Zero Dark Thirty
Critic’s Notebook: How Post-9/11 Hollywood Has Mirrored Our Anxieties — and Redefined Its Love of Disaster
In everything from first-person documentaries to tentpole spectacles, a broad spectrum of filmmakers — among them Spike Lee, Paul Greengrass and Kathryn Bigelow — have grappled with the horror of the attacks, the geopolitical ramifications and, less directly, the emotional fallout.
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Dutch Distributor of ‘Lord of the Rings’ Films, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Appears Close to Collapse
A-Film, a leading indie player in the Netherlands, has requested a moratorium on its debts.
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‘The Interview’ Sequel: Inside the Frightening Battle Raging on the North Korean Border
Four months after the Sony film sparked an international furor, dissidents and defectors in South Korea, joined by a THR reporter, send the movie mocking Kim Jong Un via balloons across the border as local government tries to avoid further escalation.
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Bar-Hopping With Kyle Chandler: ‘Bloodline’ Star on His “Dark, Evil” Period, Comedy Dreams and Return to TV
The actor was offered "every 40-year-old male lead on TV" after the role that won him an Emmy. What did he do? Take small parts in Oscar movies, nix an 'FNL' movie and disappear to Austin, Texas, where his un-Coach-like story (yep, afternoon bar crawls included) now picks up as he makes his TV return with Netflix's 'Bloodline' — and vows never to wear a baseball cap again.
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Diverse Casts Deliver Higher Ratings, Bigger Box Office: Study (Exclusive)
Audiences want more ethnic representation, a new UCLA study shows, with agencies, studios and networks lagging behind, entrenched in "an industry culture that routinely devalues the talent of minorities and women."
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Despite Pentagon Objections, Fox News Will Air Interview With SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden
Reports surfaced Friday that the man known as "The Shooter" could face a criminal investigation for speaking to the news media
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Peter Kujawski Appointed Director of Universal Pictures International Productions
It's a newly created position at the studio
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What’s Behind Hollywood’s Renewed Interest in Political Movies
Remember those Mideast-themed films that bombed? Neither do studios as new topical tales court "good" controversy without seeming like "leafy green vegetables"
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George L. Little, Costume Designer for Kathryn Bigelow Films, Dies at 63
He worked on the director’s 'The Hurt Locker' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' as well as on 'Apocalypse Now' and the upcoming 'Fantastic Four'
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Leon Panetta Revealed Secret Info to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Screenwriter
Newly declassified documents show that the former CIA director disclosed details about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden during a speech he didn't know Mark Boal was attending.
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Key Art Awards: Universal, 30Sixty, ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Teaser Win Gold
The industry's communications elite descend on Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre, where the THR and Clio-sponsored awards reveal refreshing winds of change blowing through the world of Internet advertising.
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Judge: Secret Told to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Filmmakers Won’t Be Shared
Just because Kathryn Bigelow knows something, that doesn't mean the information is "truly public."
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