War Films

Film Highlight: The Hurt Locker

Mission: Impossible (Again)

With outrage to spare, a fierce Brian De Palma returns to the war zone. Take cover.

Dull Roar

There's an odd upside to Robert Redford's terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama

Walk Through the Valley

Paul Haggis Directs a Flawed but Vital Film About the Emotional Toll of Iraq on a Military Family

Uneven Steven

Spielberg's weighty take on vengeance is a tad lopsided

War Movies are Hell

Three new films offer grueling tours of duty in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq

Exit Strategy

'Black Hawk Down' Gets in and out of Somalia With No Questions Asked

Apocalypse Almost

Shoot 'Em All!

Apocalypse Now Redux extends an epic allegory of American megalomania into the 21st Century

Saving Stanley Kubrick

With A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Steven Spielberg tries to rescue the world's most elusive filmmaker from an unhappy ending

Hard Corps

Director Claire Denis takes the tough guy to task in Beau travail

War Is Mel

The Patriot pays tribute to a Great Man's arrogance in the name of freedom

The Moviegoers

The Bloomsbury Movie Guide series celebrates the fine art of cinematic obsession

On Eagles' Wings

The Big One

A visit to the lost world of Steven Spielberg

Guys and Dolls

Melodrama's tears fill The Deep End of the Ocean; violence's softer side makes for a tender Corruptor

Days of Hell

Parallel Lines

Love is a battlefield

Virtual War

Mountains and Molehills