With Presence, Steven Soderbergh Resurrects Ghost Story

With ‘Presence,’ Steven Soderbergh makes a ghost story from the phantom’s point of view
"I always operate the camera, but this was next level," the director says. "I’m really in there with the actors."
The Ghost’s-Eye View of Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence”
Doing his own camerawork, the director gleefully enriches the haunted-house genre with a simple but ingenious device.
Steven Soderbergh decided to make a ghost story. He also wanted to play the ghost
Often the camera operator on his own films, the Oscar-winning director of "Traffic" had an idea for a first-person horror movie, one that required some stamina.
Review: Soderbergh brings unique cinematic ‘Presence’ to this ghost story
What makes “Presence” interesting is its point-of-view “gimmick.” It’s just the story that’s being told that’s somewhat hacky.
Review: Steven Soderbergh's technically impressive ghost story 'Presence' is let down by its story
Since his flirtation with retirement about a decade ago, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has been working at an almost feverish pace, cranking out film after film, usually genre exercises made swiftly, with light,
Lucy Liu on Presence, working with Steven Soderbergh and the rising crescendo of her career
The actor joins Q’s Tom Power to discuss her starring role in Soderbergh’s new horror thriller, Presence, which tells a haunted house story from the point-of-view of the ghost.
‘Presence’: Steven Soderbergh Turns the Haunted-House Movie Inside Out
The prolific filmmaker turns a supernatural thriller into an experiment in first-person perspective and a dysfunctional family drama that'd make Eugene O'Neill cringe
Steven Soderbergh Defends AI in Film: ‘I’m Not Threatened'
Over the course of his nearly four-decade career, Steven Soderbergh has just about done it all—including, now, made a horror ...
Steven Soderbergh: ‘I’m the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it’
Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He’s also, in a way, its central character.
Basking in the Presence of Steven Soderbergh
Hollywood’s most successful rogue spoke to the Globe about his new haunted-house thriller and the state of the industry he ...
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Steven Spielberg, Nicolas Cage, Kyle McLachlan among colleagues and friends to pay tribute David Lynch after his death
Steven Spielberg, Nicolas Cage, and Kyle MacLachlan are among the prominent figures paying tribute to David Lynch, whose ...
Preston Oliver, West Mulholland, Ruby Rose Turner & Rachelle Lefevre To Topline ’60s Drama ‘Someone Saved My Life’ From Filmmaker Angelo Pizzo
Someone Saved My Life,' a new Preston Oliver-led indie from filmmaker Angelo Pizzo, has wrapped production in Indiana.