The Hurt Locker
Filmmaker: Kathryn Bigelow
USA / 2008 / 131 min
Awards: Winner: Six BAFTAs including Best Film & Best Director
ICA Cinema 1, Thu 4 March, 8.30pm
This already mulitiple award winning feature will be at the Oscars on 7th March. If you haven't already seen it now is your chance to catch it and find out what all the fuss is about!
We’re pinning our hopes on an Oscar win for the amazing Kathryn Bigelow and her Iraq-set war film, and anticipating what we hope will be a famous victory with a short run for her explosive mix of frontline observation (courtesy of screenwriter Mark Boal), expert staging and concentrated character-acting (especially from lead Jeremy Renner). Whatever the Academy decides on 7th March, don’t miss the chance to experience this formidable film on the big-screen.
Kathryn Bigelow
Bigelow, Hollywood’s hottest director delivers another masterpiece in the form of The Hurt Locker, Bigelow’s acclaimed Iraq set war drama picked up 52 international awards so far, and is set to sweep the Board as we head into awards season. Bigelow captured her audience in 1989 and quickly brought us such gems as Blue Steel, Point Break, and K-19.
Read about hown Kathryn Bigelow cleared up at the BAFTAs on our blog.