The Hurt Locker (2008) Director: Kathryn Bigelow By Roderick Heath Here There Be Spoilers. “War is a drug,” The Hurt Locker’s foreword assays, and the film follows this thesis to the bitter end. An Iraq War film in all...
SAM Mendes will return to the Old Vic in 2010 to direct the second season of The Bridge Project , a unique three year project between The Old Vic Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music ( BAM ) and Neal Street Productions. The 2010 company of leading British and American actors will include Stephen Dillane, Anne-Marie Duff, Christian Camargo and Juliet Rylance, who will perform a double-bill of Shakespeare’s...
If you’re looking for ferocious, visceral suspense, director Kathryn Bigelow delivers with this graphic, subversive portrait of courage under fire, focusing on the Bravo Company technicians of the elite U.S Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit, dismantling bombs in one of the world’s most dangerous places - Iraq. In the opening combat sequence, a three-man squad loses their [...]
The new film The Hurt Locker opens with this quote, from former NYTimes war correspondent Chris Hedges, in white type over a black background: The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug. As the movie rolled into the first scene, the last clause - “war is a drug” stayed [...]
You’ll know when you’re in it. Currently out of town for the moment, there was a chance to see a special advance screening of Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, The Hurt Locker. Not being familiar with her filmography, this was a solid character piece about broken soldiers trying to survive in war torn Iraq. This is not just [...]
The Hurt Locker is an Award Winning war thriller that is based on the U.S. Army’s, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, in present day Iraq. Check out The Hurt Locker trailer, and pictures here. The Hurt Locker is an American war thriller film that was directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The movie has already won several awards [...]
This year’s Shakespeare Birthday Marathon, a free event at Symphony Space, will also celebrate the New York institutions that devote their attention to keeping his name alive.
GRADE: B- By William Shakespeare. Directed by David Esbjornson. The Duke on 42nd Street. Through April 19. Most critics agree that the success of a production of Hamlet depends in large part on the actor playing the role, but what they can't agree on is whether or not Christian Camargo is up to the task. In his New York Times review, Charles Isherwood calls Camargo's portrayal "virtually perfect."...
The current off-Broadway revival of "Hamlet" is modern, streamlined and primarily black and white, but there is plenty of color, as always, in the centuries-old richness of Shakespeare's words.