Tag: kathrynbigelow
It's Going To Be A Scorching Summer With Arrow Video's July Titles
Arrow Video's July announcements are here, and there are more than a few welcome surprises! With seven total releases during the month, there are several high profile classic '80s comedies in the mix that, frankly, I did not see coming....
Full Disclosure 2014 The Directors Cut: Kathryn Bigelow
The only woman to win a Best Director Oscar, Kathryn Bigelow has built a formidable reputation for directing tough films about no-nonsense individuals in circumstances of incredible stress and danger. Winning her plaudits for The Hurt Locker - beating ex-husband...
Oscar Rundown: ZERO DARK THIRTY, DJANGO UNCHAINED, LINCOLN
Most any seasoned film fan has at one time or another come to experience the annual Oscar race in varying parts exciting, perilous, exhausting, fun, and dismissible. If you're at all like me, your attention to this annual ritual (and...
Opening: ZERO DARK THIRTY Lights an Uneasy Fire in the Soul and Conscience
Instantly acclaimed as one of the year's best films when it began screening in advance of its opening several weeks ago, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has also been sparking controversy all over the U.S. due to its treatment --...
LINCOLN is Best of 2012, According to Dallas Critics
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln has been named the best film of 2012 by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, of which I am a proud member. (That being said, the film was not in my personal top 10.) Kathryn Bigelow nabbed...
Final Trailer For Kathryn Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY
With Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty racking up awards for its performances and technical prowess along with controversy surrounding its portrayal of torture in the pursuit of Osama Bin Laden a final trailer for the picture has arrived, one which...
Review: ZERO DARK THIRTY Pierces a Troubling Search With Riveting Precision
Maya flinches when she sees a chained man tortured by waterboarding. He is believed to have close ties to Osama bin Laden. He has been captured and imprisoned in an undisclosed location. He is never getting out. Three thousand Americans...
Gripping New Trailer For Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY
If there was a fear about Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming Zero Dark Thirty it was that the subject matter would virtually ensure that the film devolve into little more than chest thumping rah-rah. It is, after all, the story of how...
