The Battle of Algiers was banned in France until the mid-1970s when it finally was released in a censored version, perhaps because that most cinema-conscious of countries could no longer stand ...

Gillo Pontecorvo revolutionized the war genre with The Battle of Algiers, an Italian-Algerian ... weary writer and his estranged wife. This movie perfectly exemplifies Antonioni’s focus on ...

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 ...