"Ocean's Eleven" just arrived on Netflix this month, and I've already queued it up to play once since it arrived. Nearly 24 years later, it's still my favorite heist movie ever, and might be my favorite Steven Soderbergh movie ever, even if I'll admit he's made better movies both before and since.
Soderbergh was already one of the hottest directors out there by the time he directed "Ocean's Eleven." He had won a Palm d'Or at Cannes for his debut film "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and two days into filming his now iconic heist movie, he was nominated for Best Director twice at the 73rd Academy Awards, first for "Erin Brockovich" and again for "Traffic," which ultimately won the Oscar.
