Review: Bigelow conquers talk and action in unflinching 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted by · 4:40 pm · December 20th, 2012

The film opened in limited release yesterday.

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Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty' tells it straight, to varying effect

Posted by · 4:53 pm · November 25th, 2012

When Kathryn Bigelow walked away with honors for Best Picture and Best Director at the 2009 Academy Awards, she was the little guy. The narrative was David vs. Goliath as James Cameron’s “Avatar” was the big dog on campus, the money-guzzler, “the future.” This year things are a little different.

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Off the Carpet: Four score, er, more to go

Posted by · 7:40 am · November 19th, 2012

Four big entries remain — “Django Unchained,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Les Misérables” and “Zero Dark Thirty” — each of them having been watched like a hawk as they race toward completion.

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