This Oscar-nominated drama tells the story of the events leading up to the Srebrenica massacre, in which 8372 Bosnian Muslims…
Formally speaking, 20 Days in Mariupol is little more than a compilation of footage bravely collected by Mstyslav Chernov in…
This crazy adventure thriller was Colombia’s nomination for the 2020 Oscars. “Monos” translates to monkeys, the nom de guerre of…
Low-budget but imagination-rich, this singular sci-fi crosses a vintage found-footage aesthetic with an inspired time-travel concept. It’s 1938, and two…
Director Zhang Yimou, who already has remarkable wuxia films like Hero and House of Flying Daggers under his belt, delivers…
Great Freedom is not an easy watch. Apart from the quiet stretches of time and the claustrophobic confines of its…
Joel Coen’s minimalist vision of the Scottish play emphasizes that these monstrous acts of hubris and violence are carried out…
Based on a true story, Darin J. Sallam’s controversial debut feature Farha is, at heart, a brutal coming-of-age film. Set…
It’s always fun to watch something that makes you second guess each move, that shifts seamlessly from one thing to…
A tense chamber drama about the weather forecast that decided D-Day. All talk and barometric readings, no beaches, and it…
The late, great William Friedkin’s final film is staged with all the military precision of its naval court setting. We…
On paper, They Shall Not Grow Old’s concept doesn’t seem exciting: interviews of old soldiers reminiscing about The Great War…
The Breadwinner is as beautiful as it is heartbreaking. The animation is magical as it seamlessly jumps back and forth…
This heartbreaking Russian drama takes place in Leningrad six months after the end of the war. A boy is asked…
Given the country’s divisive politics, a second civil war seems plausible, inevitable even. But even though Civil War, the film,…
Who hasn’t been inspired by Studio Ghibli? Pakistan’s first ever hand-drawn animated feature clearly takes inspiration from the famed film…
Taking a page from ghost movies past, My Dead Friend Zoe follows Merit as she struggles to move on from…
Horror movies have always been creepier to me when they play on our fear of the “unknown” rather than gore.…
There’s a cruelty to In My Mother’s Skin that may seem off-putting at first, but one must reckon with the…
War makes animals of men, and Filip is no exception. The film portrays a lone Jewish survivor who walks the…
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) is back in full form with this three-hour movie based on a true story.…
Taking place entirely on beachside farmlands in Denmark, Land of Mine takes a particularly intimate—and visually distinct—approach to war. The…
Golda Meir was Israel’s only female Prime Minister and that’s already reason enough a biopic celebrating her historical importance would…
More shooting and spectacle than story, Sisu is a stunningly shot and unapologetically gory action film set at the tail…
As far as heroic biopics go, One Life is fairly standard, if not a bit forgettable. The film’s monotonous pace…
A War (Krigen) is a Danish war drama that focuses on Commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) as he leads a…
Named after the Celtic concept of heaven, Summerland is a rare queer period drama that feels hopeful rather than despairing.…
It’s an incredible story, but it’s one that only really deserves to be told a certain way, which director Arthur…
In what was originally intended to be his final film, Hayao Miyazaki is at his most lucid with The Wind…
Far from Men adapts Albert Camus’ The Guest, but while the events of the story occurred half a century ago,…
Set in the British colonial era, Captain Miller is more unapologetically violent than its counterparts, but it’s not mindlessly so.…
Retrograde takes place in early 2021 and captures the exact moment when the US troops exited Afghanistan, effectively leading to…
While best known for 1977 cult horror classic House, Nobuhiko Obayashi first dreamed of adapting Hanagatami, a 1937 novella by…
A quiet documentary that was released to celebrate the British Royal Air Force’s centenary, Spitfire tells the story of the…
When thinking about one’s family, we tend to remember our parents as parents, and rarely as people of their own.…
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