--- title: Sharon Stone Reigns Supreme in Steven Soderbergh's "Mosaic" description: Steven Soderbergh's new HBO miniseries "Mosaic" follows the disappearance of a Park City children’s-book author from various perspectives. canonical: https://time.com/5107492/sharon-stone-steven-soderbergh-mosaic/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-18T11:56:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:55:01.143Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Sharon Stone Is the Reason to Watch Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Mosaic’ og:description: The acting outdoes the show’s previous interactive app og:url: https://time.com/5107492/sharon-stone-steven-soderbergh-mosaic/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb46655de03607c4a/6988f89486f68e3c9c6e7ee2/mosaics-old-school-star-power-outdoes-tech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: mosaics-old-school-star-power-outdoes-tech og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sharon Stone Is the Reason to Watch Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Mosaic’ twitter:description: The acting outdoes the show’s previous interactive app twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb46655de03607c4a/6988f89486f68e3c9c6e7ee2/mosaics-old-school-star-power-outdoes-tech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sharon Stone Is the Reason to Watch Steven Soderbergh's Interactive _Mosaic_  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Jan 18, 2018 11:56 AM UTC  Hedlund and Stone, both drawn to the dark corners of their Utah idyll Hedlund and Stone, both drawn to the dark corners of their Utah idyllHBO  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Jan 18, 2018 11:56 AM UTC The [director Steven Soderbergh](http://time.com/3420178/steven-soderbergh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/) is the most restlessly creative force in Hollywood. But despite the successes of his classically built big-screen entertainments such as _Traffic_ and last year’s _Logan Lucky_, he keeps chasing difficult work–like the experimental drama _Bubble_ or the black-and-white noir _The Good German_. His new HBO series, _Mosaic_, presents the auteur in full, with all that that implies. The show began its life last year as an interactive app, allowing viewers to see the investigation into the disappearance of posh Park City, Utah, children’s-book author Olivia Lake (Sharon Stone) from various perspectives. It’s an attempt to push forward the medium of television, but one that demands more than what most viewers might be willing to give. The HBO series–with one cut-together version of the story–is creepily effective, though. Building in intensity, _Mosaic_ thrives on perversity, with its suspects outdoing one another in nastiness. Reigning supreme even after she disappears is Stone as the author who plays the big bad wolf. In a splashy role that recalls her _Casino_ 1990s, Stone asks a bartender (Garrett Hedlund) to “pour me something tall and muscular.” Her willingness to ride so close to parody–and her ability to carry it off–is as much of a special effect as _Mosaic_ needs. 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