Film
The Double-Crosses Don’t Stop Coming in the Noir Throwback No Sudden Move
Set in 1954 Detroit, Steven Soderbergh’s latest caper flick critiques capitalism and institutional racism as effortlessly as it piles on the twists.
Steven Soderbergh
Film
You Can't Unsee Unsane, Steven Soderbergh’s Thriller About Mental Illness
Unsane reveals how entire institutions deny people's individual experiences, demanding they submit to the official version of reality.
Performance
Turning a Classic Soviet Sci-Fi Flick into a Live Performance
Layered with live performances, multimedia feeds, and casts in which everyone is an actor (including the cameramen and musicians), Doris Mirescu's plays channel the model of the fun house.
Film
Capturing Slow Portraits of People and Landscapes
Koyanisqaatsi, a debut collaboration between filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass, broke ground in so many ways in the 1980's for exploring film as a poetic, rather than narrative or theatrical expression. Over ten years later, Reggio and Glass have come together to produce Visitors, a
Art
Male Strippers and the Female Gaze
At first glance, Steven Soderbergh’s new film, Magic Mike, is about a charismatic male stripper looking to cash in his gold lamé G-string to pursue his dream of designing (and selling) custom-made furniture. Like many emerging artists that work as art handlers, he’s at a crossroads. He’s in his thir