About this episode

The episode discusses the film Margin Call and its themes related to finance and culture.

Welcome to a very special Money On Film miniseries! Over three episodes, Slate Money’s Felix Salmon and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe revisit three films at the intersection of culture and finance. On this episode, we’re headed to Wall Street to watch a Felix Salmon favorite: Margin Call , the 2011 thriller-drama starring a long list of famous people, including Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, and yes, Kevin Spacey. Directed by J. C. Chandor, the film takes place at an investment bank on the brink of the Great Financial Crisis, as financiers struggle to maintain their balance sheets against the greatest villain of the aughts: mortgage-backed securities. Coming up on Money On Film : the 2025 rom-com Materialists , followed by the animated masterpiece Spirited Away from 2001. See you next time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Felix Salmon, Nadira Goffe

Topics covered

• finance
• film analysis
• Wall Street
• cultural impact
• mortgage-backed securities

Keywords

• Margin Call
• finance
• film
• Wall Street
• mortgage-backed securities
• Great Financial Crisis
• Felix Salmon
• Nadira Goffe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Slate Money, Slate, Acast

Books & works: Margin Call, Materialists, Spirited Away

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