The Laundromat – Review Jack Blackwell October 12, 2019 Reviews If, at the start of the year, you were asked which Steven Soderbergh project sounded more exciting between ‘the one shot entirely on an iPhone’ and ‘the one starring Meryl Streep’, then it would have...
High Flying Bird – Review Calum Baker February 9, 2019 Reviews NBA agency drama High Flying Bird is talky – fast-talky. It was written by a man trained as a playwright, and it details the back-end business side of a major corporatised sport. Even if you already know...
Unsane – Review Stephanie Watts March 24, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 25/02/18 as part of Berlinale Festival. Steven Soderbergh takes a pulpy turn in his latest lo-fi thriller Unsane, which follows a woman who unwittingly ends up in a...
Unsane – Berlinale 2018 Review Stephanie Watts February 25, 2018 Reviews Steven Soderbergh takes a pulpy turn in his latest lo-fi thriller Unsane, which follows a woman who unwittingly ends up in a psychiatric hospital, where she comes into contact with her stalker from whom...
How Well Do You Know Steven Soderbergh? Phil W. Bayles August 24, 2017 Quiz If there's one thing we know about Steven Soderbergh, it's that he's very bad at retiring. He announced he was going on a "sabbatical" back in 2013 (though he still found time to make critically acclaimed TV...
Logan Lucky – Review Phil W. Bayles August 23, 2017 Reviews At a time when white supremacists are marching in the streets, “Ocean’s Eleven in Trump’s America” could have easily become a two-hour middle finger to the Bible Belt. So perhaps the most surprising...
Soderbergh’s Solaris: A Superior Hollywood Remake Patrick Nabarro August 22, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion Steven Soderbergh has always been a filmmaker who belies easy stereotyping. His prolificness and his chameleon-like ability to switch between genres, between the arthouse and the mainstream, have always made...
Best Films Never Made #34: A Confederacy Of Dunces Stephen O'Nion September 13, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features “Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today’s employer is seeking.” - Ignatius J. Reilly If Ignatius J. Reilly, the protagonist of A Confederacy Of Dunces, is even halfway correct in his...
Your Week in Film: Sulu, Sequels, Soderbergh and Spies Eddie Falvey July 8, 2016 News 1. Hikaru Sulu is gay, George Takei is not (in a happy sense) What with it being set in the 23rd century fer chrissakes, it makes sense for Star Trek Beyond to feature at least one gay character - which is...
Best Films Never Made #12: Shane Carruth’s A Topiary Tom Bond March 7, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 18 Comments In 2004, Shane Carruth stunned the film industry with his visionary debut, Primer. Taking a meticulous and realist approach to the ever-popular sci-fi theme of time travel, his singular vision earned him the...