"Atonement" comes to a place that, in a lesser film, might appear sentimental but in this one is bracingly real. You can feel the movie burning away the fog of war.

Cannes: Reed Van Dyk's intimate, psychologically astute, and true portrait of the human cost of U.S. imperial violence stars Hiam Abbass and Boyd Holbrook.

Kenneth Branagh plays a fictionalized version of combat journalist Dexter Filkins, whose 2012 New Yorker article chronicled the desire of a U.S. Marine to reconcile with an Iraqi family devastated by ...

The drama, which has its world premiere at Cannes, centers on a soldier who seeks out the family he devastated - and what it takes to make a combat film that tells the truth.

I understand — intellectually, anyway — that I was supposed to fall rapturously in love with Ian McEwan’s 2002 novel Atonement. After all, I’d read and been impressed by several of McEwan’s other ...

Keira Knightley and Saoirse Ronan in 'Atonement,' a film marked with strong performances but a disappointing lack of storytelling momentum. The truth is, there's a lot to like about "Atonement," a ...

Atonement', the debut feature from filmmaker Reed Van Dyk, was one of the few American titles this year at Cannes.

Gheed - an exuberant, intelligent and very funny actress so clearly destined for international fame - has, like all the greats, jettisoned her surname. Audiences at Director's Fortnight will get a ...

TORONTO — One can't be sure of much in this world, but after early screenings of Atonement one thing was all but certain to more than one movie journalist: James McAvoy is going to be a major star.

Atonement is the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s bestselling novel. Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Vanessa Redgrave, it starts on a very hot day in 1935 when 13-year-old Briony sees her ...

Atonement has picked up 14 nominations for this year's BAFTA Film Awards. The World War II romantic drama scored acting nods for stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, as well as earning recognition ...

VENICE, Italy -- Venice Film Festival Director Marco Mueller likens the 75-year-old festival to a seismograph that picks up emerging cinematic trends. If his instincts are right, the film world is ...