Two Ukrainian films are reminders that the current situation in Eastern Europe isn’t unprecedented at all, but history sadly repeating itself.

This adaptation becomes a celebration of what filmmakers can achieve confined within a soundstage.

As tragic, horrifying, and bracing as it should be.

A war film set in Latvia that aims for nothing if not an epic sweep.

Based on Jake Tapper’s best-selling nonfiction book, the film features a rich and varied cast that sometimes transcends the tough-talking masculinity we expect from war films.

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.