category: Film Criticism

What the Horror of “Chernobyl” Reveals About the Deceit of the Trump Era

The Intercept | June 5, 2019

It’s Time to Wage War Against War Movies That Glorify Outdated Models of Masculinity

The Intercept | January 27, 2018

Brad Pitt’s “War Machine” Offers an Absurd and Scathing Critique of America’s Generals

The Intercept | June 17, 2017

‘13 Hours’ Splashes Blood Across the Screen and Misses the Real Story of Benghazi

The Intercept | January 14, 2016

Homeland Goes Rogue Against the Espionage Act

The Intercept | November 10, 2015

How the Makers of ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Seduced the CIA with Fake Earrings

The Intercept | September 9, 2015

Benghazi Film by Michael Bay Could Be Next ‘American Sniper’ but Let’s Hope Not

The Intercept | July 30, 2015

The CIA and the Myths of the Bin Laden Raid

The Intercept | May 19, 2015

Oscars Make History, So Hollywood’s War Stories Need To Be True

The Intercept | February 13, 2015

How Clint Eastwood Ignores History in ‘American Sniper’

The Intercept | January 8, 2015

Crude World by Peter Maass

A look at oil’s indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it.

Love Thy Neighbor by Peter Maass

Dispatches from the war in Bosnia, published in 1996 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.