You’ve got two different ways to watch Steven Soderbergh’s new cinematic experiment, Mosaic: You can turn on HBO and watch it as a six-episode series, with parts airing each night from Monday January 22 to Friday, January 26. Alternately, you can pick up your phone or tablet, download the Mosaic from Steven Soderbergh app, and watch it whenever and however you want—choosing which narrative threads to track, following the characters you like the most, and digging into clues that occasionally pop up at the bottom of the screen.
Most people will kick back and watch the HBO version, I’m guessing, because it’s easier. But you’re missing out if you don’t at least poke around in the app—and not just missing out on big chunks of Mosaic’s plot, but also on what feels like a slick, inventive way to tell stories.
