Letters from Iwo Jima
For a split second at the very beginning of Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima, you might think you’re looking at a field of stars overhead.
The Cave review – horror and hope in a Syrian hospital
This powerful, deeply moving documentary follows the courageous medical staff who must treat wounded children as bombs fall around them.
Of Men and War, 2014
A moving documentary about US veterans haunted by traumatic memories from the battlefield and a therapist’s attempts to help them.
1917
“1917” is now considered a major Oscar contender: it has already won the award for best film at the Golden Globes, as well as awards from the producers’ and directors’ guilds.
History of war documentaries
As soon as cameras began to capture the fighting, the war became a popular subject for narrative films. While no one can be sure of the exact “first” war film
The last days in Vietnam
Rory Kennedy’s fascinating, moving, and extremely important remarkable documentary, The Last Days in Vietnam, is actually two films at once.