Told from the viewpoint of a "presence" in the house, the film is shot entirely in first-person perspective. Puchko writes, "Soderbergh's steady hand is so mindful in its performance that you can ...

The Gist: I think it’s been established in many movies before this, that ghosts aren’t always trying to kill or dismember you or dump goo on your head. Sometimes, they just want to communicate ...

Presence offers a unique POV perspective, with the ghost as the protagonist, creating immersive horror. The film is minimalist, focusing on tension and atmosphere, using sound design to build unease.

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, ...

Peter Andrews/The Spectral Spirit Company Steven Soderbergh directs a shivery ghost story in "Presence," now haunting theaters with terrifying things that go bump in the night. If you're thinking what ...

The not-so-secret fact about premieres is that the actors rarely watch, usually ducking out when the lights go down. They spend the film’s duration smoking cigarettes and reciting the cinema’s version ...

Jeremy Crabb is a film-focused freelance writer for Collider. Growing up just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Jeremy first fell in love with cinema in 2005, when he made his first trip to the theater to ...

The man who stripped down the espionage thriller earlier this year also revives the original atmosphere of the haunted house story June 8, 2025 Soderbergh’s specter observes silently and tries to ...

Neon has acquired worldwide rights to Steven Soderbergh’s “The Christophers” and plans to debut the film theatrically in 2026. An exact release date has not been set. This marks the second ...

Steven Soderbergh released two films this year: Black Bag, a juicy spy whodunit that’s very much in his wheelhouse, and Presence (now streaming on Hulu), an experimental narrative that’s, well, also ...