"The Good German" directed by Steven Soderbergh [review]

Abstract

Director Steven Soderbergh’s homage to wartime European cinema and to American film noir is a fascinating, challenging studio picture. As much a loving series of references to the great studio productions of the 1940s (Casablanca in particular) as it is a modern romantic thriller, The Good German functions on numerous levels at once, and in the capable hands of Soderbergh and his effortlessly charming actors, it’s quite wonderful to behold.