The 21st time was the charm for legendary sound mixer Kevin O’Connell at the Oscars. He won his first Academy Award — after 20 previous losses — for his work on Mel Gibson’s WWII drama “Hacksaw Ridge.

"Hacksaw Ridge" tells the tale of a pacifist U.S. Army medic in World War II, but was the Andrew Garfield-led film fiction or ...

From Greek myths to modern comic book movies, heroes are often required to cross a threshold where the laws of the ordinary world are suspended. In Mel Gibson’s war film Hacksaw Ridge, it’s the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This isn't a film about a man who took up arms to fight for his country. It's about a man who dared to stand for the United States ...

For all sorts of emotional and psychological reasons, I’m trying to figure out as a critic and, relatedly, as a human, audiences tend to remember and even admire what traumatizes them in the name of ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Film Critic Mel Gibson may not always be a good director, but he’s never a stupid one. His Hacksaw Ridge, which premiered here in Venice on Sunday, is blunt and effective, a picture cannily crafted ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

The dominant themes of Mel Gibson’s filmmaking career have been extreme violence, history and religion. Small wonder that the actor would find a project that combines them all to begin his comeback ...

The film stars Andrew Garfield — who also earned a best actor nom — as a conscientious objector in World War II. By Arlene Washington, Tatiana Siegel Mel Gibson continues his run through awards season ...

Can art be a form of atonement? That seems to be the case Mel Gibson is trying to make. After a ten-year absence from directing — his last run at the helm in Apocalypto arrived between a drunk driving ...