Stop-Loss

After serving his tour of duty in Iraq, a young American soldier who is ordered to return to the front lines as part of the military's controversial stop-loss policy opts instead to go AWOL in a thought-provoking military drama directed by Kimberly Peirce. Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Philippe) is a ...more

It has been nearly a decade since the release of Kimberly Peirce's debut feature, Boys Don't Cry, an emotional punch-in-the-stomach examination of bigotry and transgender violence. Clearly the audacious director is no stranger to sobering subject matter, and with her follow up film she tackles yet another relevant and divisive social issue: the current war in Iraq. The movie's title comes from a military policy which dictates that a soldier's enlistment contract may be extended when deemed ...more