The latest from director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal is ambitious but uneven.
Tag: Zero Dark Thirty
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Freedom of speech, artistic license, snow, and the Sunday Trib
Arguing with the Sunday Chicago Tribune
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The American military not so smartly inspected in the Atlantic
James Fallows’s January/February cover story on the American military could be a little more thoughtful.
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Considering the phenomenon of movie audiences cheering for murder
When applause isn’t the same thing as good cheer
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Can the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty be defended?
About Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-nominated film
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Strategic film command, past and present
Considering how U.S. government agencies have interacted with Hollywood in the 50s and today
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Controversy in action, and the rest of this week’s movies
A rundown of Chicago film screenings for the week of January 4
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The hunt club
With Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the search for Osama bin Laden