The Knick

Very much in the tradition of shows like Boardwalk Empire, Cinemax’s new series wishes to take us back to a time that most of us know very little about, but rather on a smaller scale, vying for the world of medical experimentation and advancement rather than bootlegging gangsters.

  The running line about Steven Soderbergh in the last few years has been that he’s the most prolific retired filmmaker today, supposedly having given up film for good and turned his mind toward other mediums and projects. And in the short time since February 2013 when his official “last film” Side Effects was released, …