Movie: A House of Dynamite by Kathryn Bigelow
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An "unrelenting chokehold thriller so controlled, kinetic and unsettlingly immersive that you stagger out at the end of it wondering if the world will still be intact"[1]. Experience Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's triumphant return to feature filmmaking: "precision-tooled, ambitious in scale yet bracingly concise"[2].
Acclaimed by critics, the movie is "absurdly riveting... with the kind of ticking-clock, military-grade suspense the director does so well"[3]. "Brilliantly builds tension... nail-biting stuff"[4].
Join us for this essential cinema event—"scary as hell, but in whatever remains of it, humanity still has a future"[5].
A House of Dynamite is a recently released political thriller that features an ensemble cast led by Idris Elba as the President of the United States, alongside Rebecca Ferguson and Gabriel Basso.
The film's high-stakes scenario begins when military personnel detect an unidentified intercontinental missile heading toward the US States with only minutes until impact. As news reaches the White House, government officials across multiple agencies face an impossible crisis, forced to navigate unprecedented circumstances under extreme time pressure.
[1] The Hollywood Reporter [2] Screen Daily [3] Vulture [4] Arizona Republic [5] The Travers Take
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