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"...Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Amy Irving, Albert Finney, Miguel Ferrer, Erika Christensen,..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ocean's Eleven

"...Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia,..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadle, in the finest performance of his career, headlines this true-life story about the "Oskar Schindler of Kigali, Rwanda" during the massacres of 1994.

"...mean feat, that, when you consider his work with Stephen Soderbergh and P.T. Anderson.) Cheadle plays Paul Rusesabagina, the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The Friends of Eddie Coyle'; 'The Hit'

It's all about the snitches in two new Criterion releases

"...same ring, but for Brit directors Peter Yates and Stephen Frears, casting yielded "supergrass." By 1973 and The Friends..."

June 12, 2009 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Vegas, Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco, Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight, Henry Jaglom's Déjà Vu, Hal Hartley's..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Joe Mantello; with Jason Alexander, Randy Becker, Stephen Bogardus, John Glover, John Benjamin Hickey, Justin Kirk, Stephen..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Magic Mike XXL

The boys are back in town

"...Heard, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez, Donald Glover, Kevin Nash, Stephen Boss, Andie MacDowell, Elizabeth Banks and Jada Pinkett Smith...."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Syriana

One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.

"...Directed by: Stephen Gaghan. Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Christopher..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slingshot

Psychological thriller about astronauts trying to keep a grip on a trip to Saturn’s moon

"...His surprisingly excellent Stephen King adaptation 1408 aside, Mikael Håfström has always been..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fast Food Nation

Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.

"...to multiple, convergent storylines, which recall those in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic transposed from the shadowy world of the pan-American..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dolittle

Downey has and is fun as the doctor who can talk with the animals

"...Directed by: Stephen Gaghan. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Harry Collett, Carmel Laniado,..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...WINE D: Bob Rafelson; with Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez, Judy Davis...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Steven Soderbergh; with Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Conchata Ferrell,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Queenpins

Extreme-couponing caper offers laughs but little personality

"...can imagine the fun a sprightlier filmmaker – Steven Soderbergh, say, or Adam McKay – might have had with..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta frees her inner dork, with big ups for The Lone Gunmen and BattleBots, among others. Also, a partial Oscar ballot.

"...that's part of the fun, now, isn't it? And Stephen Snedden as the consummate dumb blond (Jimmy Bond --..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...Neil Jordan; with Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Divinity

Pretentious body horror has all the depth of a perfume commercial

"...Directed by: Eddie Alcazar. Starring: Stephen Dorff, Scott Bakula, Moises Arias, Jason Genao, Karrueche Tran,..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Moneyball

Brad Pitt hits a home run with this film about the inner workings of baseball. It's a film that will appeal to sports fans and nonfans alike.

"...Robin Wright, Kerris Dorsey, Chris Pratt, Reed Diamond and Stephen Bishop...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

Ron Howard helms The Alamo no mo'.

"...gobs of fun to boot. First up is Steven Soderbergh's digital production Full Frontal, Monday, July 29, 7:30pm, with..."

July 12, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Peter Soderbergh (Stephen's father), then an education professor, and myself led..."

July 11, 2003 Column

October Previews

"...D: Paul McGuigan; with Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Stephen McCole, Jenny McCrindle, Gary McCormack...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...DOUBLE HAPPINESSD: Mina Shum; with Sandra Oh, Alannah Ong, Stephen Chang, Frances You, Johnny Mah, Callum Rennie, Donald Fong...."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

At Wit’s End: Bob Byington on His Dry New Comedy, Lousy Carter

“My career puzzles people, including myself”

"...Jocelyn DeBoer – she almost steals the show herself. Stephen Root is an institution. Olivia Thirlby is eerily talented...."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Storming the Citadel With the Russo Brothers

How the new Prime series depends on global storytelling

"...Joe. "Anthony and I and [writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely] were functioning as our own mini-studio for a..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cannes Reveals Full 2013 Lineup

Coen Brothers, Soderbergh, Luhrmann, and more

"...Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh) Borgman (Alex van Warmerdam) The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)..."

April 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...George Lucas, Shane Meadows’ Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee, Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine, Matt Harlock and Paul..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...broken leg and his anxiety about asking his partner Stephen to marry him. Gene declares that there is "a..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Page Two

"...(Dazed and Confused), Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), Steven Soderbergh (sex, lies and videotape), Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-head,..."

March 14, 1997 Column by Louis Black