Of course, behind this is the issue of Broomfield’s presentation. In his documentary work, like “Kurt & Courtney” and “Biggie and Tupac,” he aggressively implicates himself in the narratives, and ...

After a long string of films about sensational (and sensationalized) personalities, Brit docu provocateur Nick Broomfield’s recent stride into narrative filmmaking continues with “Battle for Haditha.” ...

Using real soldiers and Iraqis to recreate the event, the movie creates a raw, brutal portrait of wartime insanity. While “Haditha” escapes the pratfalls of rhetoric by taking a fly-on-the-wall ...

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Nick Broomfield, known for his unseemly documentary portraits of Aileen Wuornos, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love, brings a surprising dose of compassion to his third dramatic feature, an engaging ...

In November 2005, the U.S. Marines fell into an ambush by Iraqi insurgents and one officer got killed. The reprisals by the Americans were frightening, resulting in the massacre of 24 people, many of ...

LONDON -- U.K. distributor Metrodome is handing back U.K. rights to Nick Broomfield's Iraq drama documentary "Battle for Haditha" to sales agent Hanway Films. By Ralf Ludemann, The Associated Press ...

“Battle for Haditha” is yet another Iraq War picture based on a real incident that looks at atrocities committed by terrorists/insurgents and American troops. But what sets it apart from Brian DePalma ...

accused Nick Broomfield of being a particularly elegant filmmaker. A certain studied clumsiness is central to his whole aesthetic. In documentaries like Kurt & Courtney and Aileen Wuornos: The Selling ...