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Technology Is Terrifying in Steven Soderbergh’s <em>Kimi</em>

Zoë Kravitz offers a convincingly disturbed performance in this nervy surveillance film.
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Since his return from five years ago, Steven Soderbergh has been working at a breathtaking pace, directing a stream of robust thrillers and talky dramas. At a time when Hollywood pundits are about the death of mid-budget grown-up movies, Soderbergh has become a leading creator of frugal filmmaking, doing some of the most wide-ranging work of his career. His latest effort, , is not quite, nor as queasy as the asylum-set horror , but it borrows elements from those two vibes.

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