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Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow
Film Director and Producer. Known for directing action and thriller films, she became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director for *The Hurt Locker* (2008), which also secured Best Picture. Her filmography includes *Point Break*, *Zero Dark Thirty* (2012), and *Detroit* (2017).
American cinema

Why Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, 30 this month, was ahead of its time

It bombed upon release, but this 1995 sci-fi with Ralph Fiennes offers a vivid portrait of contemporary society, and some prescient warnings.

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10 films to watch this fall: Anemone, Nuremberg and a Springsteen biopic

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