Kathryn Bigelow has never been a director to shy away from tension, especially in recent years, with films like her Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, and Detroit. The ticking clock and rising uncertainty have been central to her work over the last two decades, all in films that address the politics of the time. In doing this, Bigelow’s films have felt urgent and powerful, an anxious response to our present times.
