A Kathryn Bigelow film always comes with a level of intensity to its premise. The Hurt Locker took audiences right to the palm-sweating frontlines of bomb disposals in Iraq; Zero Dark Thirty got into the heart of the hunt for bin Laden. And now, eight years after Detroit , Bigelow is back with a fictional story in A House Of Dynamite – but one that feels all-too-real, and approached with her usual signature rigourousness.

Bigelow’s latest film depicts what happens when an intercontinental nuclear missile is launched at the United States – kicking off a chain of events that reverberate down the military chain of command. For Bigelow, it allows her to explore another big question about the state of America. “With The Hurt Locker I was really interested in understanding the m

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