The best war movies are not the ones that glorify war. Nor are they necessarily those with an anti-war message. Here, for Memorial Day, are some movies worth checking out. No sane person wants war.

Soldiers are away more than ever, and long deployments come with stretches of silence, and the nights when the mission’s done, the day’s over, and you finally have a few hours to yourself. For many ...

Arguably the best-known and most beloved American film critic of all time, Roger Ebertof the Chicago Sun-Times had a uniquely eloquent and insightful way of studying cinema, writing about it, and ...