Is there anything left to say about "The Battle of Algiers"? ("Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range. Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon the entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor. Sound ...

Upon its release in 1966, Gillo Pontecorvo’s “The Battle of Algiers” became an instant art-house sensation and garnered three Academy Award nominations. Since then, it has been both the subject of ...

The Battle of Algiers is one of the most critically celebrated films of all time. Made in 1966 it documented Algeria's war for independence. Returning to the roots of the production and the ...

The calendar may say that it’s been 50 years since “The Battle of Algiers” was released in this country, but to look at it today, both as a political document and an aesthetic experience, makes it ...

For those who have seen “The Battle of Algiers,” Gillo Pontecorvo’s masterful 1966 panorama of political insurrection and urban anxiety, the title alone can summon forth indelible images of Algerian ...

The Battle of Algiers gave France a clear battlefield success, but the methods used to win it turned that victory into a long-term political disaster. By crushing FLN networks through mass arrests, ...

Born from dreams of celluloid, Orestes is a Greek-American writer based in London with degrees in Screenwriting, Film Studies, and Comparative Literature, as well as years of experience in ...

Cinematic representations of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation frequently invoke The Battle of Algiers as a point of reference. This reflects a long history of Palestinian ...

In the heady political maelstrom of the late 1960s, Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo released one of the most controversial and acclaimed films of modern cinema. The Battle of Algiers was a ...

Arya Shirazi joins Edge of Sports to discuss two films about revolution and resistance. Dave Zirin A scene from “The Battle of Algiers.” This year marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s ...