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Donald Rumsfeld, shown here on a 2006 visit to Iraq, was the Secretary of Defense during the beginning of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Errol Morris spent over 30 hours interviewing Rumsfeld for his latest documentary. USMC/Getty Images hide caption
In The Missing Picture, director Rithy Panh uses clay figurines to recall his experience of the genocide in Cambodia at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. Strand Releasing hide caption
The heavens open on Russell Crowe, as Noah, in the new Bible-based film. Niko Tavernise/Courtesy of Paramount Pictures hide caption
Jack Farmer (Luke Moran), a kind-hearted member of the Military Police stationed at Abu Ghraib, finds himself questioning the jail's culture. Courtesy of hide caption
Brothers Tommy (Ryan Jones) and Eric (Nathan Varnson), and their group of friends spend much of their summer hanging out in the woods and abandoned buildings near their small New Jersey town. Courtesy of Tribeca Film hide caption
Ila (Emma Watson) and her husband, Shem, are two passengers aboard the ark built by Noah to escape God's flood in Noah, Darren Aronofsky's imagining of the biblical tale. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures hide caption
Saajan Fernandes (Irrfan Khan) is a widower whose correspondence comes in an unlikely package — a lunchbox. Ritesh Batra/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Michael Peña plays Cesar Chavez in the film about the activist. Courtesy of Lionsgate hide caption
The 2014 film Noah has stirred up the ire of some conservative Christians, who accuse the filmmakers of using a story about environmental catastrophe to push a message about climate change and conservation. Niko Tavernise/Courtesy of Paramount Pictures hide caption
In their new documentary Finding Vivian Maier, John Maloof and Charlie Siskel profile a reclusive photographer and her undiscovered photo archive. Vivian Maier/Courtesy of IFC Films hide caption
Michael Pena as Cesar Chavez Pantelion Films hide caption
Nokubheka, 12, had to move away from her family and into a hospital for treatment against drug-resistant tuberculosis. Screenshot from PBS/YouTube hide caption