My Most Anticipated Films of 2026
As surely as “Dumpuary January” follows the fall awards season, a new year brings a slew of anticipated films. If the industry is in trouble, nobody has told these directors.
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The Best Films of 2025
Like life itself in these times the visceral, the absurd, and the morbid all take their rightful place in our eclectic compilation of Best Films 2025.
The 30 Best DVDs of 2024
PopMatters‘ 30 Best DVDs of 2024 hereby presents a glorious cavalcade, a prestigious panorama, a scintillating smorgasbord of classic films (and one newbie).
Warming Up to Melody: An Interview with Film/TV Score Composer Cliff Martinez
Film/TV score composer Cliff Martinez talks with PopMatters about his work with Steven Soderbergh, Harmony Korine, and Nicolas Winding Refn, whose new series Too Old to Die Young features one of Martinez's most ambitious scores to date.
‘Sex, Lies, and Videotape’ Originated the Soderbergh Enigma
A delicate balance of the heady and the simple, Sex, Lies, and Videotape is both quintessential Steven Soderbergh and unlike anything he's directed since.
When ‘Unsane’ First Sinks Its Claws into You, It Sinks Them Deep
The way Soderbergh knocks loose our grip on reality is paralyzing and unforgettable.
Don’t Believe the Hype: ‘Magic Mike XXL’ Is No Big Deal
Magic Mike XXL could have ratcheted up the expectations one has for the rom-com, but ultimately it does very little with the space that it ekes out for itself among the genre’s norms.
‘The Knick’: Clive Owen in 1900s New York City
Again and again, The Knick makes visible the traumas suffered by bodies, at risk, unequal by law, and struggling to survive.
‘King of the Hill’ Is a Touching, Sweet Story and Quite Unlike Later Soderbergh Films
This is a fascinating glimpse into an exploratory, identity-forming period before even Soderbergh himself seemed to have a handle on his erratic muse.