Kathryn Bigelow on the nuclear nightmare

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:58:19 +0000

The latest white-knuckle thriller by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker," "Zero Dark Thirty") imagines the responses within the government and the military when a single ICBM is launched toward the United States. David Martin talks with Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim about a film that lays bare the human elements upon which America's nuclear deterrence may succeed or fail.

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