This is Week 1 of 52 MOVIES IN 2026. In January, I'm discovering Third Cinema, a movement of revolutionary films made as acts of resistance. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS from 1966 by Gillo Pontecorvo is an Algerian-Italian war film depicting the brutal struggle for independence from French colonial rule. In cinema, it is an unassailable classic with Hollywood directors such as Michael Mann, Steven Soderbergh, and Spike Lee singing its praises. And in 2022, it was voted # 45 on Sight & Sound's greatest

Charles Boyer sings "C'est La Vie" in Algiers (1938)