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'In the Loop' is a Dark Satire for Dark Daysnew

Taking his cue from The Office, Armando Iannucci delivers a deliciously corrosive backstage view of the Iraq War years, as Brits and Yanks danced around what they knew was a foregone conclusion of their own making.
San Antonio Current  |  Jeff Meyers  |  08-12-2009  |  Reviews

'The Hurt Locker' is the First Good Film About the Iraq Warnew

So, yes, someone finally made a decent feature about the Iraq War. Bigelow accomplishes that because she doesn't make it about the war at all, but rather about men whose incredibly stressful jobs put them smack in the war zone.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Anders Wright  |  07-08-2009  |  Reviews

'War Child' is Too Self-Congratulatory to Truly Engagenew

C. Karim Chrobog's debut feature documentary follows Emmanuel Jal, now based in London, as he travels to the United States to lecture and perform -- mostly for young international audiences with more liberal guilt than rhythm -- and later returns to Sudan for the first time in 18 years.
Washington City Paper  |  Tricia Olszewski  |  12-04-2008  |  Reviews

'Operation Filmmaker' is an Engrossing and, At Times, Infuriating Documentarynew

Not only are the connections driven home a little more forcefully than necessary, like the War In Iraq, Operation Filmmaker has no ending. Instead, it falls into a cycle of repetition until Davenport and her subject finally melt down beyond repair and the story, like much of life, goes unfinished. No conclusion is offered.
Metro Times  |  Jeff Meyers  |  09-23-2008  |  Reviews

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