More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle, the war film and national history. One of the boldest ...

This summer, Oregon farmer Joe Rossi’s property in North Portland has doubled as the set of his self-written short film about a Civil War-era rivalry. Rossi, who began dabbling in movie-making two ...

How much can you strip away from the war film and still have a war film? That question invigorates “The Damned,” the new movie from Roberto Minervini, an Italian-born director who has spent the last ...