Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 5: Margin Call, In Time, Horrible Bosses (+ films of 2011)

Update: 2025-03-02

Description

In Part 5 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid see the beginnings of systemic criticism start to appear in film against the backdrop of the Occupy movement and global civil unrest.

Topics and films mentioned:

Letterboxd: The Intouchables, 2011, directed by Éric Toledano & Olivier Nakache
YouTube: The Intouchables trailer
Wikipedia: The Intouchables

Letterboxd: Horrible Bosses, 2011, directed by Seth Gordon
YouTube: Horrible Bosses trailer
Wikipedia: Horrible Bosses
Letterboxd: Tower Heist, 2011, directed by Brett Ratner

Letterboxd: In Time, 2011, directed by Andrew Niccol
YouTube: In Time international trailer
Wikipedia: In Time
Letterboxd: Gattaca, 1997, directed by Andrew Niccol
Image: Citroen DS 1955

Letterboxd: Margin Call, 2011, directed by J.C. Chandor
YouTube: Margin Call trailer
Wikipedia: Margin Call
Letterboxd: A Most Violent Year, 2014, directed by J.C. Chandor

Limitless, 2011, directed by Neil Burger
We Bought a Zoo, 2011, directed by Cameron Crowe

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 5: Margin Call, In Time, Horrible Bosses (+ films of 2011)

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 5: Margin Call, In Time, Horrible Bosses (+ films of 2011)

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Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 5: Margin Call, In Time, Horrible Bosses (+ films of 2011)