“Margin Call” the movie

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My Top Ten Movies for 2011–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

Written by diana on December 28, 2011. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 3 Comments on My Top Ten Movies for 2011–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

Happy New Year–the Year of the Dragon in 2012! Most of all, I want to thank all of you for your comments and email! With 2011 coming to an end, I wanted to take a look back at the movie reviews I wrote this year. I am an unabashed cinephile– 500 films (maximum allowed) in my Netflix queue with another 88 in my Instant Queue. So, when I counted the reviews I have written this year (=26), I wanted to see what would be my top ten favorites. It wasn’t easy! This list is not ranked –only my top ten for 2011, grouped by genre. INDIES: 1) Restrepo (January 24 review)—...

“Margin Call”–Soulless Capitalism at Its Finest

Written by diana on December 8, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “Margin Call”–Soulless Capitalism at Its Finest

An onslaught of “Occupy Wall Street” movies has been released in the last two years–think “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, “Too Big to Fail”, “Up in the Air”, The Company Men”–in the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008. “Margin Call” deserves to be among the classics, which have focused on greed, power, and the vacuum resulting from gutting regulatory compliance. (My favorite among recent classics is “Glengarry Glen Ross”.) The brainchild of director and screenwriter, J.C....

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My Top Ten Movies for 2011–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

“Margin Call”–Soulless Capitalism at Its Finest

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