It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, media-wise. For 2022––another year in which he not only released a new film, but shot another––he still got plenty of watching in.
Along with catching up on 2022’s new releases, he took in plenty of classics, including Sorcerer, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Battle of Algiers, All That Jazz, and All About Eve. Quite intriguingly, he also watched cuts of David Fincher’s forthcoming The Killer four times over a week-long span in August. Ahead of a February release, he’s also watched cuts of his forthcoming Magic Mike’s Last Dance five times, the first time being only two months after shooting began.
See the list below via his official site.
01/01 Lemon, Kwon Yeo-sun, Creative Types, Tom Bissell, West Side Story (’21), Tucker: The Man And His Dream...
Along with catching up on 2022’s new releases, he took in plenty of classics, including Sorcerer, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Battle of Algiers, All That Jazz, and All About Eve. Quite intriguingly, he also watched cuts of David Fincher’s forthcoming The Killer four times over a week-long span in August. Ahead of a February release, he’s also watched cuts of his forthcoming Magic Mike’s Last Dance five times, the first time being only two months after shooting began.
See the list below via his official site.
01/01 Lemon, Kwon Yeo-sun, Creative Types, Tom Bissell, West Side Story (’21), Tucker: The Man And His Dream...
- 1/10/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Update: A+E Networks UK has decided to take Sky History reality competition series The Chop off-air amid claims that contestant, Darren Lumsden, has white supremacist tattoos on his face. Here’s the latest statement:
“While we investigate the nature, and meaning, of Darren’s tattoos, we have removed the video featuring him from our social media pages, and will not be broadcasting any episodes of The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker until we have concluded that investigation. Sky History stands against racism and hate speech of all kinds.”
Previous: Sky History, the joint-venture UK television channel run by A+E Networks UK and Comcast-owned Sky, has defended a contestant on its new reality competition series The Chop after Twitter users accused him of having Nazi tattoos emblazoned on his face.
Sky History tweeted a promotional clip of The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker on Monday, featuring participant Darren Lumsden.
“While we investigate the nature, and meaning, of Darren’s tattoos, we have removed the video featuring him from our social media pages, and will not be broadcasting any episodes of The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker until we have concluded that investigation. Sky History stands against racism and hate speech of all kinds.”
Previous: Sky History, the joint-venture UK television channel run by A+E Networks UK and Comcast-owned Sky, has defended a contestant on its new reality competition series The Chop after Twitter users accused him of having Nazi tattoos emblazoned on his face.
Sky History tweeted a promotional clip of The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker on Monday, featuring participant Darren Lumsden.
- 10/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
We knew that Thor 4 was coming, but the revelations about it at yesterday’s Marvel Comic-Con panel still blew us away. The movie is to be called Thor: Love and Thunder and will, just as we expected, bring back Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson to star and Taika Waititi to direct.
The big shock, though, is that Natalie Portman will also be returning to the franchise for the first time since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World. And this time she’ll be the one wielding Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor herself.
Here’s the moment that the news was revealed to the crowd, and as you can hear, everyone in attendance went wild.
Natalie Portman recieves her Mjolnir. Jane will become the female Thor in Love and Thunder. pic.twitter.com/OXRtvompad
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) July 21, 2019
But it wasn’t just the people lucky enough to go to Sdcc that went crazy over this announcement.
The big shock, though, is that Natalie Portman will also be returning to the franchise for the first time since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World. And this time she’ll be the one wielding Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor herself.
Here’s the moment that the news was revealed to the crowd, and as you can hear, everyone in attendance went wild.
Natalie Portman recieves her Mjolnir. Jane will become the female Thor in Love and Thunder. pic.twitter.com/OXRtvompad
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) July 21, 2019
But it wasn’t just the people lucky enough to go to Sdcc that went crazy over this announcement.
- 7/21/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Doctor Adam Rutherford probably doesn’t mean much to you, but if you’re a fan of writer-director Alex Garland and his brand of challenging science-fiction, he should. Garland’s directorial efforts “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation” are two of the best reviewed sci-fi movies of the decade, and it turns out they owe a lot to Rutherford, a British geneticist who is Garland’s trusted scientific adviser.
“I only answer the phone to about three people,” Rutherford told IndieWire during a recent interview. “One of them is my wife, one of them is my agent, and the third is Alex Garland.”
Garland and Rutherford’s creative relationship is relatively simple, but it’s essential to what makes the director a science-fiction visionary. Garland comes to the scientist with his ideas for a narrative and the two talk for hours at a time about the science needed to support the story.
“I only answer the phone to about three people,” Rutherford told IndieWire during a recent interview. “One of them is my wife, one of them is my agent, and the third is Alex Garland.”
Garland and Rutherford’s creative relationship is relatively simple, but it’s essential to what makes the director a science-fiction visionary. Garland comes to the scientist with his ideas for a narrative and the two talk for hours at a time about the science needed to support the story.
- 3/1/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Credit “Life” director Daniel Espinosa with courage. The Swedish filmmaker has made a horror-in-space feature starring Jake Gyllenhaal, a film that centers around a vicious alien that slowly picks off spacecraft crew members, and he doesn’t even wait for the question about comparisons to Ridley Scott’s seminal “Alien.” He jumps right into it.
“For me, one of the great references, the great movies, the movie that is an obvious comparison, [which has that] great, great, glorious breakfast scene which everybody aspires to is ‘Alien,'” he said.
Rather than scary set pieces, it’s the smaller stuff that gets him, he said, the parts that rely more on character development and connection. That’s what excited him about the genre, not the actual alien at its heart.
“I think that most directors have a kind of secret ambition of sci-fi,” Espinosa said. “Even great glorious artists, Tarkovsky, Kubrick, Scott, went into this genre,...
“For me, one of the great references, the great movies, the movie that is an obvious comparison, [which has that] great, great, glorious breakfast scene which everybody aspires to is ‘Alien,'” he said.
Rather than scary set pieces, it’s the smaller stuff that gets him, he said, the parts that rely more on character development and connection. That’s what excited him about the genre, not the actual alien at its heart.
“I think that most directors have a kind of secret ambition of sci-fi,” Espinosa said. “Even great glorious artists, Tarkovsky, Kubrick, Scott, went into this genre,...
- 3/22/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Ryan Lambie Mar 21, 2017
Director Daniel Espinosa talks to us about his new film, Life, and his thoughts on the science fiction genre...
Nb: The following discusses a few plot points in Life, but only ones you've seen in its trailer.
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Life immediately distinguishes itself from other post-Alien, monsters-in-space movies with one simple concept: it's not set in the future, but the present. Its events don't take place on a ship somewhere out there in the galaxy, but in the International Space Station orbiting Earth.
So when an alien organism's discovered in a soil sample retrieved from Mars, and a group of scientists begin studying it, there's an added layer of tension: in astronomical terms, the events are taking place on our own front door step.
Swedish director Daniel Espinosa,...
Director Daniel Espinosa talks to us about his new film, Life, and his thoughts on the science fiction genre...
Nb: The following discusses a few plot points in Life, but only ones you've seen in its trailer.
See related Fast & Furious 8, and cinema’s strangest family The forgotten casualties of the Fast & Furious franchise Fast & Furious 9 and 10 release dates confirmed
Life immediately distinguishes itself from other post-Alien, monsters-in-space movies with one simple concept: it's not set in the future, but the present. Its events don't take place on a ship somewhere out there in the galaxy, but in the International Space Station orbiting Earth.
So when an alien organism's discovered in a soil sample retrieved from Mars, and a group of scientists begin studying it, there's an added layer of tension: in astronomical terms, the events are taking place on our own front door step.
Swedish director Daniel Espinosa,...
- 3/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Who would've thought one of mankind's greatest fictional foes would become vital in battling a real world foe? Gizmodo is reporting that bacteria found on the body of a Doctor Who Dalek prop has been found to be able to effectively combat antibiotic-resistant super bacteria!
The find came as part of a European university's initiative to "Swab and Send." The project asks individuals to swab items in their everyday environments and send them to their labs for analysis and the potential discovery of new bacteria. Supposedly a swabbing of a BBC Dalek provided multiple strains capable of eliminating super bacteria! From BBC science host Dr. Adam Rutherford:
“We’ve got at least three different types of bacteria from the Dalek that were able to ‘exterminate’ our Micrococcus indicator strain.”
Pretty awesome, right?! Also, this is a pretty awesome initiative! There should be a lab in America doing this! I want to Exterminate.
The find came as part of a European university's initiative to "Swab and Send." The project asks individuals to swab items in their everyday environments and send them to their labs for analysis and the potential discovery of new bacteria. Supposedly a swabbing of a BBC Dalek provided multiple strains capable of eliminating super bacteria! From BBC science host Dr. Adam Rutherford:
“We’ve got at least three different types of bacteria from the Dalek that were able to ‘exterminate’ our Micrococcus indicator strain.”
Pretty awesome, right?! Also, this is a pretty awesome initiative! There should be a lab in America doing this! I want to Exterminate.
- 6/9/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Still on the fence about seeing Alex Garland's Ex Machina? If so, then the film's new red band trailer, our exclusive Ex Machina TV spots, and writer/director Garland's Reddit Ama should help make up your mind.
Ex Machina will spread to over 2,000 theaters this weekend and to mark the occasion, Alex Garland is participating in a Reddit Ama today from 4:00pm - 5:30pm Est along with artificial intelligence experts Dr. Adam Rutherford and Murray Shanahan.
"Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, Ex MacHina. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac).
Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing...
Ex Machina will spread to over 2,000 theaters this weekend and to mark the occasion, Alex Garland is participating in a Reddit Ama today from 4:00pm - 5:30pm Est along with artificial intelligence experts Dr. Adam Rutherford and Murray Shanahan.
"Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, Ex MacHina. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac).
Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing...
- 5/8/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ever wanted to learn more about the science behind Shaun of the Dead's zombies, or the technological possibilities of Terminator 2?
Well, at the latest Pop Up Screens event, Science Flicktion, scientists and comedians will be on hand to explain the mysteries that arise with popular sci-fi films.
Alien, Apollo 13, Terminator 2, Shaun of the Dead and Good Will Hunting will all be shown at the Chelsea Old Town Hall in May, and will each be accompanied by a short scientific introduction.
The scientist will then provide a commentary throughout the film, pausing the movie at certain points to explain what is happening on screen.
Scientists including Adam Rutherford, Dallas Campbell and John Chase will appear, while Richard Sandling, Helen Keen and Dan Schreiber make up some of the comedic talent.
Science Flicktion will run on May 15, 16, 17 at the Chelsea Old Town Hall, with tickets costing £18 or £12 for students and under 10s.
Well, at the latest Pop Up Screens event, Science Flicktion, scientists and comedians will be on hand to explain the mysteries that arise with popular sci-fi films.
Alien, Apollo 13, Terminator 2, Shaun of the Dead and Good Will Hunting will all be shown at the Chelsea Old Town Hall in May, and will each be accompanied by a short scientific introduction.
The scientist will then provide a commentary throughout the film, pausing the movie at certain points to explain what is happening on screen.
Scientists including Adam Rutherford, Dallas Campbell and John Chase will appear, while Richard Sandling, Helen Keen and Dan Schreiber make up some of the comedic talent.
Science Flicktion will run on May 15, 16, 17 at the Chelsea Old Town Hall, with tickets costing £18 or £12 for students and under 10s.
- 4/27/2015
- Digital Spy
For a man whose directorial debut has earned almost uniformly stellar reviews, Alex Garland seems slightly pessimistic about what might come next. It's likely because of his experiences writing "Sunshine," "Never Let Me Go" and "Dredd." All three earned some heaping of critical praise, but either disappointed or had middling success at the box office. "Ex Machina," which has already had success on the other side of the Atlantic, may break that trend. A contemporary science fiction thriller, "Machina" finds a young programmer, Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), dropped off at the remote estate of his company's mysterious and genius founder, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). Caleb has won a contest at their Google-like company to spend a week with this powerful, Steve Jobs-esque figure, but he soon learns, however, that he's been recruited for a specific experiment. Nathan has secretly been developing an artificial intelligence that "lives" within a walking and talking robotic body.
- 4/9/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
The original Star Wars trilogy leads the December lineup for Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder at London's BFI Southbank.
Throughout the whole of December, there will be screenings of sci-fi classics, Q&A sessions, special guests, music events and exhibitions from the BFI National Archive.
On Star Wars Day (Saturday, December 13), the original trilogy will be shown in full, featuring the special editions of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983).
There will be a costume competition where the winners will receive prizes, and at the end of the day Benugo Bar & Kitchen will be transformed into the Mos Eisley Cantina, where you can have space-inspired cocktails and listen to a themed DJ set.
On Tuesday, December 16 there will be a preview of upcoming film Ex Machina followed by a Q&A...
Throughout the whole of December, there will be screenings of sci-fi classics, Q&A sessions, special guests, music events and exhibitions from the BFI National Archive.
On Star Wars Day (Saturday, December 13), the original trilogy will be shown in full, featuring the special editions of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983).
There will be a costume competition where the winners will receive prizes, and at the end of the day Benugo Bar & Kitchen will be transformed into the Mos Eisley Cantina, where you can have space-inspired cocktails and listen to a themed DJ set.
On Tuesday, December 16 there will be a preview of upcoming film Ex Machina followed by a Q&A...
- 10/31/2014
- Digital Spy
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