Mark Kermode on… Kathryn Bigelow, a stylish ruffler of feathers

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From vampire noir to Bin Laden, Point Break to Detroit, the first woman to win an Oscar for best director has never pulled her punches Watching new Jeff Nichols release The Bikeriders , starring Austin Butler and Tom Hardy as 60s Chicago greasers, I was reminded of two other movies: László Benedek’s 1953 Marlon Brando vehicle The Wild One , explicitly cited as an inspiration, and The Loveless , the 1981 feature debut of Kathryn Bigelow , the American film-maker (b.1951) who would go on to become the first woman to win a best director Oscar with her 2008 war drama The Hurt Locker . A symphony of leather-clad posing (with just a touch of Kenneth Anger ), The Loveless was a staple of the late-night circuit in the 80s, often on a double bill with David Lynch’s Eraserhead . Sharing directing credits with Monty Montgomery, Bigelow playfully deconstructed masculinity and machismo in a manner that was one part wry to two parts relish. I remember seeing The Loveless at the Phoenix in East
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Khloé Kardashian’s Mom, Kris Jenner, Says It’s Tough To See Her Daughter In Pain

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Khloé Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner, have broken their silence on the controversy surrounding the birth of her second child with ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson. Hulu released a teaser video for season 2 of The Kardashians on Tuesday, in which Jenner talks about seeing her daughter, 38, struggle as Kardashian talks about the news that she and Thompson are expecting another child. A clip of the Good American co-founder said, "There is something that I'm ready to talk about," emerged online. A new member of our family is on the way thanks to Tristan and I. In reality, it's a very unique experience even though this is the time of your life when you should be feeling the most excitement. Jenner, 66, expressed her distress in a confessional video by saying that seeing Khloé in anguish is difficult. At the end of the video, Kardashian said, "This has been a rough moment in my life, but it's the beginning of something good, happy, and beautiful." Kardashian, 30, and Thompson, 31, have been together since 2016 and are parents to 1-year-old True Thompson. In June of 2021, they had a falling out but reconciled. This past January, Kardashian officially canceled her engagement to the NBA player. In the same month, Thompson posted on his Instagram Story, "I take full responsibility for my acts," confirming he had fathered a child with Maralee Nichols. Now that we know who the father is, we can raise our son together without any tension. I want to openly and personally apologize to everyone I've offended or disappointed during this journey, he continued. Thompson also mentioned his then-girlfriend Kardashian in his message, confirming Nichols's claim that the couple's child was conceived when they were together. Khloé wrote, you don't deserve this. You are not worthy of the pain and shame I have brought upon you. You haven't deserved my treatment throughout the years, and I apologize.

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