Michael Phillips: Why is Soderbergh’s ‘Kimi’ movie on HBO Max so good?
The terrifically efficient and just plain terrific Steven Soderbergh thriller “Kimi” has been streaming for two weeks now, ever since sneaking onto HBO Max with a lack of fanfare bordering on undercover espionage.
Having seen it twice now — no chore, believe me — its bracing COVID-19-era anxieties amid familiar Hollywood blueprints strike me as a template of its own, to be used by filmmakers of the future. Audiences of the present, meantime, don’t need to know how to read a blueprint. They need only enjoy
