About this episode

The episode discusses the film Nightcrawler, its themes, and comparisons to other notable films.

This week's Rick's Pick is Nightcrawler (2014) directed by Dan Gilroy! The spiritual successor to Se7en mayhaps? We talk about Gyllenhaal's star quality, the comparison of this movie to Taxi Driver or Network, and the datedness of its anti-journalism themes. We also digress about video games for like 15 minutes, because we have to do that monthly.

People in this episode

Host: Rick

Topics covered

• film review
• Nightcrawler
• anti-journalism themes
• video games
• comparison to other films

Keywords

• Nightcrawler
• Dan Gilroy
• Gyllenhaal
• film review
• anti-journalism
• Se7en
• Taxi Driver
• Network
• video games

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Nightcrawler, Se7en, Taxi Driver, Network

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