In last year’s Caméra d’Or winner at Cannes, a young forensic anthropoligist delves into a dark chapter of Guatemala’s long civil war.

Danger comes from all corners: snipers; huge, voracious rats; and land mines. World War I, in its many facets, is the central character.

A brutal and Putin-approved work of Holocaust education.

The film offers a rewarding, deeply involving experience, though viewers should be prepared: it is not an easy watch, nor is it meant to be.

An excoriating portrait of Nazism from the point of view of an imposter.

A family saga, a looming war, and an orphan girl’s fate—films don’t get more potentially epic than Xavier Beauvois’s The Guardians.

Based on R.C. Sheriff’s 1928 play of the same title, Journey’s End follows doomed British infantry stationed in northern France during World War I.

The domestic front intersects with a military checkpoint in the theater of the absurd via Israel.

If there already isn’t a patron saint of war photographers, this thrilling, ultimately insightful film makes a strong case it should be Chris Hondros.