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This article appears in the August 2025 print edition with the headline “Damn You All to Hell!” When you buy a book using a ...
Spielberg's contemporary spin on H. G. Wells would be up there with his best if only he could have nailed the ending.
Warfare boasts one of the most unfiltered portrayals of combat in modern cinema, it also forces you to reckon with uncomfortable choices and blurred moral lines. Here's what left a sour taste in ...
In a short film and in conversation, the German filmmaker ponders the meaning of freedom, the complacency of peace and the new insecurity from Russia’s war and Donald Trump.
War Movies: What Are They Good For? “Warfare” reconstructs an ill-fated 2006 mission in Iraq from the memories of the Navy SEAL s involved. Does this method bring us closer to the reality of ...
“I’ve been in a lot of gunfights. I know what it sounds like to be shot at.” Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza take us inside their harrowing real-time war film.
In an interview with Digital Trends, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza discuss their new movie, Warfare, and how they filmed the action in real time.
Former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza has made his directorial debut with "Warfare," an honest and visceral new movie based on his memories of the Iraq War.
Warfare directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland discuss making the most visceral war film imaginable, and strongly dismiss those who would label it “propaganda” without seeing the movie.
Alex Garland’s Warfare puts us in the room as a group of Navy SEALs come under fire in Iraq. It’s not easy to watch.