One of the best movies of 1966 was "The Battle of Algiers," a war film about Algerian rebels fighting French colonial occupation. The movie, which is currently streaming on HBO Max, was notable in that it portrayed a guerilla insurgency movement in a sympathetic-ish light while not shying away from the crimes of the French military officers. It was praised by famed Chicago Tribune film critic Roger Ebert, who awarded it four stars in his 1968 review, writing :

"'The Battle of Algiers,' a great film by the young Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo, exists at this level of bitter reality. It may be a deeper film experience than many audiences can withstand: too cynical, too true, too cruel, and too heartbreaking. It is about the Algerian war, but those not interested in Algeria may substitu

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