Restrepo Review

From May 2007 to July 2008 Battle Company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade was stationed deep in the remote Korengal Valley of Eastern Afghanistan.  The soldiers of Second Platoon established and peopled a fifteen man outpost at this, one of the most treacherous postings of the war.  To date close to fifty American soldiers have [...]

Samuel Maoz: Exclusive Lebanon Interview

“I wrote what I felt.  I wanted to talk about emotional wounds, to tell the story of a slaughtered soul, a story that was not to be found in the body of the plot but derived from deep within it.  How the hell could I put that on film?” Tel-Aviv born writer/director Samuel Maoz has [...]

HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project Wk9 – War Films

Apocalypse Now

The war film. One of the most common subjects for movies over the last century, and for good reason. Wars are very much a part of our history, and to understand and come to terms with such events, it is necessary to explore them fully. It is no surprise then that there are numerous war [...]