The Hit Farm

Soderbergh's latest, "Contagion," follows a deadly virus as it spreads worldwide, claiming millions of victims. It gives us a chance to roll up our sleeves — and wash our hands — and pick five of the director's best films: — "Traffic" (2000): Two Jews on Film – By Joan Alperin Schwartz: An international traveler reaches [...]

Contagion, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, Steve Soderbergh There are only a couple of days left before a deadly virus is For the upcoming Warner Bros. thriller Contagion (review here), writer Scott Z. Burns knew that crafting a script around a global pandemic would [...]

Let's begin with last week's backgrounder in the New York Times, wherein Dennis Lim notes that Contagion "revisits a conundrum that has bedeviled many filmmakers. If you imagine a movie like Contagion without all these flashing names over the title, it would be much more realistic, poignant and affecting. Blindness, for example, was scarier and [...]

Dick Durbin (D-IL) shot a scene in Chicago for Steven Soderbergh's new film “Contagion,” which is due to open next week. Days before the shoot, his office issued a tongue-in-cheek statement from Durbin about his Hollywood debut: “All those hours on Dick Durbin (D-IL) shot a scene in Chicago for Steven Soderbergh's new film “Contagion,” [...]