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Two figures at either end of a long dinner table in a dim London townhouse, a single candle between them.

Black Bag and the Return of the Competent Genre Film

Steven Soderbergh's ninety-four-minute spy thriller is the specific kind of mid-budget adult drama American studios have stopped making. Its existence is the argument. Its execution is the reward.

Lena Ashworth·18 Nov·7 min

An empty American suburban hallway from a low camera angle, daylight filtering through a distant open door.

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Presence and the Ghost POV Soderbergh Trusted

Steven Soderbergh shot a haunted house film entirely from the ghost's point of view. The formal constraint should not work. It does, and the reasons are technical.

Marcus Vell·12 Jul·7 min