For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien. This week we're reviewing the latest film from Steven Soderbergh, "Magic Mike's Last Dance," starring Channing Tatum & Salma Hayek Pinault. The third (and possibly final?) film in the "Magic Mike" trilogy, Soderbergh returns to direct after taking a break from "Magic Mike XXL," and the results have been a bit mixed from audiences and critics. What did we think of it, though? Tune in as we discuss the writing, performances, and, of course, the dancing as we strip down Soderbergh's latest. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Magic Mike's Last Dance"

This week on the InSession Film Podcast, using MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE as inspiration, JD and Jay discuss their favorite Steven Soderbergh gems and why he's such a captivating filmmaker. We also answer a few listener questions and talk about the new trailer for THE FLASH!

- Steven Soderbergh (3:00)
- Listener Q&A (1:05:35)
- The Flash trailer (1:25:42)

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InSession Film Podcast

Episode 520: Steven Soderbergh Gems

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#462 - Hard Summer for Some of Our Most Prominent Famous People

You’re a thief and a liar. I only lied about being a thief.

96-06 podcast greppar tag i ytterligare en klassiker och reser hela vägen till Las Vegas för att följa med hur George Clooney genomför tidernas mest spektakulära casino-rån i OCEAN’S ELEVEN (2001).

Vidare får lyssnaren höra allt om Joels dekadenta resa genom Nevada som innehöll både hårdrock och lyxmiddagar i Eminems fotspår. Medan Tage berättar om sin huvudlösa heist mot Skansens restaurang i Stockholm. Dessutom smids planer om en poddträff i pojkrummet. Och julens planer görs offentliga.

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Ocean's Eleven (2001)

"Steven Soderbergh's making a horror film from the perspective of the ghost" turns out to be a sentence specifically designed to appeal to Mike, who has been looking forward to Presence for ages. (José struggles to remember the film's title, even moments after having seen it.) But part of that pitch is deeply misleading. Presence's trailers were loaded with quotes from overeager horror publications that praised the film's fear factor, which leads to a little confusion when the final product is revealed to be a family drama that, despite the ghost whose eyes we see everything through, isn't even trying to scare us. And that's great! We just didn't realise that's what we were in for.

What Presence gives us is a compelling exercise in film form and storytelling that constantly maintains our interest and which we thoroughly enjoy, but which sadly disappoints us in a variety of ways - though only a few of which we agree on. What interests Mike about the film's camerawork and handling of its invisible, point-of-view character leaves José unimpressed; Mike doesn't get what José does out of the critique of modern masculinity.

But despite our disagreements and disappointments, we enthusiastically recommend Presence as an experiment worth experiencing. It's intriguing, efficient, and original - and there's very little like it.

Recorded on 24th January 2025.

438 - Presence

For this week's main podcast review, Giovanni Lago, Dan Bayer, and Brendan Hodges come together in my absence while I'm at Sundance to review and discuss the latest film from Steven Soderbergh, "Presence" starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday & West Mulholland. After premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, the first-person perspective ghost story has finally been released in early 2025 to positive reviews for its direction, cinematography, and performances. What did the Next Best Picture team think of it, though? Please tune in as we discuss these topics, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Presence"

On this episode, JD and Brendan review Steven Soderbergh's new film PRESENCE, one of the more fascinating ghost stories in recent years!

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Review: Presence

Mike and Marcelo catch up on two 2023 Steven Soderbergh series, Full Circle and Command Z. They also talk about the Star Wars movies Soderbergh watched in 2024. 

Watch Command Z right now: CommandZSeries.com

Watch Full Circle on Max. 

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Soderbergh Manifesto: Full Circle, Command Z

Mike and Marcelo talk about the first of Steven Soderbergh’s 2025 theatrical releases, Presence, written by David Koepp. They also talk about Quentin Tarantino, 4K remasters, director commentaries, Nickel Boys, and Kevin Smith. 

Listen to past episodes of Soderbergh Manifesto: TalkFilmSoc.com/Soderbergh

Soderbergh Manifesto: Presence

It's Episode 84, Creeps! Steven Soderbergh's PRESENCE (2025)! And your presence is presents enough! We talk time changes, jet lag, Attack of the Clones vs Attack of the Meltdowns, favoritism, the Oscars, a Letterboxd recap and SO much more!

MXD Ep 84 Presence (2025)

For this week's main podcast review, Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago, and I are here to discuss the latest film from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, "Black Bag," starring Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abella, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke & Pierce Brosnan. Written by David Koepp and set within the British world of spies where trust is scarce, the film is a sexy, slick, stylish thriller where the words are the action, and the relationships at home and at work matter. What did we think of the story, the characters, performances, dialogue, and direction from Soderbergh (not to mention his editing and cinematography)? Please tune in as we discuss these elements, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Black Bag"

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BT 61 Teaser - SINNERS, BLACK BAG, EEPHUS, THE MONKEY + WOMAN IN THE YARD (Spoilers)

Though it's not quite as advertised, the great cast, direction and script more than make up for it.

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Episode 968: Black Bag

How *do* they mute those footsteps?

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EXTRA LINKS:
Official trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfSNmYhV8Xc

Amy Kuperinsky's interview with production of Presence, via NJ.com - https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2025/01/do-you-feel-a-presence-inside-steven-soderberghs-reverse-ghost-story-filmed-in-nj.html

RedLetterMedia's review of Presence and the state of movie theatres - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rHk5IAUypU

Stephen Rodrick's piece on viewers leaving Presence mid-screening at Sundance Film Festival, via Variety - https://variety.com/2024/film/news/steven-soderbergh-presence-sundance-walked-out-1235880286/

Presence (Slice of Cherry Guys #56)

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Välkomna till filmklubben "96-06". Som titeln antyder så avhandlar podden enbart filmer gjorda mellan årtalen 1996 fram till 2006, men befara ej, ty de bästa filmerna gjordes ju precis då. Era poddvärdar Tage och Joel är vänner sen barnsben och har alltid haft filmintresset och filmskapandet som en gemensam del av livet. Nu förenas grabbarna för första gången i en gemensam podcast om de mest minnesvärda, hårdkokta och obskyra dängorna som Hollywood nånsin projicerat på en skärm.

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"I have this romantic idea of the movies as a conjunction of place, people and experiences, all different for each of us, a context in which individual and separate beings try to commune, where the individual experience overlaps with the communal and where that overlapping is demarcated by how we measure the differing responses between ourselves and the rest of the audience: do they laugh when we don’t (and what does that mean?); are they moved when we feel like laughing (and what does that say about me or the others) etc. The idea behind this podcast is to satiate the urge I sometimes have when I see a movie alone – to eavesdrop on what others say. What do they think? How does their experience compare to mine? Snippets are overhead as one leaves the cinema and are often food for thought. A longer snippet of such an experience is what I hope to provide: it’s two friends chatting immediately after a movie. It’s unrehearsed, meandering, slightly convoluted, certainly enthusiastic, and well informed, if not necessarily on all aspects a particular work gives rise to, certainly in terms of knowledge of cinema in general and considerable experience of watching different types of movies and watching movies in different types of ways. It’s not a review. It’s a conversation." - José Arroyo.

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Welcome movie friends! Join Scott as he goes through the wonderful world of movies including lists, old favorites, scene analysis, and tropes.

Welcome fellow SLEAZOIDS!!! Come along as hosts Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller (and, occasionally, guests) go down the rabbit hole of 20th century genre fare from the most influential canon classics to the the trashiest exploitation films we can get our hands on. Each week is a double feature—grindhouse style—where we discuss two films loosely related by subject, genre, actor, filmmaker or franchise and at the end of each episode, along with our HONORARY SLEAZOIDS (click on over to our patreon to become one), we decide on ratings and rankings for each film that's covered. Join us as together we work to uncover the best genre films of 20th century.

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SideTalks is the official podcast of the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. Hosted by Sidewalk Creative Director Rachel Morgan and Programmer Corey Craft and featuring the Sidewalk staff as well as industry professionals, SideTalks takes on all things cinematic. Produced by Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama, the podcast provides a fun, fast-paced spotlight on select current and retrospective films from all eras and genres and related cinematic topics by way of debates, deep dives, interviews and notes on "what we're watching". The podcast also highlights select events and films screening at the annual Sidewalk Film Festival and year-round Sidewalk Cinema and provides an awesome companion for festival-goers, cinema patrons and film enthusiasts alike. Email us at podcast@sidewalkfest.com with your questions, comments, and counter arguments.

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