More than just a stripper movie, Magic Mike XXL proves once again the team’s ability to go beyond the premise while never losing the sense of fun and pleasure in what they do.
New York Film Festival 2014 – Dispatch Four
In this final dispatch from the 52nd New York Film Festival, one of the year’s gems returns home, a Soderbergh-produced documentary that plays like a high-stakes thriller, and two of this year’s sure-to-be awards-season heavy hitters.
The Roundup – SBS Launches 400 Free Movies, Soderbergh’s B&W Indiana Jones and Iranian Cinephile Culture
This week on THE ROUNDUP, Rian Johnson talks with Terry Gilliam, gorgeous photos of cinemas in India, SBS positions itself as a minor Netflix rival and much more.
Grayscaled – Nebraska in Colour and Black & White Cinema Experiments
It was recently announced that EPIX, a US-cable channel, had acquired the rights to broadcast the ‘colour’ version of Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, against the director’s express wishes. In this piece we look at films that have made the leap either from or to black and white.
The Roundup – Bill Murray in Space, Bong Joon-ho Increases His DVD Collection and Richard Linklater talks Boyhood
This week on The Roundup we look at a once-lost Tom Schiller sci-fi starring Bill Murray, the redesign of Senses of Cinema and interviews with Linklater, Swanberg, Soderbergh and Albert Serra.