“Testament of Youth” and “Mr. Holmes” open at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St., on July 24. Both films run through July 30.

“Testament of Youth” is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the World War I memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times. Rated PG-13.

“Mr. Holmes” is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellan) returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it’s too late. Rated PG.

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