Can the stock market save the world? Directed by Craig Gillespie, DUMB MONEY tells the story of Keith Gill (Paul Dano), a YouTuber who poured his life savings into GameStop stock. Stuck in the throws of the pandemic of 2020, no one could have predicted the ripple effect that came after. As the stock began…
Who knew that financial movies about the world finance would become so hot? After the success of Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry earlier this year, Dumb Money is another film that speaks to the role of technology and its impact on the world of finance. However, unlike BlackBerry, Dumb Money embraces the ridiculous nature of truth with a style and flair that makes the…
Steven Spielberg has made a career out of sharing stories of others in ways that capture the heart and imagination. But with THE FABELMANS, he turns the camera on his own life, delving into his family and passion for film with captivating results. This week, author and friend to the show, Wade Bearden returns to…
At the age of 77, Steven Spielberg shows no signs of slowing down.? However, as he progressives into the later years of his life, his latest film, The Fabelmans is no doubt the filmmakers attempt to tell his own story while he has the opportunity to do so. And, frankly, one cannot be more grateful that he…
Written and directed by Steven Spielberg,?The Fabelmans?tells the story of Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle), a young man in the 1950s who?s life is changed after his first experience in a cinema. Living with his parents (Michelle Williams and Paul Dano) and two sisters, Sammy pours his life into making movies of his own, becoming more…
Youth is a meditation on what it means to have grown old. Writer/director Paolo Sorrentino (who won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for The Great Silence) says in the production notes, ?The question I asked myself was, how does one look to the future when one is no longer young?? That kind of existential…
