Icon Film Distribution has announced that Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 cult classic action thriller Point Break will arrive on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on August 5th; check out the cover artwork, details and trailer below… From Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, experience Point Break, the ultimate 90s cult classic, like never before as it returns […]
Kathryn Bigelow to direct real-time White House thriller for Netflix
Kathryn Bigelow is set to make her long-overdue comeback by directing an untitled ticking-clock action-thriller for Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter Netflix has tasked the Oscar-winning Zero Dark Thirty filmmaker with directing the real-time actioner, which will be centered on a group of White House officials scrambling to deal with an incoming missile attack […]
Netflix moving away from auteurs, will be “more about audiences”
With Netflix gaining a film chief in Dan Lin, the streamer’s era of hunting prestige is seemingly over. A recent report from The New York Times profiles what Lin is looking to do with Netflix, and the new era is already making bold moves. Since the exec’s arrival earlier this month, the streaming service laid […]
Strange Days: A Must Watch New Year’s Movie
Tom Jolliffe revisits the cult classic Strange Days, a great New Year-set film that was way ahead of its time… A number of films throughout the 90’s dealt with the idea of virtual reality. For better and worse, this became a popular sci-fi trend through the decade. The Lawnmower Man really kick-started the trend, which […]
Near Dark (1987) – October Horrors 2022
Near Dark, 1987. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein and Tim Thomerson. SYNOPSIS: A farmer’s son, after an encounter with a mysterious drifter, finds himself reluctantly brought together with a pack of travelling vampires. Upon its release in 1987, The Lost Boys was a huge commercial […]
Kathryn Bigelow to direct Aurora for Netflix
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow looks set to get back behind the camera for the first time since 2017’s Detroit, with THR reporting that Netflix has tapped the director for an adaptation of Aurora, the upcoming novel from screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man). The novel is described as exploring the collapse of social order against […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Kathryn Bigelow
In the latest Flickering Myth directors guide, Tom Jolliffe looks at Kathryn Bigelow… In a male dominated field, Kathryn Bigelow has risen up from being a cult genre film director, stepping out of the shadow of James Cameron (her former husband) and re-inventing herself in the last decade as one of the best directors in […]
Who are the contemporary Masters of Cinema?
Anghus Houvouras on the contemporary Masters of Cinema… Sometimes a good movie conversation can lead you to interesting places. Take the discussion around the wildly overpraised Baby Driver; a good movie that’s being called a ‘masterpiece’ (it’s not). During the discussion my friend Simon Columb posted this on Twitter: Edgar Wright ain't no "master". Bloomin' […]
Kathryn Bigelow and cinematic journalism
Henry Bevan on Kathryn Bigelow and cinematic journalism… Hollywood is obsessed with journalists. From Howard Hawks pictures to most superhero films and romcoms, journalists are often window dressing for plot and snarky dialogue. Journalists themselves are represented as sheriffs or scoundrels, often overly moralistic or morally bankrupt. For an industry in love with newsroom culture, […]
Second Opinion – Detroit (2017)
Detroit, 2017. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring John Boyega, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, Jack Reynor, Hannah Murray, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Kaitlyn Dever, Ben O’Toole, Joseph David Jones, Ephraim Sykes, Leon Thomas III, Nathan Davis Jr., Peyton Alex Smith, Malcolm David Kelley, Gbenga Akinnabve, Chris Chalk, Jeremy Strong, Laz Alonzo, Austin Hebert, Miguel Pimentel, […]
