#steven-soderbergh

#steven-soderbergh

"We were filming in London, so we were in our own beds at night. That's not often the case. Middle-earth, you're not in your own bed."

Soderbergh has become such a prolific, tirelessly resourceful, and altogether uncategorizable filmmaker that you have to wonder why the mechanics of the break-in still inspire him.

And it's not just the quantity of work that's been remarkable in this phase of the master's career but the consistently impressive range. "Presence" is a ghost story; " Black Bag " was a thriller; "The Christophers" is a mostly a two-hander, a chamber piece that showcases two remarkably different performers unpacking themes regarding art, what it says about its creator, and, ultimately, who owns it.

The generous, wryly charming character actor André Holland gets a leading-man showcase in Rachael Abigail Holder's Sundance rom-dram "Love, Brooklyn," out in select theaters this weekend. He plays a down-and-out writer named Roger, who is navigating both a resurged relationship with his art-gallery-owner ex-girlfriend Casey (Nicole Beharie) and new love interest Nicole (DeWanda Wise), a single parent with emotional baggage of her own.

It felt like there was nothing to salvage,

You wouldn't think a close-up of somebody thinking would have the power that it does because, in theory, it's static,