War Movies

Brothers Was the Best Film I Saw in 2005; Will the American Remake Be as Powerful?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment


Jesse Kornbluth

No knock on the American remake, but I'd get my hands on a DVD of Susanne Bier's movie, set in Denmark, first. It will hurt you to watch it. But I promise you: It's all good. Indeed, it's the best.

President Obama's War Movie

Anthony Swofford | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment


Anthony Swofford

Oren Moverman's directorial debut, The Messenger, is the first war movie of the Obama era. The movie is infused with an intellectualness and inclusiveness that would make our president proud.

Veterans Day: The Best War Movies Of All Time

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment


In honor of Veterans Day, we're taking a look at some classic war films that best define the heroism, horrors, camaraderie, and honor you find in war....

Woodstock Film Fest -- The Messenger

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York


Stewart Nusbaumer

Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play servicemen tasked to inform relatives of soldiers killed in action. For good reason, this is called the worst job in the Army.

The Hurt Locker

Will Menaker | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment


Will Menaker

This film approaches the kind of unaffected, unmediated portrayal of war and the men who live within its strange, parallel reality.

Why John Wayne Still Ranks Among Today's Most Popular Stars

John Farr | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

Wayne's persona -- its bigness, roughness, but also its decency -- literally came to define our heritage. And to a surprising degree, it still does.

The Best Bogart Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 01.28.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

What follows are my favorite under-exposed Bogie picks. I'm consciously omitting what are arguably his most famous "landmark" films.