Movies about the markets
From dismal to dynamite, Hollywood films denigrate, celebrate or satirize the world of finance
By Jeff Joseph
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The Great Hack
By Ed McKinley
|Technology’s shocking invasion of privacy gained momentum in the early 1970s when supermarkets began installing closed circuit television cameras to monitor the aisles for shoplifting. Not many customers complained, and… -
Patriot Act with Hassan Minhaj
By Jeff Joseph
|When Jon Stewart took the reins of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show from Craig Kilborn in 1999, the program began outperforming Saturday Night Live as an incubator for rising comedy… -
Complex Con(versations)
|With so many films and TV shows documenting the triumphs and struggles of pro gamers, it can prove difficult to mine them all for advice to apply in the everyday… -
The Hummingbird Project
By Ed McKinley
|Finance meets tech in a new thriller called The Hummingbird Project. Writer-director Kim Nguyen spins the tale of two youngish cousins who quit their jobs at a New York-based hedge fund… -
Black Monday
By Ed McKinley
|Imagine a TV comedy series that begins with a man in a business suit sitting on the curb crying. On the sidewalk behind him, black-clad punksters spray graffiti on an… -
They Shall Not Grow Old
By Ed McKinley
|A must-see documentary for history buffs...a rare look into the hearts and minds of soldiers a century ago.