Iraq War Films

Military Has Program To Shape Iraq War Films

LA Times | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


There's a war going on, and Army Lt. Col. J. Todd Breasseale has a mission. But it's far removed from the captured Iraqi palace where he was once sta...

Stop-Loss: This Generation's Deer Hunter

Trey Ellis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Trey Ellis

Just like The Deer Hunter, Stop-Loss lifted the veil for me and disabused me of my romantic notions of war.

Body of War

Bruce Kluger | Posted 10.31.2007 | Entertainment


Bruce Kluger

Hollywood's fast-moving popcorn-bucket brigade carries breaking stories from the newsroom to the editing room, seemingly overnight. Welcome to the industry's next new genre: the history-as-it-is-happening movie.

When I Came Home: The Best Iraq Film in a Pool of One

Josh Bolotsky | Posted 10.17.2007 | Entertainment


Josh Bolotsky

Barring one or two documentaries, the films about the Middle East made in the last few years almost invariably limit themselves to other conflicts.