Steven Soderbergh made a near-perfect spy movie. Why hasn't anybody seen it?

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Steven Soderbergh has spent his career making movies that go against the grain.

He's made indie gems ("Sex, Lies, and Videotape," "The Girlfriend Experience"), off-kilter crime thrillers ("Out of Sight," "The Limey), movies that bring nuance to real-life issues ("Erin Brockovich," the Oscar-winning "Traffic,") and too-real disaster movies that have become even more relevant in retrospect ("Contagion"). When he did play the studio game...