Kathryn Bigelow

What would you do with 18 minutes left before the end of the world? That question ignites "A House of Dynamite," a pulse-pounding new thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Noah Oppenheim that dramatizes the unthinkable: the countdown between nuclear launch and annihilation. Told in real time, the film locks viewers inside the corridors of power as a U.S. president, military advisors, and intelligence officials face the impossible decision to retaliate or die trying. The result is an unbearably tense and disturbingly plausible experience that plays less like Hollywood fiction and more like a documentary from the edge of civilization. The film hits Netflix on October 24 . On this episode of The Discourse , host Mike DeAngelo sits down with Noah Oppenheim , who discusses crafting the film’s chilling realism, his creative partnership with Kathryn Bigelow , and how his background as a journalist and former NBC News president informed his approach to humanizing institutions we normally only see as faceless power structures. READ MORE: ‘A House Of Dynamite’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow Returns With Another Explosive Political Thriller [Venice]

Kathryn Bigelow nació en San Carlos, California, el 27 de noviembre de 1951. A pesar de sus prometedores inicios como pintora y artista visual, Bigelow debutó en el cine en 1982 con la película de culto «The Loveless», interpretada por un joven Willem Dafoe. En 1987, consiguió un notable reconocimiento con su segunda película, «Near Dark. Los viajeros de la noche», un film de corte fantástico y temática vampírica. Pero el impulso definitivo llegó con su cuarta producción, «Point Break» («Le llama Bodhi»), un fabuloso thriller de acción protagonizado por Keanu Reeves y Patrick Swayze. Entre sus películas más reconocidas se encuentran, también, «Días extraños», «La noche más oscura», «Detroit» o «En tierra hostil», que le permitió ser la primera mujer que gana el Oscar en la categoría de mejor directora. La directora californiana está considerada un referente actual en el cine de acción por su estilo magnético y su nervio narrativo.

A new auteur episode this time looking at the films directed by Kathryn Bigelow. For this episode, I have been joined by Dr. Stacey Abbott, a reader in Film & Television Studies at Roehampton University who has written the BFI Film Classics book on Bigelow's film Near Dark. Enjoy!

Director Kathryn Bigelow discusses her new film, Detroit, with fellow Director Paris Barclay. The film recounts what happened when misconduct by those charged with upholding the law resulted in the beating of several innocent people and the deaths of three unarmed black men.

Join us for a discussion of Kathryn Bigelow's most adrenaline-fueled features, Point Break (1991) and The Hurt Locker (2008). We'll draw a through-line from her cartoonish surfer action flick to the gritty war drama that earned her an Oscar. Along with director, writer, and musician Aviv Rubinstien , we trace the recurring themes of her films, her varied visual styles, and hone in on her aversion of being referred to as a Female Director. She is a Director, point break.

The Boys From Brooklyn are back to induct the first woman into their Hall of Great, Great Men as they celebrate the artistic-yet-genre career of Kathryn Bigelow. Join Tom and Derrick as they examine her whole ouvre, from the existential biker film The Loveless to the cowboy / vampire thriller Near Dark to her Academy Award-winning war flick The Hurt Locker. Along the way they examine the televisual train wreck that was Wild Palms, discuss the impact her original career as a painter had on her moviemaking, and debate whether she's hotter than Linda Hamilton! All this plus the problems of basing your films on current events, what do you do when Juliette Lewis and / or Illeana Douglas asks you if you want to hit it, spokespeople for Jewish Hotness, and gratuitous Martin Scorsese! You know, Kathryn doesn't look all that pleased with you, so get to clicking!

The Boys From Brooklyn are back to induct the first woman into their Hall of Great, Great Men as they celebrate the artistic-yet-genre career of Kathryn Bigelow. Join Tom and Derrick as they examine her whole ouvre, from the existential biker film The Loveless to the cowboy / vampire thriller Near Dark to her Academy Award-winning war flick The Hurt Locker. Along the way they examine the televisual train wreck that was Wild Palms, discuss the impact her original career as a painter had on her moviemaking, and debate whether she's hotter than Linda Hamilton! All this plus the problems of basing your films on current events, what do you do when Juliette Lewis and / or Illeana Douglas asks you if you want to hit it, spokespeople for Jewish Hotness, and gratuitous Martin Scorsese! You know, Kathryn doesn't look all that pleased with you, so get to clicking!