Dirty Money

Oscar-winners Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman star in a true story of power, wealth and money laundering…

Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh doesn’t shy away from tackling heavy-duty issues, such as the drugs trade in 2001 movie Traffic and the pollution of a city’s water supply by an energy company in 2000’s Erin Brockovich.

Now, for his latest movie, Netflix’s The Laundromat, the Oscar-winning director, 56, shines a light on how complex financial systems, including tax havens, help the rich and powerful prosper while ordinary people lose out.

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Meryl Streep heads the cast as Ellen Martin, whose husband of 40 years, Joe (James Cromwell), and 20 others die in a boat accident. While dealing with her grief, Ellen discovers that the boat owners’ insurance policy is, unbeknown to them, fake.