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Articles tagged "iraq war"PopMatters Pick Books ReviewThe Gamble by Thomas E. Ricksby Chris Barsanti[20.Mar.09] :. By the time Ricks brings his narrative to a close, he has solidly proved his point, namely that in the most basic reckoning, the surge can be said to have worked.  NewsLayers of graffiti on walls tell history of Iraq warby Leila Fadel [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][27.Jan.09] :. BAGHDAD - Iraq is a nation of walls: tall concrete blast walls built during the past six years, ancient mud-brick barricades that date to antiquity and walls built of various materials from the...  TV ReviewPOV: Soldiers of Conscienceby Cynthia Fuchs[16.Oct.08] :. Soldiers' moral struggles tend to remain invisible, like the situations that drive them. Soldiers of Conscience shows the dilemmas and the costs of war.  Books ReviewMan in the Dark by Paul Austerby Michael Antman[15.Aug.08] :. This superb small novel isn’t about war or politics at all, but about, in the face of guilt and horror, choosing whether to die and how, if that is the choice, to live.  NewsMeet the people behind Abu Ghraib photosby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][19.Jun.08] :. NEW YORK - The old saying claims a picture is worth a thousand words. But in his new documentary “Standard Operating Procedure,” Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris argues that a...  Books ReviewA Dangerous Age by Ellen Gilchristby Diane Leach[5.May.08] :. Evidently Gilchrist missed the sickening exposés of conditions at Walter Reed, or chose to overlook them. PopMatters Pick Books ReviewCorporate Warriors by P. W. Singerby Chris Barsanti[25.Apr.08] :. By refusing to cast himself as a finger-wagging scold on the subject of military contractors, Singer’s concerns have all that much more power. ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ director changes course with Iraq War drama ‘Stop-Loss’by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][24.Mar.08] :. There wasn’t much on director Kimberly Peirce’s resume to suggest she would be the ideal filmmaker to take a shot at making an Iraq War drama. But something about 9-11 moved the director... Iraq War-themed films can’t find an audienceby Soren Andersen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][2.Jan.08] :. What if they made a war movie and nobody came to see it? No biggie. Individual films fail all the time for all kinds of reasons. Filmmaking is a crapshoot. Always has been. Always will be. The... Today’s foreign wars are Hollywood hellby Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)][9.Nov.07] :. This is not your grandfather’s war. This war is unpopular and controversial, seemingly endless. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from releasing a series of films about Iraq and its evil... A new script for Hollywood war moviesby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][11.Oct.07] :. Anti-war demonstrators storm the Pentagon in the movie “Across the Universe.” A career soldier protests the Iraq conflict in “In the Valley of Elah.” The tactics of an elite... Hollywood goes to war: Mainstream movies focus on Iraq, terrorismby Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][1.Oct.07] :. Writer Matthew Michael Carnahan makes a living pounding out movie scripts, where flights of fantasy and retreats from reality are the daily stock in trade. But a couple of autumns back, while... Iraq was the focus of a grim Toronto film festivalby Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Sep.07] :. TORONTO—It didn’t take much effort to identify the dominant trend at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which concluded its 32nd edition Saturday. This year, you... Guantanamo omnipresent in pop cultureby Carol Rosenberg [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Sep.07] :. MIAMI—In Boston this summer, an Irish comedian staged a one-hour show in an orange jumpsuit and a crown of thorns. He played Jesus Christ at Guantanamo Bay. As the son of God, he has returned... Last One In by Nicholas Kulishby Jonathon Walter[28.Aug.07] :. There hasn't exactly been a glut of fiction dealing with the current war in Iraq. Scholar’s first film captures Iraqby Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][13.Aug.07] :. “I’ve wanted, semi-secretly, to make films for a long time,” confesses Charles Ferguson, the 52-year-old political-science scholar, information-technology author, and software... PopMatters Pick Film ReviewNo End in Sight (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[27.Jul.07] :. Charles Ferguson's smart, meticulous documentary No End in Sight explains the first year in Iraq in detail, at once alarming and dismal. Shadow Company (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Jul.07] :. The examination of private military companies (today's preferred term within the industry) undertaken by Nick Bicanic and Jason Bourque's film is at once informative and provocative. Rory Kennedy Reveals the Ghosts of Abu Ghraibby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][13.Jun.07] :. Kennedy's film provides a history of the Abu Ghraib scandal and places the events that took place there within the context of the Bush administration's attempt to redefine torture. Internet documentary series offers a peek at young Iraqis’ livesby Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][5.Jun.07] :. Adel is just like many guys his age. The dark-haired, spaghetti-thin, 23-year-old engineering student hangs out with his friends, plays in a rock band and dreams hazily about the future. But his... Edwards takes political gamble with holiday offensiveby Jim Morrill [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][23.May.07] :. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Laura Belin plans to take her children to a Memorial Day parade Monday. There, at the urging of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, she expects to join others protesting... Obama mocks Bush for ‘talking tough’by Mike Dorning [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][14.May.07] :. WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama mocked President Bush for constantly “talking tough” as the Illinois senator spoke about judgment in a crisis during a... Blair leaves behind a legacy of accomplishmentby Tom Hundley [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][11.May.07] :. LONDON—His approval ratings have tanked, mainly as a result of his fateful entanglement with the Bush administration and its war in Iraq. But there is little doubt that history will record... Clinton joins effort to revoke war authorizationby Ron Hutcheson and Renee Schoof [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.May.07] :. WASHINGTON—Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose vote to authorize the Iraq war is a sore point with anti-war Democrats, joined an effort Thursday to revoke the authorization. Legislation being... Bush vetoes war spending billby Mark Silva and Jim Tankersley [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][2.May.07] :. WASHINGTON - With President Bush’s veto Tuesday of a war-spending bill that demanded timelines for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, Democratic congressional leaders will be pressed to... Edwards to Democrats: Don’t back down from veto threatby Peter Hecht and Andy Furillo [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Apr.07] :. SAN DIEGO - Closing a state Democratic convention gripped with anti-war fervor, presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday challenged Democrats in Congress to vote repeatedly to end the war in... The Changing Face of War by Martin Van Creveldby Chris Barsanti[27.Apr.07] :. Van Creveld shows that all the U.S. military's technological prowess hasn't helped much in the current war, and in fact often helps distance its soldiers from the conflict they should be waging. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewIraq in Fragments (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Nov.06] :. A meditation on chaos and coping, the documentary keeps its focus intently on Iraqis. PopMatters Pick Film DVD ReviewThe Dreams of Sparrows (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Jul.05] :. Director Hayder Mousa Daffar had a dream, to make a documentary about his Iraq. Not, he says, the Iraq that he sees 'on the internet, on the news... bombs and explosions', but a country where people lived, and survived, and aspired for more. |
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