In 1999, director David Fincher brought to the cinema Fight Club, the début novel of American author Chuk Palahniuk, adapted by Jim Uhls. Packed with layer upon layer of themes, meanings, and possible interpretations, the film offers so much to its audience, it demands to be viewed over and over again. However, experience has shown [...]
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) today is as fascinating as it was upon its conception. Numerous different aspects of the film have been discussed and emphasised, from its unique story structure to its inventive use of camera and lighting, from its political messages about New Deal culture and the risks of American isolationism to its [...]
Counterinsurgency operations have a long standing history in national struggles such as revolutionary or civil war, as well as a part of conventional warfare. When, after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush declared war on terror, application of counterinsurgency doctrine was soon to follow in Afghanistan and later Iraq. [...]