Steven Soderbergh

10 Gamechanging Directors of the 2000s

Mike Miley | Posted 01.05.2010 | Entertainment

Read More: Steven Soderbergh, Ratatouille, Lars-Von-Trier, Best-of-Decade, Angelina Jolie, Gus Van Sant, Judd Apatow, Richard Linklater, Harry Potter, Film, Christopher Nolan, Entertainment News

Only a handful of directors put out work that was not only consistently interesting but also urged us (sometimes against our will) to think about cinema differently.

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TIFF Takeaway: America the Unbeautiful

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ricky Gervais, Steven Soderbergh, America's Executioners, Jason Reitman, Corporate Rot, Michael Moore, George Clooney, American Filmmakers, Michael Douglas, Balzac, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News

In past film fests, we could usually thank foreigners for savaging the U.S. But this time around, it's mostly American filmmakers whose spot-on critiques of the zeitgeist double as razor-sharp entertainment.

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Matt Damon Plays Comedic, Pudgy 'Informant' For Soderbergh

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment

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VENICE, Italy — Matt Damon plays a pathological liar in Steven Soderbergh's "The Informant!" – the true-life story of an agribusiness exec...

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Why "Che" Resonates

Dennis Perrin | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Steven Soderbergh, Che Guevara, Entertainment News

There are stretches in Che when you feel lost in the jungle, where oblivion steadily hovers before closing in with a crash.

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Amy Pascal Explains Demise Of Soderbergh & Pitt's 'Moneyball'

Los Angeles Times | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

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It's never an easy decision when a studio head has to pull the plug on a big movie, as Amy Pascal did last week when she shut down "Moneyball," a $58-...

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Che Gueverette: Rodizio Slayer

Warren Holstein | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Steven Soderbergh, Vegetarian, Peta, Lydia Guevara PETA Campaign, Fubar, Che Guevara, Vegetarianism, Batista, The Green Revolution, Cuban Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis, Revolution, Health, Lydia-Guevara, Cuba, Guerilla Warfare, Politics, Comedy News

Yesiree, the ole family legacy lives on as the Butcher of La Cabana's bodacious petite-fille is out to butcher the butchers by showcasing her prime cuts.

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Brad Pitt And Steven Soderbergh's 'Moneyball' In Chaos

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 07.23.2009 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh's baseball tale "Moneyball" has been benched just days before the start of shooting. Sony pulled ...

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Review -- The Girlfriend Experience

Will Menaker | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pornography, Steven Soderbergh, Sasha Grey, The Girlfriend Experience, Reviews, Movies, Manhattan, Entertainment News

The main character and her boyfriend both earn a living by inflating the egos of rich pricks by pretending or more troublingly, not-pretending to form a personal connection with their clients.

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The Young Castro Comes Alive In Soderbergh's Epic Che Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance

Brad Balfour | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Raul Castro, Steven Soderbergh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Demian Bichir, The Girlfriend Experience, El Jefe, Latin America, Benicio Del Toro, Mexico, Bolivia, Entertainment News

Now that director Steven Soderbergh is in the public consciousness again with his intimate portrait of a high-class escort in The Girlfriend Experienc...

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Sasha Grey At "The Girlfriend Experience": Soderbergh's Porn Star Leading Lady (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh, Slideshow, Film, Sasha Grey, The Girlfriend Experience, Entertainment News

Tuesday night Steven Soderbergh premiered "The Girlfriend Experience" at the Tribeca Film Festival. The scripted movie, which tells the story of a...

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The Best Actor and Best Movie of 2008 Weren't Even Nominated

John Eskow | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Oscars, Steven Soderbergh, Che, The Wrestler, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Milk, Mickey Rourke, Che Guevara, Award Season, Film, Movies, Academy Awards, Cinematography, Entertainment News

The most amazing "performance" of 2008 was that of Benicio del Toro as Che -- which, for my dough, was also the movie of the year.

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Potential Drug Czar's Family Connection To Failed Drug War

Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Traffic, Drug Trafficking, Steven Soderbergh, Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar, Marijuana, President Obama, Gil Kerlikowske, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael Douglas, Politics News

In the Academy Award winning film Traffic , Michael Douglas plays the nation's new Drug Czar who discovers just how unwinnable The War On Drugs really...

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Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bolivia, Abc, Steven Soderbergh, Fulgencio Batista, Judgment at Nuremberg, Frost/Nixon, Benicio Del Toro, Russnow, Ram Productions International, The Reader, Che, Che Guevara, Movies, Peter Andrews, Harvey Milk, Passion of the Christ, Peter Buchman, Defiance, Julia Ormond, Alberto Iglesias, Benjamin Van Der Veen, Fidel Castro, Mel Gibson, Michael Russnow, Cuba, Milk, Lisa Howard, Spartacus, Entertainment News

Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

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Hugh Jackman Drops Potential Cleopatra Musical

Variety | Posted 02.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Steven Soderbergh, Hugh Jackman, Cleo, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Entertainment News

Hugh Jackman has removed himself from discussions to star with Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Cleo," a 3-D live action musical which Steven Soderbergh will ...

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Benicio Del Toro Promotes "Che" At Havana Screening

AP | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

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HAVANA - Actor Benicio del Toro says protesters at the Miami screening of "Che" should have watched the film first. Del Toro plays Argentine-born Ern...

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New "Che" Trailer: 4+ Hours Of Benicio (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

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The new 257-minute Che Guevara biopic is being released in two parts in January 2009, but has a special single-picture engagement starting December 12...

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Soderbergh's "Che": Masterwork Or Folly?

LA Times | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment

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Charging across the globe like an insurrectionist guerrilla cadre, Steven Soderbergh's sprawling, Spanish-language epic "Che" has been playing at inte...

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Michael Douglas To Play Liberace In Soderbergh Movie

Variety | Posted 10.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Steven Soderbergh is in the early stages of developing a biopic about Liberace for Warner Bros., which he will direct. The filmmaker said he has draf...

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Soderbergh's "Che" Gets US Distributor

AP | Posted 10.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Steven Soderbergh, Che, Benicio Del Toro, Entertainment News

TORONTO — Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara film biography "Che" has found a U.S. distributor that will release it in theaters this December to qu...

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Bonjour, Cannes!

Peggy Siegal | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Steven Soderbergh, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Penelope Cruz, Mick Jagger, Sharon Stone, Bono, Peggy Siegal, Robert DeNiro, Cannes Film Festival Photos, Cannes, Barry Diller, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment News

A private jet, seven lunches, six premieres, 16 parties, five megayachts, one helicopter, one-on-ones with Brad Pitt, Mick Jagger, and Robert DeNiro. One woman lives the dream at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Eastwood's "Changeling" And Soderbergh's "Che" Vie For Cannes Prize

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.01.2008 | Entertainment

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CANNES, France — With all of his Academy Awards and other Hollywood honors, Clint Eastwood is not necessarily in the market for more prizes. He'...

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