Nightcrawler (dir. Dan Gilroy).

It plays as a lurid, daring thriller and critique of contemporary media through Jake Gyllenhaal’s obsessively manic character portrayal. The film’s pulpy subject matter shifts in its dark narrative, exploring the desperation and commitment to success while being disturbingly on point. Gilroy has fashioned a really captivating, precisely written and directed tale of Los Angeles culture after dark, capturing people on the edge of society, feeding off public curiosity about violence and crime.

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