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Kathryn Bigelow

October 2025

The writer and director talks about the innovative low-budget filmmaking ofDetour,shares her love forThe Battle of Algiersand its unrelenting “metronome of tension,” and praises Costa-Gavras as the inventor of the political thriller.

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Picks (8)

Detour

Detour

1945

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers

1966

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

1971

Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows

1969

The Confession

The Confession

1970

Hiroshima mon amour

Hiroshima mon amour

1959

Notorious

Notorious

1946

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927

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