The Hurt Locker
Boston Strangler to The Hurt Locker: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon star in the gripping true story of the hunt for a brutal murderer, while Jeremy Renner plays a bomb disposal expert in a multi Oscar-winning thriller
Simon Wardell
17, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM
From The Hurt Locker to American Sniper: how Hollywood tried to tackle the Iraq war
Two decades on from the beginning of the war, a handful of films have tried various ways to show the conflict with audiences mostly choosing to stay away
Scott Tobias
17, Mar, 2023 @5:12 AM
Conflict of interest: why Hollywood failed to honestly address the ‘war on terror’
Twenty years on, cinema is littered with failed attempts at helping people understand the aftermath of 9/11, from American Sniper to W
Steve Rose
13, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM
The nine greatest best picture winners at the Oscars
As the awards celebrate their ninth decade, we look back on the times the Academy got it right when it came to the biggest prize
Wendy Ide
17, Feb, 2019 @12:00 PM
Hurt Locker duo Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal returning with 1967 Detroit race riots drama
Timely but as yet untitled project will explore the systemic racism behind public disorder outbreak that left 43 people dead and more than 1,000 injured
Ben Child
29, Jan, 2016 @9:54 AM
Jeremy Renner: five best moments
Having hit the bullseye as Marvel’s ace archer Hawkeye in the Avengers franchise, he is back this week as Agent Brandt in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Here, we celebrate his best performances
Marnie Langeroodi
31, Jul, 2015 @10:08 AM
Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty: 'It's illogical to ignore torture'
Film-maker takes to LA Times to suggest criticism of 'torture-endorsing' film be directed at US counter-terrorism policy instead
Ben Child
16, Jan, 2013 @12:19 PM
Hurt Locker lawsuit: soldier must pay $187,000
Court orders Sgt Jeffrey Sarver, Iraq war vet claiming to have inspired film's main character, to pay film-makers' legal fees
Henry Barnes
09, Dec, 2011 @11:42 AM
The Hurt Locker v Jeffrey Sarver: bomb sergeant's lawsuit blasted out of court
US war veteran loses case against makers of best picture Oscar-winner, but insists film is based on him
Henry Barnes
14, Oct, 2011 @3:21 PM
Anthony Mackie: 'There are a lot of limitations placed on young black actors'
Anthony Mackie talks to Hermione Hoby about breaking through barriers, rebuilding New Orleans, and why he hates Hollywood hype
Hermione Hoby
27, Feb, 2011 @12:04 AM
Kathryn's Oscar comes too late | Victoria Coren
Victoria Coren: Bigelow's prize makes little difference to Hollywood's basic sexist approach towards women
Victoria Coren
14, Mar, 2010 @12:08 AM
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