This fierce drama follows in the footsteps of other recent Ukrainian films examining the effect of war in the Donbass region.

A deadpan depiction of a fallen society, in which the seismic effects of war for years have yielded lawlessness and chaos.

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.