Never has a bowl of peanuts been so portentous. Director Steven Soderbergh lets his camera linger over a bowl of airport bar peanuts after a coughing, sniffling Gwyneth Paltrow leaves the frame, and the message is clear: the next person to reach into that bowl is getting more than a snack. more ›

The week in film around D.C., including Steven Soderbergh on Spalding Gray, a DC Shorts retrospective, influential '70s science fiction and more. more ›

Most people would probably look at the story of Mark Whitacre, the Archer Daniels Midland executive who donned a wire for the FBI in the early '90s and became the most famous (and highest ranking) corporate whistleblower in history, and see it as a tragedy. Between what it has to say about willful corporate corruption as well as about the ravages of mental illness, a film treatment of Whitacre's story could have easily been a dark and sobering look into international conspiracy and one man's precipitous downfall. But Director Steven Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns looked at the story, as told in Kurt Eichenwald's bestselling book, and decided it was a laugh-out-loud comedy. Though they did keep the "dark" intact. more ›

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. more ›

It's difficult to imagine a figure more polarizing than the subject of Steven Soderbergh's ambitious new biopic. Mention the name Che Guevara, or flash a picture of one of the endless variations on Alberto Korda's iconic image of the revolutionary leader, and you're bound to get an earful. But most reactions are of the knee-jerk variety, and are based more on reputation than history. Blind devotion or blind rage tend to be the reactions he inspires. Soderbergh's surprisingly journalistic treatment of the facts of Guevara's life is still likely to inspire vigorous debate, but from a more complete—and less black and white&mdashstarting point. more ›

This piece was written by DCist contributor Cynthia Rockwell. Sure, you could bask in the seasonal spirit and check out the classics this weekend, but if you're looking to escape the incessant holiday cheer, here are a few ideas for cinematic diversion: >>Attention Cate Blanchett fans, we have not one but two films starring the willowy beauty opening this week. First is the slick black-and-white espionage thriller The Good German, Steven Soderbergh's homage to film... more ›