Kathryn Bigelow’s highly anticipated follow-up to Jessica Chastain-starrer “Zero Dark Thirty” hits theaters in just under a month, but if you’re based in Toronto, you’ll be able to catch the director’s work on the big screen before “Detroit” opens August 4. TIFF — the organization behind the Toronto International Film Festival — is set to launch a retrospective of some of Bigelow’s biggest hits beginning July 12.
Set to run until August 15 at TIFF’s Bell Lightbox, “Kathryn Bigelow: On the Edge” will celebrate her “meticulous action craftsmanship and steely intensity,” a press release details. The retrospective “features the filmmaker’s work from her early days directing action-packed heist films to her critically acclaimed war films about the U.S. military.”
Bigelow is the only woman to win Best Director at the Oscars. She took home the award in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker,” a drama about a bomb squad in Iraq. The Best Picture winner is set to screen during “On the Edge” along with other titles such as surfer-heist action pic “Point Break” and “Near Dark,” a horror-western that centers on vampires.
Head over to TIFF’s website for more information and to buy advance tickets.
“Near Dark”
Archival Print!
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 1987 | 94 min. | R | 35mm Friday, July 21 at 6:30 p.m.
“Point Break”
Archival Print!
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 1991 | 120 min. | 14A | 35mm Saturday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m
“Strange Days”
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 1995 | 145 min. | R | 35mm Saturday, July 22 at 9:15 p.m.
“Blue Steel”
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 1989 | 102 min. | R | 35mm Friday July 28 at 9:30 p.m.
“K-19: The Widowmaker”
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow | USA / UK / Germany / Canada | 2002 | 138 min. | PG | 35mm Thursday August 3 at 9:00 p.m.
“The Hurt Locker”
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 2009 | 131 min. | 14A | Digital Saturday August 12 at 9:15 p.m.
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 2012 | 157 min. | 14A | 35mm Tuesday August 15 at 8:15 p.m.
