Blu - ray / DVD Combo Pack Extras: Feature commentary with writer / director Dan Gilroy, producer Tony Gilroy and editor John Gilroy; Michael Cuesta; and If It Bleeds, It Leads:
Making Nightcrawler.
In a performance described by critics as «transcendent» and a «career - best,» Gyllenhaal effortlessly embodies the edgy, borderline psychotic nature of his character to skin - crawling perfection,
making Nightcrawler not just perfect Halloween viewing but absolutely unmissable, full stop.
Not exact matches
In thinking about all the upset caused by this week's blizzard that wasn't, especially all the outrage directed at the weathermen for
making everybody freak out about «historic» snow totals that got dumped on New England instead of us, I was reminded of the best movie I saw last year: «
Nightcrawler.»
The gaffes he
makes when he first tries to break into the game provide some of the few laughs in «
Nightcrawler» — the technical glitches and breaches of protocol with annoyed police officers and firefighters.
Both Gone Girl and
Nightcrawler made it to the Producers Guild but were killed when Oscar voters had to limit their scope to five slots for Best Picture nominations instead of ten, like the Producers Guild had.
The 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards took place today with familiar award season titles «Boyhood», «Birdman», «Still Alice», «Whiplash» and «
Nightcrawler» all
making a splash at the event.
Jake Gyllenhaal of «
Nightcrawler,» who also received a SAG Award nomination yesterday, also
made the cut here, as did «Selma» actor David Oyelowo.
Nightcrawler has way over-performed this Oscar season but it's going to take some across the board support for him to
make it in.
And I don't even mind that
Nightcrawler made my beloved neighborhood — a stretch of LA just south of Hollywood that I've dubbed North Koreatown — look like a violent ghetto.
«
Nightcrawler» and the new face of entitlement; «Suffering for their art» films; Fight against TV's «smooth motion» setting; Suicide and silence; Oliver Stone to
make Snowden film.
«Gone Girl» and «
Nightcrawler» should also have
made this list.
Nightcrawler Who
Made It: Dan Gilroy Who's In It: Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo Where It Might Premiere: Toronto The Gist: After a bidding war broke out from footage shown at Cannes (Open Road won it, in the end), buzz has been big for «
Nightcrawler,» which follows a young man (Gyllenhaal) who stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.
Paxton's other notable big screen credits included Predator 2 (
making him one of only two actors alongside Lance Henriksen to go up against a Terminator, a Xenomorph and a Predator), Tombstone, Apollo 13, Twister, A Simple Plan, 2 Guns, Edge of Tomorrow and
Nightcrawler.
With «Introducing the Incredible
Nightcrawler» (10 minutes), we see how movement coach Terry Nolan and
make - up FX artist Gordon Smith helped to create the look of
Nightcrawler.
Initially,
Nightcrawler plays like a darkly comic how - I -
made - it story.
Writer - director Dan Gilroy
made one of the most dazzling debuts in years with 2014's
Nightcrawler, a deliciously soulless black comedy about a TV bottom - feeder (Jake Gyllenhaal) who rises in power the more vicious he becomes.
Writer - director Dan Gilroy's supercharged
Nightcrawler, a viciously funny film, starts from that premise and wisely avoids
making the same points.
Gilroy
made a major splash in 2014 when he debuted «
Nightcrawler» in Toronto, a «Taxi Driver» for the millennial generation that has aged like fine wine over the ensuing years.
Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Quicksilver (Evan Peters), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan),
Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit - McPhee), and yes, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) all
make an appearance.
Jeanne Wolf:
Nightcrawler is a one - two punch of the darkest comedy and gripping suspense
make this a winner.
Although I thought they were both near - prohibitive longshots only a few months ago, Jake Gyllenhaal of «
Nightcrawler» and Jennifer Aniston of «Cake» have both
made my list of predicted nominees, and I expect to see the former film in several other categories as well.
Roman J Israel, Esq. is both written and directed by American filmmaker Dan Gilroy, who
made his first directorial debut with
Nightcrawler after writing the scripts for Freejack, Chasers, Two for the Money, The Fall, Real Steel, The Bourne Legacy,
Nightcrawler, and Kong: Skull Island.
Making LA and NY look pretty pedestrian by comparison, the OFCS have opted for some exciting choices in Best Picture like Under the Skin, Mommy,
Nightcrawler and Two Days, One Night.
There always seemed to be at least somewhat of a chance that it would
make it into the Best Picture category as one of those token nominations, which was aided by the under - performance of Unbroken, but it was also just as likely to get bumped by more mainstream fare like Gone Girl or Interstellar or a similarly positioned low profile picture like
Nightcrawler.
But there's no accidental filmmaking in
Nightcrawler (there are many accidents, though mostly of the vehicular kind) and as Gilroy bends his titular
Nightcrawler into bigger and odder shapes, he
makes room for one of the most important and mind - altering filmic trips of the season.
Gyllenhaal was brilliantly original in his last role as a sociopathic cameraman in
Nightcrawler, which
makes his portrayal here particularly disappointing.
This teleporting power
made you feel like
Nightcrawler if he went straight up cray and started filleting fools like steaks.