Civil War


by Reverse Shot

Reverse Shot— Civil War Dir. Alex Garland, U.S./U.K., A24. The 15-year-old me would have gotten a big kick out of Civil War—but for better or for worse...

TheJournal.ie—Fewer fatalities in the Civil War than War of Independence, new research suggests. The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project, launched today, lists all of the combatant and civilian fatalities in the Irish Civil War.

Daily Kos—'Civil War' is a movie. Putin's pals want a real war between the states. The dystopian thriller “Civil War” has been the No. 1 film at the U.S. box office for the last two weekends. But viewers, liberals and conservatives alike, should be aware that Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s propagandists are hoping that a second American Civil War actually happens. After the House approved the $61 billion Ukraine aid package on Saturday, the hawkish former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, wrote on Telegram: “I cannot...

NPR—Police enter UCLA anti-war encampment; Arizona repeals Civil War-era abortion ban. Law enforcement officers have moved into a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban.