Film Review: Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
byMikhail Gorbachev is widely credited as one of the key figures in bringing an end to the Cold War between the US and the…
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Film Review: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017)
byWerner Herzog’s own documentaries are interested in trying to visualise the invisible, in seeing inside the mind, the soul, and exploring the depths and…
Film Review: The Lost City of Z (2016)
byThe Lost City of Z, directed by James Gray, is derived from a 2009 non fiction novel by David Grann. The story is centred on Percy Fawcett, an archaeologist…
Film Review: Queen of the Desert (2016)
byWerner Herzog is a fascinating artist. A mad genius who for over fifty years of filmmaking has used the camera to uncover new layers of…
MIFF 2014: Life Itself (2014)
byIt’s hard to imagine what the landscape of film criticism would be had there been no Roger Ebert. Forget for a moment that he…
Film Review: The Loneliest Planet (2011)
byCrude, excessively long and just plain misconceived, The Loneliest Planet is not only the perfect case study of how not to make world cinema, it’s also a perseverance test for audiences looking for punishment.
Film Review: Jack Reacher (2012)
byAdapted from the popular series of novels by Lee Childs, Jack Reacher is a big budget, franchise baiting attempt to create a darker, edgier…
MIFF Review: On Death Row (2012)
byAlthough Into The Abyss, the new Werner Herzog documentary was supposed to be screened during the festival, what was actually shown (without any announcement…
Film Review: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
byWerner Herzog and a small team of filmmakers were granted extremely limited and rare access to shoot a 3D documentary inside the French Chauvet…
Film Review: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
byI have a dirty confession to make. I have never seen a Werner Herzog film. Not even Grizzly Man. I confess this lack of…