The new Netflix All Quiet on the Western Front film is getting very good reviews, some comparing it to the acclaimed 1930 Best Picture version. Let's hope they're seeing it in Russia. "A chilling piece of anti-war filmmaking." --The Playlist "[Director] Berger proves here that All Quiet on the Western Front still packs a very loud punch." --Deadline "A beautiful, … [Read more...]
A Hidden Life | Film
Austrian peasant farmer Franz Jägerstätter, refuses to fight for the National Socialists in World War II despite every manner of pressure, torture, and abuse. Based on a true story. [ A Hidden Life credits: Dir: Terrence Malick / August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon/ 174 min/ Biography, Drama, Romance/ Resistance to Tyranny, Anti-Draft, Anti-War/ 2020] External … [Read more...]
The Price of Peace | Film Review
A documentary examination of how best to avoid war reveals that maintaining a strong defense, costly though it may be, is inescapably the price of peace. [Price of Peace credits: Dir: Kip Perry, Elan Bentov/ Johan Norberg/ 60 min/ Documentary/ Anti-war/ 2018] War is indeed the health of the State -- pretty much every war ends up stimulating a permanent expansion of … [Read more...]
American Umpire (2016)
A documentary examination of how the US became the world's policeman questions the cost and usefulness of taking up that role. [ American Umpire credits: Dir: James Shelley/ 58 min/ Documentary/ Anti-War] External Reviews "Compelling.” --Veterans News Now "American Umpire delivers an intriguing invitation to re-think America's role in the world." --Pacific Century … [Read more...]
Free State of Jones (2016)
A poor white farmer refuses to defend slave-owners, and leads an armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Based on a true story. [ Free State of Jones credits: Dir: Gary Ross/ Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali/ 139 min/ Action-Adventure, Biography/ Anti-Draft, Anti-War, Second Amendment] External Reviews "Libertarian ode to the free state that exists … [Read more...]
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
The story of the Vietnam War as told through actual letters written home by those who served. [ Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam credits: Dir: Bill Couturie/ 84 min/ Documentary-Educational/ Anti-War] Although this film doesn’t directly address libertarian objections to the Vietnam War—the draft, the lack of a declaration of war, the irrelevance of the war to … [Read more...]
White Nights (1985)
A plane crash in Siberia lands a Soviet defector in the hands of the KGB. Only with the help of an American defector will he escape. [ White Nights credits: Dir: Taylor Hackford/ Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Isabella Rossellini, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page/ 135 min/ Thriller, Musical-Dance/ Escape from Socialism, Anti-War] “White Nights is one of my favorite … [Read more...]
The Killing Fields (1984)
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST PICTURE A New York Times correspondent and his Cambodian guide brave the dangers of war and socialist atrocity to report the truth, and to protect each other. Based on a true story. [ The Killing Fields credits: Dir: Roland Joffe/ Sam Waterston, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich/ 141 min/ Action-Adventure/ Democide, Escape from Socialism, Free Press … [Read more...]
Gallipoli (1981)
Two naive and adventurous young friends enlist in Australia’s military, just in time to be sent far from home into one of the many ill-fated and pointless bloodbaths of World War I. [ Gallipoli credits: Dir: Peter Weir/ Mark Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr/ 111 min/ Action-Adventure/ Australia/ Anti-War] “The film shows just how cheaply lives are spent once in the hands of … [Read more...]
Hair (1979)
A country boy on his way to Vietnam experiences the 1960s counterculture, and is inadvertently saved by it. [ Hair credits: Dir: Milos Forman/ Treat Williams, John Savage, Beverly D’Angelo/ 122 min/ Musical-Dance, Drama/ Anti-Draft, Anti-War] “Part flower-child musical, part social commentary, this is an often entertaining film, with good choreography and a sense of humor. … [Read more...]