The writer-director who made audiences debate race issues with his Oscar-winning “Crash” turns to another hot-button topic with the powerful anti-war film “In the Valley of Elah.” Showcasing death and ...

A few days after returning stateside from a tour of duty in Iraq, a young soldier goes AWOL. His father, Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), himself a retired non-commissioned officer, goes in search of ...

In 2005, agents told “Crash” writer-director Haggis that he wouldn’t be able to get the politically-charged “Elah” made. “I took it around Hollywood for about 7 months,” he said, “and people said ‘oh ...

Surely one of the strangest name changes in Hollywood history is responsible for the odd moniker that "In the Valley of Elah" brings before the public. If you don't know (I sure didn't!), that valley ...

When "Fahrenheit 9/11" (2004) came out in theaters across the nation, audiences turned up en masse to see it. Many Americans were looking forward to a film that criticized the war in Iraq and ...

Black Pearls shine as MEIFF wraps Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah" closed the inaugural Middle East International Film Festival, while Nic Balthazar's "Ben X" took home the Black Pearl Grand Jury ...

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In the classic 1946 drama "The Best Years of Our Lives," Dana Andrews, recently returned from war, asks a fellow former serviceman how he is adjusting to being back. In Paul Haggis' new "In the Valley ...

“In the Valley of Elah” writer-director Paul Haggis and star Charlize Theron talked shop as part of Variety‘s Screening Series at the Arclight Theaters in Hollywood. In 2005, agents told “Crash” ...

“In the Valley of Elah” is a different kind of war movie whose overall message is that the government is patently unprepared to deal with the traumatized men and women returning from the war in Iraq ...

Paul Haggis doesn't lack for ambition. He tackled no less than the state of race and class in the United States with his high-minded, Oscar-winning social drama "Crash." Subtlety is another matter.

This movie made me question whether we are winning the war on Iraq or if Iraq is winning the war on us. I was moved beyond words. Not quite speechless, but very silent, solemn and thoughtful. Sunday's ...