Tag: The Hurt Locker
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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Wins Seven Oscars, Is Most-Awarded Best Picture Since ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Winning best picture at the Academy Awards, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” capped off a ground-breaking awards season and became the most-awarded best picture winner since 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire.”“Everything Everywhere” took home seven Oscars on Sunday night, including best picture, director, original screenplay, lead actress, supporting actress, supporting actor and editing.At the 2009 Oscars, Danny…
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Oscars 2023: After Jane Campion’s Record-Breaking Win, Academy Fails to Nominate Any Female Director
After last year’s record-breaking Best Director win for Jane Campion — who became only the third woman to ever win the Oscar for Best Director, joining Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland” in 2021) and Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker” in 2009) — the 2023 Oscar nominations failed to nominate any women in the Best Director category. Instead,…
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Every Kathryn Bigelow Film Ranked Worst To Best
Writer, director, and producer Kathryn Bigelow may be best known for her Oscar-winning action drama “The Hurt Locker,” but her career is longer and more varied than many fans realize. Over the last 40 years, Bigelow has only released 10 feature films, but she has also worked in television and made a number of short…
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How to Watch Echo 3 Starring Luke Evans
Mark your calendars, action fans! Echo 3, an upcoming action thriller and drama series is about to hit your screens. Are you first in line for every new Mission: Impossible installment? Can you quote Liam Neeson in Taken word-for-word? If you enjoy an intense, white-knuckle viewing experience, Echo 3 might just be your new favorite…
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How Blue Steel Combined Two Different Eras of Kathryn Bigelow’s Filmmaking
The career of historic filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is divided into two very distinct eras. Initially, Bigelow was a go-to master of over-the-top genre entertainment. The likes of Near Dark and Point Break were beloved for both their unique portraits of masculinity in mainstream American cinema and engaging in all kinds of entertaining mayhem (see: everything…
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Kathryn Bigelow to Direct ‘Aurora’ for Netflix, Based on David Koepp’s Upcoming Thriller Novel
Fresh off the heels of Jane Campion’s best director win at the Oscars, Kathryn Bigelow is also heading to Netflix for her next project. Bigelow, who became the first woman to win a directing Oscar in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker,” will direct “Aurora,” based on David Koepp’s upcoming thriller novel of the same name,…
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‘Coda’ Has Changed Oscar Movies’ Release Strategies Forever
In analyzing how “Coda” achieved its Best Picture win, we must face a discomfiting reality: Beyond Oscar qualification, theatrical play had very little to do with its success.Most years, winning Best Picture includes a careful effort by its distributor to make it hit. Recent winners such as “Parasite” and “Green Book” played theaters during the…
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After Best Director Win, Jane Campion says Equity in Hollywood ‘Moving Fast’
“The Power of the Dog” director Jane Campion made history Sunday when she became the third-ever woman to win the Best Director Oscar in the Academy Awards’ 94-year run. But the way Campion sees it, the tide is quickly changing and there will soon be more women to be honored with the awards.After accepting her…
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Oscars 2022: Jane Campion Wins Best Director, Making Her Third Female Winner Ever
It’s a fitting end for an extended awards season that so often saw “The Power of the Dog” director Jane Campion running off with award after award: The Kiwi filmmaker has won the Oscar for Best Director for her work on the lauded Western drama. The award makes Campion only the third woman to pick…