films, Ed Solomon achieves a personal best, and Ian McKellen is more magnificent than ever. But that's not all!

No Sudden Move (2021)

No Sudden Move (2021)

Soderbergh is back doing what he does best — scattering criminals like billiard balls, and then knocking down one strong scene after another. He may not play a perfect game here, but this is one of his best in many years.

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Side Effects (2013)

This story is full of the sort of surprises that a reviewer is likely to spoil if he says much. I won't spoil them. And yet, I feel compelled to say that the surprises aren't much to get excited about. They come from the Magic 8 Ball of Hollywood Plot Twists, as arbitrary as they are implausible.

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Contagion (2011)

My review of Contagion is published at Filmwell.

The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

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The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

No, I can’t say I found it fun to watch a real porn star (Sasha Grey) dramatize, for director Steven Soderbergh, an expensive call-girl’s tedious, humiliating, self-destructive work. But I can say I found it, um, "revealing" to watch The Girlfriend Experience — Soderbergh’s meditation on

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Laura Bramon Good on "The Girlfriend Experience"

I've been following Laura Bramon Good's writing since she spent some time at SPU as the year's Milton Fellow, leading the Milton Center writers' group. She's an excellent writer with a big heart, and I love her contributions to the Good

Steven Soderbergh

Specials: Defending "Bubble." Poo-pooing Proulx's poo-poo. New Issues of Paste and Risen! Bad Refs.

Defending Bubble. What to do when friends disagree over movies? Jessica Poundstone wrote in to take issue with Adam Walter's assessment of Soderbergh's Bubble: I'm tempted to do a point-by-point rebuttal of Walter's review, since I disagree with nearly all of it.

Steven Soderbergh

Specials: New Ron Sexsmith music! Greydanus flunks V. Walter on Soderbergh.

NEW RON SEXSMITH MUSIC! My friend Jessica Poundstone, a vigilant Ron Sexsmith fan, send me this today: at his site Ouch. The song is from the upcoming Mitchell Froom-produced album Time Being, coming to stores May 16. Oh, and the secret to relentless blogging, Jessica? It's love. But

Ocean’s Twelve: “Recess” for the stars

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Ocean’s Twelve: “Recess” for the stars

There are at least three big surprises that will be far more enjoyable if they remain just that... surprises. Unfortunately, critics are spoiling those surprises. So put the newspaper away.