Steven Soderbergh

Actors and filmmakers to watch in 2012

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Contagion: Steven Soderbergh turns the star-studded Hollywood disaster flick on its head

Sasha Grey at Mokai August 19

Double Penetration and Four More Reasons to Party With Ex-Porn Star Sasha Grey

A shot of Sasha from her x-rated monograph Neü Sex.​She's outta the adult biz now. But even when porn star, thespian, and professional hipster Sasha Grey was getting paid to perform explicit sexual stunts in skin flicks, she could also be found turning arty tricks, like selling herself to rich ... More >>

Porn Star, Legit Actress, and Noise Punk Sasha Grey Hosts New Year's Eve at the Catalina Hotel

Sasha Grey does it all ... Porn, movies, music.​Every fifteen years or so, the adult film industry gives birth to a porn star whose talents go beyond anal DP. Back in the '70s, booby queen Annie Sprinkle fucked for money during the day while staging pseudo-feminist performance art at night. And ... More >>

Up in the Air steers clear of the predictable route, lands the emotion

Sasha Grey does it all ... Porn, movies, music.​Every fifteen years or so, the adult film industry gives birth to a porn star whose talents go beyond anal DP. Back in the '70s, booby queen Annie Sprinkle fucked for money during the day while staging pseudo-feminist performance art at night. And ... More >>

The Informant!: No Exclamation Point Necessary

The film gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story.

Love Hurts

And that pain will last (500) Days, but in a good way.

Escape from Porncatraz

And that pain will last (500) Days, but in a good way.

The Pro-Palestine Porn Star vs Howard Stern

Porn star Sasha Grey specializes in making hipster boy's tight jeans even tighter. In addition to starring in skin flicks, she's a burgeoning alt-icon and has modeled for American Apparel, posed for fashion photographer Terry Richardson, appeared on the cover of Vice and stared in Steven Soderb ... More >>

UPDATE: 'Che' Premiere at UM Postponed, Not Canceled

Last month, a feisty Cuban-American protest erupted outside the Miami Beach premiere of Stephen Soderbergh's new four-hour epic about Che Guevara.In an interview with the New Times the next day, Soderbergh laughed off the hubub as the cost of doing business in the heart of Cuban nationalism, saying ... More >>

The Best Movies of 2008

Gasp! A couple of Hollywood blockbusters made the cut.

Letters from the Issue of December 18, 2008

"If the missiles had remained, we would have used them against the very heart of America, including New York."

Chez Che

Soderbergh brings his Guevara epic to Miami; angry hysteria ensues.

Rave Reviews in Cuba for New "Che" Movie

If you know anything about basic physics, you probably are familiar with the law of inverse reactions. Basically, it states that any cultural event that's greeted with a screaming protest in Miami from Vigilia Mambisa will be met by an equally welcoming reception in Cuba. It's science.And sure enoug ... More >>

A Revolutionary Evening With Soderbergh, Del Toro, 'Che' and Plenty of Angry Cubans

So how do you beat the notoriously fiesty Cuban protesters in Vigilia Mambisa once they've set their sign-waving, bullhorn-screaming sights on your event?If you're Steven Soderbergh, you just plain outlast 'em. Even Vigilia couldn't make it all the way through Soderbergh's epic "Che," a four-hour lo ... More >>

Shock of the Week: Protests Planned for "Che" Premiere in Miami Tomorrow

Let's do a little thought experiment here. Say you're a director, and you're trying to market a new four hour long epic that's was derided by Variety as "a commercial impossibility" after its debut at Cannes.You need to stir up a little hype, a little press. Get the kids excited. Oh, and did we ment ... More >>

Cannes: A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

Let's do a little thought experiment here. Say you're a director, and you're trying to market a new four hour long epic that's was derided by Variety as "a commercial impossibility" after its debut at Cannes.You need to stir up a little hype, a little press. Get the kids excited. Oh, and did we ment ... More >>

Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

Let's do a little thought experiment here. Say you're a director, and you're trying to market a new four hour long epic that's was derided by Variety as "a commercial impossibility" after its debut at Cannes.You need to stir up a little hype, a little press. Get the kids excited. Oh, and did we ment ... More >>

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone.

Let's do a little thought experiment here. Say you're a director, and you're trying to market a new four hour long epic that's was derided by Variety as "a commercial impossibility" after its debut at Cannes.You need to stir up a little hype, a little press. Get the kids excited. Oh, and did we ment ... More >>

The Fix Is In

Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton is no ordinary legal thriller

Legs to Spare

Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton is no ordinary legal thriller

Charge of the Light Brigade

Racing to reignite the sun — and our souls — in Danny Boyle's sci-fi collage

The House Always Wins

Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

Good Clean Smut

DVD releases for the week of May 22, 2007

Stop the Cat Box

The Delano tanked by technicality, defaulting through duplicity

Beach Reads

Big names? Big Deal. An alternative take on the Book Fair.

Now You See Them

DVD releases for the week of March 21, 2006

Tragedy Re-Revisited

Spielberg's Munich rehashes a tale we've heard before

November Mourn

A grieving woman spirals off the rails and takes us with her

Thick and Rich

Layer Cake is a hearty, confounding slice of the British underworld

Faker's Dozen

A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand

Far From Happy

The year's best featured plenty of Sad White Guys

Ocean's ill Heaven

The tides of Solaris tempt Clooney with life after death

Happy Ending

Soderbergh shoots in digital and hits the target: Hollywood

Ocean's Eleven, Give or Take

Soderbergh and Clooney knock over Vegas without much to show for it

Festival of Mights, II

Headlining the second week of international film, Mexico and France provide some evocative, provocative heavy hitters

American High

With Traffic Steven Soderbergh takes on the unwinnable war

Nitpicking in Reverse

While there was plenty to criticize about the year's big releases, 2000 shone nonetheless for its subtle surprises

Reeling in the Year

Miami definitely is not among the top picks for flicks

The Year That Was ... Pretty Good

Even New Times critics liked what they saw

Bold Is Beautiful

The Limey

Missing the Big Picture

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.

Eight Is Enough

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.

But Not Out of Mind

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.

Brother Are Doin' It for Themselves

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.

Behind the Scenes

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.

There's a Slacker Born Every Minute

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.

Bleak and White

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.