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Kathryn Bigelow: under fire
The Hurt Locker made Kathryn Bigelow the first woman to win a best director Oscar. But some say her new thriller, Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, endorses tortureWhen Osama bin...
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Academy member calls for Oscars boycott of Zero Dark Thirty
David Clennon has urged others to snub Kathryn Bigelow film at awards for 'promoting acceptance of the crime of torture'Hollywood studio Sony has been forced into a fresh defence of the controversial...
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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 insteadThe Oscar-winning director of Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow, has...
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Trailer Trash
Madchester inches towards the West End, Ken Loach demonstrates the wonder of socialism, and Kathryn Bigelow can't tell one London bus from anotherRave on stageLong shot as it may be – and Trash loves a...
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Zero Dark Thirty: a beginner's guide
Here's the briefing: op-sec is a priority when searching for OBL, since the ISI is unreliable. KSM is not a Dutch airline and we depart Area 51 at Zero Dark Thirty. Got it?It may be one of the best...
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Algeria: Islamist threat to west overstated
Mokhtar 'Marlboro man' Belmokhtar and his fighters are more interested in overthrowing government than attacking westThe intervention of French military forces in Mali and the apparent reprisals in the...
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Zero Dark Thirty – review
Kathryn Bigelow's film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is only ever on the side of the home teamThis movie, along with the TV series Homeland, makes me think we have a new American genre – war on...
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Zero Dark Thirty's torture scenes are controversial and historically dubious
While Kathryn Bigelow's film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden has been ridiculed for its Arabic dialogue, CIA secrecy prevents historians from fully assessing its accuracyDirector: Kathryn...
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Zero Dark Thirty – review
Kathryn Bigelow's dramatisation of the hunt for Bin Laden is a riveting thriller to match The Hurt LockerIn the Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow and her screenwriter Mark Boal approached...
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Zero Dark Thirty: the view from Pakistan
Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has caused controversy in the States, but how has it gone down in Pakistan? Our correspondent reports on the film's howlersIt would be nice to watch Zero Dark Thirty...
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Michael Moore launches defence of Zero Dark Thirty
Film-maker Michael Moore says Kathryn Bigelow's controversial Oscar-nominated Zero Dark Thirty will make you hate tortureThe US film-maker Michael Moore has defended Kathryn Bigelow's controversial...
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Letters: Zero Dark Thirty and normalisation of torture
I take issue with Slavoj Žižek on the portrayal of torture in Zero Dark Thirty (Bigelow's gift to America, 26 January). I found the film's torture scenes profoundly disturbing, made more so by Maya's...
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Zero Dark Thirty detractors condemned by 9/11 families
Group representing victims of 2001 attacks says criticism of torture scenes by media and politicians is 'deeply disturbing'An organisation that represents friends and relatives of those who died or...
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On target: Jessica Chastain blazes her way towards Oscar glory
Jessica Chastain is a red-hot Oscar favourite, with Zero Dark Thirty and Mama just the latest in her bumper run. But there's been plenty of struggle. She talks to Tom Lamont about waiting for fame,...
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Osama bin Laden's hideout town hopes makeover will bring back tourists
Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where al-Qaida leader hid for years, plans to build an amusement park to improve imageThe Pakistani town that earned worldwide infamy as the place where Osama bin Laden...
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What Leicester needs is a Richard III theme park
Abbottabad, where Osama bin Laden was killed, is rebranding itself as an 'amusement city'. Leicester needs to raise its gameWhy isn't Leicester twinned with Abbottabad? Those places have got so much in...
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Navy Seal who allegedly shot Bin Laden says US military has abandoned him
Retired commando alleges he's been left without healthcare or financial support as he struggles to adapt to a new civilian lifeA retired Navy Seal who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden by shooting...
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The Shooter: the anonymous man who killed Osama bin Laden
The Navy Seal who pulled the trigger on the al-Qaida boss has revealed some hard truths in a magazine interviewAge: Classified.Appearance: Classified.Who is he? The Navy Seal who shot Osama bin Laden.I...
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What do we owe our veterans? Osama bin Laden shooter's story isn't unique |...
Thousands of veterans have problems going back to civilian life, but it will take more than money to fix the issuesEsquire magazine caused quite a stir on Monday when it published an extended interview...
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Senate drops Zero Dark Thirty inquiry
Investigation into whether Zero Dark Thirty film-makers were granted access to classified CIA material is closedJust a day after Zero Dark Thirty foundered at the Oscars, taking just a single technical...
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