These days, it’s less surprising to think of Steven Soderbergh watching Jaws 28 times in the theater. The director has transformed himself from an art-house underdog to the smartest of studio filmmakers—a guy who makes sleek cinematic pop but who also takes out-of-left-field artistic and technical gambles. A four-hour biopic of Che Guevara; three heist comedies overstuffed with movie stars; a sci-fi romance that’s also a Tarkovsky remake; a treatise on the war on drugs jammed with pulpy plot twists. Soderbergh’s ambition, and his workaholism, have allowed him to make serious movies and popcorn. But Soderbergh’s popcorn is also serious, and his serious films are surprisingly buttery and delicious. (via I watched every Steven Soderbergh movie. – By Dan Kois – Slate Magazine)