War films
Quo Vadis, Aida? review – shattering return to Srebrenica
Through the eyes of a translator moving between the different ethnic factions, director Jasmila Žbanić musters real tragic power and clear-eyed compassion revisiting the massacre 25 years on
Peter Bradshaw
20, Jan, 2021 @4:00 PM
Recon review – GIs on a mission to nowhere
Second world war soldiers in Italy march warily towards a possible trap in a disappointingly flat adaptation of Richard Bausch’s much-lauded novel
Ellen E Jones
13, Jan, 2021 @4:00 PM
Michael Apted: a vital and dignified director who understood how class shapes us all
Apted made his name with the brilliant Up TV series that examined people’s lives every seven years, before going on to become a film-maker of distinction, whose influence cannot be overstated
Peter Bradshaw
08, Jan, 2021 @10:31 PM
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi review – Indian rebellion epic gets feminist retelling
Devika Bhise as the widowed monarch Rani Lakshmibai shows the Victorian Brits, including Rupert Everett, what she’s capable of in this impressive drama
Leslie Felperin
11, Dec, 2020 @9:00 AM
A Call to Spy review – meticulous depiction of female war-time agents
Exploring the cultural sexism meted out to women during the second world war, this drama based on real people avoids cliche
Andrew Pulver
22, Oct, 2020 @1:00 PM
Tony Todd on Candyman, Black Lives Matter and seeing stars cry on the set of Platoon
The actor who terrified a generation in the 90s horror classic returns to the role for the sequel – and for a documentary looking back at the gruelling shoot on Oliver Stone’s iconic 1986 war movie
Phil Hoad
01, Oct, 2020 @12:32 PM
Brothers in Arms review – Platoon's veterans hold their audience hostage
Gruelling, macho and punishingly dull: welcome to the making-of documentary about Oliver Stone’s Vietnam classic
Ellen E Jones
01, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM
The Eight Hundred review – ear-rattling, breathtaking battle for 'Chinese Alamo'
One regiment’s symbolic and often suicidal defence of a warehouse in bombed-out Shanghai is the subject of this tub-thumping war epic
Cath Clarke
16, Sep, 2020 @3:00 PM
When art films attack: why The Painted Bird's try-hard horrors fail to land | Ryan Gilbey
From Haneke to Von Trier, the arthouse provocateur has a long, grim history. But there’s a thin line between trauma and tedium
Ryan Gilbey
14, Sep, 2020 @7:00 AM
The Painted Bird review – gruelling descent into war's deepest horror | Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The story of a young Jewish boy’s odyssey through occupied Poland during the second world war is filled with almost unimaginable horror
Peter Bradshaw
11, Sep, 2020 @6:00 AM
Mulan review – Disney's dynamic girl warrior hits the small screen…
This terrific live-action remake cries out to be seen in cinemas
Wendy Ide
06, Sep, 2020 @10:00 AM
Battling on: what Russia's unrelenting appetite for second world war films means
Heroism, tragedy – and lots of tanks … the Russian obsession with the war is as strong as the west’s – but it conveys a very different message
Alex Cox
01, Sep, 2020 @11:56 AM
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