What doesn't The Laundromat reveal about the Panama Papers leak? Here's what Steven Soderbergh leaves out in his latest Netflix film, and why.

Although it incorporates fictional elements to make its point, there are plenty of people, places, and events that the film draws inspiration from.

The Laundromat is a scattered, disappointing effort by Soderbergh that fails to make the most its source material and talented ensemble.

This is a repost of our review from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. The Laundromat is now streaming on Netflix. With his latest film (and second of 2019) The Laundromat, versatile filmmaker Steven Soderbergh essentially directs a Wikipedia entry with a point of view. That’s not a dig. The film chronicles the so-called Panama Papers incident from 2015, during which 11.5 million documents were leaked that detailed information on over 200,000 offshore entities. This information unveiled large-scale tax avoidance and illegal activities from various wealthy persons in positions of power. It was also, well, …

Who’s in The Laundromat, and where have you seen them before? Here’s the complete cast lineup for Steven Soderbergh’s latest Netflix feature.

Netflix faces a lawsuit because of Steven Soderbergh's true story-based film, The Laundromat, and its portrayal of the Panama Papers law firm.

Netflix has released a new trailer for Steven Soderbergh's upcoming flick The Laundromat starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas. The film follows Streep's Ellen Martin, who becomes embroiled in events including in the now-infamous Panama Papers incident from 2015 wherein 11.5 million documents were detailing 200,000 offshore entities were made public. Streep is the definition of "plucky" in this latest Laundromat trailer. The trailer may last approximately one minute but, in that time, we get a good look at Streep's Ellen Martin doing her homework on possible insurance fraud, which leads her …

With his latest film (and second of 2019) The Laundromat, versatile filmmaker Steven Soderbergh essentially directs a Wikipedia entry with a point of view. That’s not a dig. The film chronicles the so-called Panama Papers incident from 2015, during which 11.5 million documents were leaked that detailed information on over 200,000 offshore entities. This information unveiled large-scale tax avoidance and illegal activities from various wealthy persons in positions of power. It was also, well, difficult to explain and tough to boil down to a concise “here’s why this is bad” argument. Enter Soderbergh and …

Dirty money leads all the way back to Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, and Meryl Streep is here to clean it up in Steven Soderbergh's new dramedy, The Laundromat. The first trailer for the upcoming awards-contender and Netflix film gives us a great look at the tone of the flick and just what it's all about. Despite the rather generic and misleading title, itself a stand-in for a global money-laundering scheme worth hundreds of millions of dollars, this story is based on the real-life scandal of the Panama Papers, in which millions of documents …

Netflix releases a trailer for Steven Soderbergh's Panama Papers drama, The Laundromat, ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

As expected, the official line-up of films for the 2019 Venice International Film Festival will include Todd Phillips' take on the Joker mythology, James Gray's star-studded Ad Astra, and the latest pic from the problematic Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski. We'll have more on the list of films in competition, as well as those appearing in other categories for the upcoming festival, so stay tuned. The competition runs from August 28th through September 7th. The 76th Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale di Venezia, and will take place at Venice Lido from August 28th …