King of the Hill: Criterion Collection
March 27, 2014
After the surprise success of his independent film debut, sex, lies & videotape (1989), which won the prestigious Palme d’Or, Steven Soderbergh struggled to find the right projects and the ability to make them to his satisfaction. This resulted...
And Everything Is Going Fine: Criterion Collection
June 27, 2012
American actor and playwright Spalding Gray died in 2004 and was widely considered to be one of the greatest monologists ever to tackle the medium. He is primarily known for his four films that depict monologues about various topics but chief among them,...
Gray’s Anatomy: Criterion Collection
June 26, 2012
Gray’s Anatomy (1997) chronicles storyteller Spalding Gray’s search for the perfect cure for an eye problem. In keeping with his habit of performing one-man shows, this one is the similar only given cinematic flourishes by director Steven Soderbergh....
Che: Criterion Collection
January 14, 2010
Che (2008) began as a personal project for actor Benicio del Toro around the time he was making Traffic (2000) with Steven Soderbergh. Originally, he planned on making the film about iconic revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara with Terrence Malick...
Traffic: Criterion Collection
March 13, 2006
By the time he made Traffic (2000), Steven Soderbergh was at the zenith of his popularity having just come off the crowd pleaser, yet socially conscious Erin Brockovich (2000), with an even more powerful critique on a problem that plagues the United States...
Eros
March 13, 2006
Aside from the box office failure of the uneven Four Rooms (1995), there are very few high profile anthology films being made. Along comes Eros (2004) that features a collection of three short films exploring eroticism via three distinctive filmmakers:...
Ocean’s Twelve
September 30, 2005
With big budget, star-studded casts like the one in Ocean’s Twelve (2004), there is always the danger of having them look too smug and self-indulgent instead of having fun along with the audience. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) managed to straddle this line...
Out of Sight: Collector’s Edition
December 16, 2004
“It’s like seeing someone for the first time. You can be passing on the street and you look at each other and for a few seconds there’s this kind of recognition. Like you both know something, and the next moment the person’s gone....
Ocean’s Eleven
July 3, 2003
When it comes to crime capers there’s only one man for the job, and it doesn’t even invalidate his parole. Daz examines Ocean’s Eleven and plots a trip to Las Vegas, guess we won’t be seeing him for a few years. Over the years...
