Kathryn Bigelow Archives

Blue Steel (1990)

Rating: ★★

Jan 2, 2001Psycho Stalks Rookie Cop

The second film from Kathryn Bigelow in which Jamie Lee Curtis is a rookie cop who is stalked by a creepily psychopathic Ron Silver. A beautifully stylish rendering of an increasingly improbable plot

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Kevin Dunn, …

Category: Horror

2 January 200119 February 2020 by Roog

Strange Days (1995)

Rating: ★★★½

Feb 2, 2003Near Future Social Disorder/The Millennium/Virtual Memories

A Kathryn Bigelow directed Cyberpunk film scripted by James Cameron concerning an illicit technology that can replay memories. This offers a powerful vision of a socially divided L.A. on the eve of the millennium

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 February 20035 November 2025 by Roog

The Weight of Water (2000)

Rating: ★★

Apr 26, 2001Historical Murder Mystery

One of Kathryn Bigelow's less successful films, an adaptation of an Anita Shreve historical murder mystery that tells a story in two different time periods

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Actors: Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, …

Category: Horror

26 April 20018 June 2025 by Roog

A House of Dynamite (2025)

Rating: ★★★½

Nov 14, 2025Nuclear Attack

Kathryn Bigelow makes a strong return to form with a film about the lead-up to an imminent a nuclear attack on the US. Made with a documentary-like urgency that convinces you this is the way that the real thing would play out

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Actors: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Anthony Ramos, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 November 202514 November 2025 by Roog