Documents obtained by a conservative watchdog group show that director Kathryn Bigelow and her crew consulted with the CIA and Defense Department in their upcoming film about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. more ›

"If he wasn't an insurgent, he sure as hell is now." So quips Staff Sergeant William James after shooting out a Baghdad cabbie's windshield with his sidearm, and then pressing the muzzle in the center of the man's forehead in an effort to get him to move his car out of a dangerous area. The line is delivered with a wry smirk as the driver is subsequently being hauled roughly from his car by a nearby squad of heavily armed American soldiers. The clever dual-purpose nature of the line — equal parts bravado-fueled action hero witticism and pointed political statement — is at the heart of what makes The Hurt Locker the best film yet made about the Iraq War, and the best American film about war since Platoon. more ›