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Glad that you quoted my post, Reggie. It reminded me that I needed to catch Nightcrawler, which I just watched a short time ago. Short version - yeah, that film was very well crafted. As the opening credits rolled, I saw that Robert Elswit was handling cinematography and James Newton Howard...

Discussing a few of the films mentioned... I am a pretty big fan of neo-noir myself and I believe that I have viewed Cold In July. It really seems familiar to me. I have to admit I am struggling to recall it specifically, but the cast and description makes it feel like I have viewed the film...

I've seen it as well. I found it to be a bit of step down from the two films I listed, despite Michael Shannon's presence. Not a bad film, but not as satisfying as his earlier two films from my prior post. - Walter.

In terms of younger directors; someone who impressed me a while back was Jeff Nichols with the films Take Shelter and Mud. He has kind of dropped off of my radar. (I haven't seen his 2016 feature Loving). He is currently working on an animated series and I wonder if he will get back to films...

I considered listing Cameron on the basis of his resume, but felt like he wasn't really active enough for me to include him in my prior post. Mostly chiming in to agree about Cameron's ability to shoot an action scene. In Terminator 2: Judgement Day there are some splendid action sequences...

Well, most of the ones I would list have already been mentioned, but for the sake of my $0.02 - Paul Thomas Anderson - Great actors director, he always seems to get great performances out of his cast. The Coen Brothers - Somewhat up and down in terms of their films; but when they are hitting...