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1 week, 5 days ago

‘Presence’ movie review: Steven Soderbergh’s ingenious yet inconsistent horror-drama

A spectre is haunting the Payne family — the spectre of Steven Soderbergh’s hand-held camera. Presence Director: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday, Callina Long, …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Presence’ to release in India

Supernatural thriller Presence, directed by critically-acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, is set for an India release. The film, which stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and Callina Liang, is being distributed in …

The Hindu

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1 month ago

"Black Bag" makes monogamy sexy again

A director having two great movies out within one year is already an embarrassment of riches for the cinema-starved public. Watching Steven Soderbergh’s “Black Bag” — the director’s near-immediate follow-up …

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1 month ago

‘Gas Food Lodging’ and the evolving state of women filmmakers, plus the best films in L.A.

Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Banning a film only makes people more determined to see it.” Author Marya E. …

LA Times

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1 month ago

'Black Bag' review: Blanchett and Fassbender play spy games

“Black Bag” contains one of Steven Soderbergh’s most fantastical characters: a monogamous spy. Call it “sex, lies & videotape & guns” — and a sign that Soderbergh doesn’t have faith …

LA Times

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1 month ago

The four buzziest movies coming to theaters this weekend

The four buzziest movies coming to theaters this weekend toggle caption Claudette Barius/Focus Features Five years ago, mid-March saw COVID-19 shut down the world. Sponsor Message Novocaine YouTube Nathan Caine …

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1 month ago

Movie Review: Soderbergh’s sleek spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ crackles

If you’re hosting a dinner for half a dozen British intelligence agents with the aim of ferreting out a mole, what should you cook? So goes much of the crackling …

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1 month ago

Married spies with secrets? After Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender’s recent demanding roles, that’s almost a vacation

It’s taken a few false starts to get Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender on the same Zoom call. He’s always ready.” “Black Bag” undercuts traditional spy films by swapping out …

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2 months ago

Presence, starring Lucy Liu, flips horror on its head to tell the story from a ghost's perspective

Horror has always been one of cinema's most formally inventive genres, a playground for filmmakers to pioneer everything from creepy first-person perspectives to found footage freak-outs and desktop-bound thrillers. Even …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh on his new film Presence, starring Lucy Liu

While he wouldn't describe himself as a believer in the supernatural, per se, director Steven Soderbergh is less spooked than most by the idea of what might be there in …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Presence movie ending: Steven Soderbergh’s thriller has 2025’s first great twist.

This article contains the presence of spoilers. Presence, Steven Soderbergh’s latest, is a tight 85-minute family story set in a single absolutely gorgeous foursquare suburban house. The Presence—more trapped energy …

Slate

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Steven Soderbergh's "Presence" is a ghost story unlike anything you've seen before

In a time of twisty, “prestige” supernatural horror, the good, old-fashioned ghost story has fallen by the wayside. Happily, Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, “Presence,” gets back to basics. You may …

Salon

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

In this haunted house horror you see what the ghost sees — and it's terrifying

In this haunted house horror you see what the ghost sees — and it's terrifying toggle caption NEON The haunted-house thriller Presence has a formal conceit so clever, I'm surprised …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Presence review: Steven Soderbergh’s horror thriller radically subverts the haunted house genre

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Presence’ horror movie director, Steven Soderbergh calls himself ‘cockroach of industry’: ‘I can survive any…’

‘Presence’ horror movie director Steven Soderbergh has called himself as the 'cockroach" of the film industry as he expressed confidence that he can adapt and stay relevant with the changing …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: ‘Presence’ is a cerebral ghost story that hides a family drama under the sheet

Long live Steven Soderbergh, a filmmaker who resists any premature obituaries that the movies are a dying art form. It’s alone when the movie starts, pacing the film’s only set, …

LA Times

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Trending 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Movie Review: Steven Soderbergh’s eerie haunted house drama ‘Presence’ packs a punch

The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama “Presence.” The filmmaker traps the audience in a beautiful suburban home, letting us drift through rooms …

Hindustan Times

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Movie Review: Steven Soderbergh’s eerie haunted house drama ‘Presence’ packs a punch

The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama “Presence.” The filmmaker traps the audience in a beautiful suburban home, letting us drift through rooms …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Steven Soderbergh: “Soy la cucaracha de esta industria. Puedo sobrevivir cualquier versión de ella”

NUEVA YORK — Steven Soderbergh no es solo el director y director de fotografía de su más reciente película. En una conversación amplia, discutió por qué piensa que el streaming …

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Steven Soderbergh: 'I'm the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it'

NEW YORK — Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. When it comes to trying to control what people want to go see, you’re now …

Hindustan Times

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Steven Soderbergh: ‘I’m the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it’

NEW YORK — Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. The 62-year-old filmmaker recently met a reporter in a midtown Manhattan hotel in between finishing …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Steven Soderbergh, Questlove, Ron Howard and more pay tribute to David Lynch

Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday. — “I am astounded and heartbroken I …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Steven Soderbergh, Questlove, Ron Howard and more pay tribute to David Lynch

Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday. — “I am astounded and heartbroken I …

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3 months ago

Steven Soderbergh decided to make a ghost story. He also wanted to play the ghost

A few years ago, there was a ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s Los Angeles home. The scenes play out like vignettes, with cuts to black in between each one — “like …

LA Times

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