Kathryn Bigelow

'Zero Dark Thirty's' Jessica Chastain on women defined by work

It didn't dawn on Jessica Chastain until after she saw "Zero Dark Thirty" that her character in the film, a driven CIA agent named Maya, had a few things in common with the movie's director, Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow.

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movie: Zero Dark Thirty
actors: Kathryn Bigelow, Jessica Chastain
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6. Bigelow defends Oscar-tipped film over torture

LOS ANGELES: US director Kathryn Bigelow defended Wednesday her controversial Oscar-tipped movie "Zero Dark Thirty" against criticism of its depiction of torture in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

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Jessica Chastain: Kathryn Bigelow's Snub 'An Arrow In My Heart'

Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain felt like she had been shot through the heart after learning director Kathryn Bigelow had missed out on a Best Director Academy Award nomination for their gritty dram...

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6. Hollywood watchers blame Washington for 'Zero Dark Thirty' Oscar snub

The US Senate Intelligence Committee has launched a review of CIA dealings with the movie's director, Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal.

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Oscar nominations 2013: Who are the favorites to win?

"Lincoln" leads the field. Will its momentum carry through to Oscar wins? Here are the newly revised Gold Standard odds for the post-Ben Affleck/Kathryn Bigelow landscape.

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actors: Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow
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Oscars 2013: 'Zero Dark Thirty' is undeserving victim of politics

Critic's Notebook: Kathryn Bigelow should have gotten an Oscar directing nomination for 'Zero Dark Thirty.' But unjustified criticism by three U.S. senators waylaid that.If you're keeping score this Oscar season — and who isn't? — chalk up this year's nominations as a victory for the bullying power of the United States Senate and an undeserved loss for "Zero Dark Thirty" in general and director Kathryn Bigelow in particular.

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movie: Zero Dark Thirty
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Oscars 2013: 15 snubs that bug you

No Ben Affleck? No Kathryn Bigelow? No ''Wallflower''? The non-minations that shocked YOU most

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'Zero Dark Thirty' features stunning final hour

The best hour of filmmaking you'll see all year is the final hour of Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty,"

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'Zero Dark Thirty's' torture implication prompts Senate inquiry

Intelligence Committee members dispute suggestion that torture advanced the hunt for Osama bin Laden and ask if CIA misled filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal.WASHINGTON — After complaining for weeks that the movie “Zero Dark Thirty” erroneously implies that torture yielded key information in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, a trio of senior senators now want to know whether CIA personnel deliberately misled the filmmakers on that point.

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On Location: 'Zero Dark Thirty's' compound challenges

Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound was exactingly re-created by Jeremy Hindle and his team. 'It would be hard to blow that place up,' he says of the set.First-time feature production designer Jeremy Hindle admits to some dicey feelings while taking director Kathryn Bigelow on an initial walk-through of "Zero Dark Thirty's" key set. But they weren't rookie jitters.

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