The ‘Battle of Algiers’ was a pivotal event in the Algerian War of Independence. Taking place in the tiny backstreets and alleys of the Algiers Casbah from the summer of 1956 through to ...

For 115 minutes, The Battle of Algiers tells the story of the snuffing out of the leadership of the underground Front de Libération Nationale (FLN), from 1954-1957. In the opening scene, the last ...

Algiers' Old City is facing a crisis ... the Algerian state has allocated more than $800 million for the Algiers Casbah’s ... the hero of "The Battle of Algiers," Gillo Pontecorvo ...

For those who have seen “The Battle of Algiers,” Gillo Pontecorvo’s masterful 1966 panorama of political insurrection and urban anxiety, the title alone can summon forth indelible images of ...

Rock the Casbah By Gregg Barrios 'Battle of Algiers' raises timeless questions for occupying forces Watching Gillo Pontecorvo's classic film, The Battle of Algiers, nearly... Best of San Antonio ...

Saadi Yacef: First of all [before I answer the question] let me say that during this fight for independence, I was arrested and betrayed by one of my lieutenants, which also happens to very ...

When Gillo Pontecorvo’s “Battle of Algiers” opened in 1966, the neo-realist film about Algerian resistance fighters in French-occupied Algiers stunned audiences with its energy, filmmaking ...

If you see ”The Battle of Algiers” today, its unruly, headlong rush of ”objective” style, potent as it is, no longer carries the same ring of this-is-really-happening authenticity.