Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm San Francisco so welcome to the show. Today I'm joined by director Stephen Soderberg.

Since his debut film Sex Lies and Video tape in 1989,

Soderberg has been one of the leading voices in American cinema.

He's made 34 films of varying size, genre, and aesthetic.

Some of my personal favorites include Out of Sight, The Limy,

Aaron Brockovich, The Informant, Magic Mike, even on that remarkable short list, I'm excluding his reboot of the Oceans franchise,

traffic, the girlfriend experience, the Nick, the list really does go on and on here.

As COVID-19 took hold last year,

there was a renewed interest in his film, Contagion,

set around a collection of CDC workers scrambling to find a cure for a pandemic.

The similarities, of course, grew increasingly eerie as 2020 continued to unfurl. But in the midst of the pandemic,

Soterberg, true to form, got back to work. Against all odds, at great risk to himself and his crew, they safely, heroically, and probably

made this film.

Set in 1954 Detroit, no sudden moves centers on a group of small-time criminals who are

hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong, their search for who hired them, and for

what ultimate purpose, weaves them through all echelons of this changing city. No sudden move will be available to stream on

HBO Max starting July 1st. Here's a bit from the trailer.

We're sending a man that works in an office to pick something up. You are part of a

babysitting team watching his family while he does it. Good morning.

Everything is normal, except.

What do you want?

Is that something you'd say?

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