Movie review: Soderbergh brings unique cinematic 'Presence' to mediocre ghost story

Movie review: Soderbergh brings unique cinematic 'Presence' to mediocre ghost 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, adaptable technology such as iPhones (“Unsane,” “High Flying Bird”). His latest film, “Presence,” is another cinematic experiment, a ghost story seen from the point of view of well, the ghost.

MOVIES: Presence - Review: Wickedly Inventive

Steven Soderbergh is the master puppeteer, and we’re all dancing on his strings. He takes a unique, first-person ghost perspective on a haunted house story – and watches sparks fly. It takes the familiar tropes of a family moving into a haunted house and sees secrets unfold from that point on – but the ghost isn’t the enemy; in this sense, and that quickly becomes apparent the more the film, only eighty-five minutes, shows – it’s an exercise in …

Presence Review — Steven Soderbergh Makes a Chilling Family Drama Under the Guise of a Ghost Movie

Although it premiered at Sundance almost a year ago, Steven Soderbergh’s Presence is finally making its way to theaters, and audiences may well find themselves surprised by it both formally and narratively. A refreshing spin on a familiar genre, Presence manages to perfectly tread the line between challenging audiences and delivering satisfying entertainment. Presence Review Presence follows a family who, after moving to a new house in the subur…

Presence Review - Cineworld Secret Screening 13

The Cineworld Secret Screening has been revealed to be Presence, we bring you our review of the new movie from Steven Soderbergh. The post Presence Review – Cineworld Secret Screening 13 first appeared on Blazing Minds

Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday & West Mulholland on working with Steven Soderbergh on groundbreaking supernatural horror Presence

A mysterious presence lurks within a family’s new home, silently observing their most private and unsettling moments. Directed by the acclaimed Steven Soderbergh—renowned for groundbreaking films like Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Ocean’s Eleven, and Contagion—Presence is a chilling and innovative thriller written by celebrated screenwriter David Koepp. We recently spoke with the film’s impressive cast, which includes veteran actress Lucy Liu (Kill …

Presence Review – 'Turns the horror genre inside out'

Steven Soderbergh has never been one to shy away from formal experimentation. Whether he is working within the studio system or independently, shooting on 16mm film or an iPhone, innovation is his trademark. His next audacious venture arrives in the form of Presence, which was shot in secret in the summer of 2023 and finds the filmmaker reinventing the paranormal thriller through an original point of view — in more ways than one. Soderbergh acts…