Bigelow Pushing Forward With ‘Kill Bin Laden’

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2011 After her Oscar win for "The Hurt Locker," director Kathryn Bigelow set her sights on another ambitious project that has taken on new significance over the last 24 hours, given the subject matter: "Kill Bin Laden." However, as Deadline's Mike Fleming pointed out Monday, the movie isn't solely focused on the late al-Qaida leader. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi Oscar [A Cartoon From the Netherlands]

Hajo de Reijger, The Netherlands Mar 9, 2010 Dig deeper

‘Hurt Locker’ Wins Big at Oscars

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2010 It was the first Iraq war movie to really break through, and now "The Hurt Locker" has won six Academy Awards, including best picture and best director, marking the first time an Oscar for directing has gone to a woman. The movie opens with a quote from Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Soldier Sues, Claims He’s ‘Hurt Locker’ Character

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2010 He and his lawyer waited until the Oscar ballots were in, but on Tuesday, Master Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver, a U.S. Army soldier who worked as a bomb disposal specialist in Iraq, filed a lawsuit claiming that he had provided the real-world inspiration for actor Jeremy Renner's character in "The Hurt Locker." Why did he wait until the votes were cast? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Hurt Locker’ Producer’s E-Mail Campaign Ruffles Feathers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2010 It's the season of the knockdown, drag-out Oscar campaign, and one of this year's Academy Award nominees, "The Hurt Locker" co-producer Nicolas Chartier, has thrown down in a mighty conspicuous (and potentially self-defeating) way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Hurt Locker’ Cleans Up at BAFTA Awards

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2010 Since 2003, filmmakers have repeatedly come up short in terms of box office sales and critical support for movies that focus on the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- until director Kathryn Bigelow came on the scene last year with "The Hurt Locker," that is. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Inside the Gates Arrest, Plus ‘Hurt Locker’ Review

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2009 This week the Truthdig panel talks about the racial politics behind the arrest of high-profile Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., who himself said, “I was cast by him [the policeman] in a narrative and he didn’t know how to get out of it.” Also, pop culture critic Sheerly Avni gives a big thumbs up to a new and telling film about the Iraq war, “The Hurt Locker.”Racial politics behind the arrest of Henry Louis Gates and a thumbs up to "The Hurt Locker." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )