Ever since the early days of cinema with films like All Quiet on the Western Front, there has been a fascination with displaying the horrors and painful difficulties of war on the silver screen. The ...

What is it about war movies and their power to keep us coming back for more? This genre helped define the entertainment world as far back as filmmaking itself, and its ability to craft compelling, ...

The film "Atropia" is a dark comedy set at a U.S. military facility in California designed to simulate battle conditions in Iraq. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Alia Shawkat. When the film ...

It has a 'crushing' final act.