With the exception of JFK’s stunning cinematic bravura, arguably Born on the Fourth of July is Oliver Stone’s most accomplished film. The re...

After the uninspired sophomore effort of Mimic, Guillermo Del Toro’s modest but emotional and affecting wartime ghost story represented an e...

A sometimes goofy, sometimes profound sprawling epic chronicling the 40 years of service of a stuffy British officer. A rare non-propagan...

Andrei Tarkovsky's debut is a whilring dervish of cinema, and perhaps the final word on the impact of war on children on film. As an in...

Kathryn Bigelow’s sprawling Bin Laden hunt picture is a spotty affair, a film sectioned off into often disjointed segments over the cours...

The futility of war was never more intelligently articulated with wit and poignancy than in Jean Renoir’s 'La Grand Illusion', a pri...

War Horse (2011) dir. Steven Spielberg Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, **½ By Alan Bacchus There's a great d...

Wings (1927) dir. William Wellman Starring: Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper **** By Alan Bac...

War Horse (2011) dir. Steven Spielberg Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Niels Arestrup **½ By Alan B...

Tora, Tora, Tora (1970) dir. Richard Fleischer Starring: So Yamamura, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Tatsuya ...

The Four Feathers (1939) dir. Zoltan Korda Starring: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith *** By Greg Klymkiw...

Sarah’s Key (2011) dir. Gilles Paquet-Brenner Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot, Aidan Qui...

Léon Morin Priest (1961) dir. Jean-Pierre Melville Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc *** By Alan Bacchus Wh...

Das Boot (1981) dir. Wolfgang Peterson Starring: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge...

Tigerland (2000) dir. Joel Schumacher Starring: Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr., Shea Wingham, Tom Guiry ***1/2 By A...

Platoon (1986) dir. Oliver Stone Starring: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon ***½ B...

Lebanon (2009) dir. Samuel Maoz Starring: Itay Tiran, Yoav Donat, Michael Moshonov, Zohar Shtrauss *** By Alan Bacchus The surprise V...

Paths of Glory (1957) dir. Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Joseph Turkel, Adolph Menjou, Ralph Meeker **** By ...

Apocalypse Now (1979) dir. Francis Coppola Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederick Forrest, Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall, Albert H...

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) dir. David Lean Starring: Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, William Holden, James Donald, Jack Hawkins ***...