Few backdrops have the capacity to inspire as war does. Every other environment—from a football field to the Supreme ...

From pieces of inaccurate detail to severely overplayed choices in narrative or character development, war movies feature ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating ... of Alex Garland’s aptly titled Civil War. The best of such films interrogate the nuances of the war and how it caught up ...

Somewhere Near Nijmegen, a new Irish war movie, has racked up nearly 500,000 views a week after being added to YouTube.

The first war film is commonly cited as Tearing Down the Spanish Flag in 1898 – a single 40-second scene. Made during the ...

Where could one turn for a more effective cultural barometer than to Hollywood cinema? American film in the first decade of the new millennium became a cultural battleground on which a war of ...

This article originally ran on January 11, 2020. It has been updated with additional films, including Steve McQueen’s new World War II-set movie Blitz. Speaking to Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tri ...

After the Great War came great hardship ... reflective experience. The movies mentioned here are a strong starting point for anyone who wants a unique course in American history, but a deeper ...

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It’s not until we see the considerably more limited scope of his American war films that we realize why historical films suit his ambitions far better – and what imperfections stick regardless.