Steven Soderbergh's Five Best Films

Steven Soderbergh celebrates his 50th birthday with the Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra” set to premiere on HBO and the pharmaceutical industry-set thriller “Side Effects” coming to theaters this year. The Palme D'Or and Oscar winning director has over twenty features to his credit, nearly all good-to-great (even much-derided outings like “Full Frontal” and “Ocean's Twelve” are post-modern near-masterpieces). Here are his 5 best:

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"sex, lies, and videotape"
Soderbergh's debut feature, released when he was only 26, showcased his ability to get career-best work out of his actors right from the gate, as well as his ability to make any film, regardless of budget, look terrific. As good a movie as sex, lies is, it's still interesting to contrast the slightly arch, chilly sexuality here with the much warmer, more relaxed variety in 2012's “Magic Mike,” a sign that the director ... more
"sex, lies, and videotape"
Soderbergh's debut feature, released when he was only 26, showcased his ability to get career-best work out of his actors right from the gate, as well as his ability to make any film, regardless of budget, look terrific. As good a movie as sex, lies is, it's still interesting to contrast the slightly arch, chilly sexuality here with the much warmer, more relaxed variety in 2012's “Magic Mike,” a sign that the director might be mellowing slightly as he gets older. less