Steve Eisman isn't worried about the US debt, and says people talking about it are probably trying to replicate his own ...

The Big Short tells the story of the 2007 housing market crash and how a few key characters, who are based on real-life people, significantly profited from the financial crisis. Michael Burry ...

Where “The Big Short” hedges, “99 Homes” goes for broke. In “Homes,” unusual lengths are taken to give foreclosed Florida homeowners a sympathetic voice, even if at the great risk of ...

‘The Big Short’ was a star-studded film that showed how four traders made a fortune from the financial crash of 2008. Starring the likes of Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale and Brad ...

“The Big Short,” a dramedy about America’s recent financial crisis, won the top prize at the PGA Awards, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award, on Saturday night.

The Big Short—based on Michael Lewis's best-selling book on the 2008 financial crisis—is both great and terrible. It's wonderful as a narrative of a financial mania.

TERRY GROSS, HOST: Director Adam McKay is best known for his work with Will Ferrell on such comedies as "Anchorman" and "Talladega Nights." With his new film, "The Big Short," he moves to a more ...

The Big Short, Hollywood’s star-studded effort to explain the financial meltdown of 2008, was nominated this week for the Academy Award for Best Picture. And if there were an Oscar for Best ...

Initially, ”The Big Short” reads as a documentary narrated by Ryan Gosling’s (“Drive”) character Jared Vennett (which begs the question: why doesn’t Ryan Gosling narrate documentaries?).While the ...

THE BIG SHORT. 3 stars, out of 5. Snapshot: A New Orleans-shot comedic drama recounting the real-life behind-the-scenes Wall Street shenanigans that prompted the 2008 global financial crisis.

“The Big Short” revolves around three sets of players: a money manager named Mark Baum (Steve Carell), a reclusive former banker named Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt) and Michael Burry (Christian Bale ...