There’s a War Going on: Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’
Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods engages with the notion of perpetual conflict. But how well does it fit into the current social milieu of demonstrations against police violence?
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We Must Not Mean What We Say: On Godard’s ‘Le Petit Soldat’
While philosopher Stanley Cavell endeavors to show that we must mean what we say, Godard’s Bruno Forestier of Le Petit Soldat suggests that we simply cannot and must not mean what we say.
The Road to Murder in Love and War: Three Films from Claude Chabrol
The troubled character’s in Claude Chabrol’s The Third Lover, Line of Demarcation, and The Champagne Murders are obsessively doubled and mirrored.
War’s Degradation of the Human in Bergman’s ‘Shame’
Ingmar Bergman's Shame is one of his few films so blatantly concerned with the impositions of the external world,as opposed to the internal, subjective aspects of life.
Faceted Depictions of War: On Jan Němec’s ‘Diamonds of the Night’ (Démanty noci)
Are fantasies mixed up with memories in Jan Němec's film adaptation of Arnošt Lustig's autobiographical story of surviving WWII, Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci)? Will these babes forever be in the woods?
When Rationalism Tangled with Magic: ‘A Supernatural War’
Exploring the charms and rituals believed to safeguard WWI soldiers makes A Supernatural War a fascinating read.
‘Combat Obscura’ Just Blows It All Up
In Combat Obscura, a jangled, jarring Afghan War documentary, a Marine Corps cameraman shows the flippant cynicism of combat in ways the military would rather we not think about.
Director Max Martini on ‘SGT. Will Gardner’
From epic John Ford-type western shots to intimate close-ups, Director Max Martini talks about the filming methods used to convey PTSD in his latest, SGT. Will Gardner.
‘On Her Shoulders’: Awareness of Trauma Is Not Enough
In this interview with Director Alexandria Bombach centered on her recent documentary about Nadia Murad, On Her Shoulders, she reflects on how we process another's trauma, and how we might be moved beyond simply awareness.
‘A Private War’ Brilliantly Recalls a True Hero, War Correspondent Marie Colvin
Documentarian Matthew Heineman's debut feature is an inspiring tribute to war correspondent Marie Colvin, who dedicated her life to documenting the human cost of war.
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Making Troy Great Again: On Shakespeare’s ‘Troilus and Cressida’ and Trump’s Ugly Political Rhetoric
The Trump presidency is Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida made real – only it's stripped of the mythology and just lying bare and ugly for all to see.
‘Troy: Fall of a City’ Was Overlooked for the Wrong Reasons
Troy: Fall of a City tries to attack our racial prejudice but reveals more about our Classical ignorance.