Film Review: Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
byWritten by Kevin Hawkins Originally published 18 January 2020 Mikhail Gorbachev is widely credited as one of the key figures in bringing an end…
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Film Review: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017)
byWritten by David Nagle Originally published 2 July 2019 Werner Herzog’s own documentaries are interested in trying to visualise the invisible, in seeing inside…
Film Review: The Lost City of Z (2016)
byWritten by Louise Agostino Originally published 20 August 2017 The Lost City of Z, directed by James Gray, is derived from a 2009 non fiction novel by David Grann….
Film Review: Queen of the Desert (2016)
byWritten by David Nagle Originally published 30 May 2016 Werner Herzog is a fascinating artist. A mad genius who for over fifty years of filmmaking…
MIFF 2014: Life Itself (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 9 August 2014 It’s hard to imagine what the landscape of film criticism would be had there been…
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)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 1 January 2013 Adapted from the popular series of novels by Lee Childs, Jack Reacher is a big…
MIFF Review: On Death Row (2012)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 5 August 2012 Although Into The Abyss, the new Werner Herzog documentary was supposed to be screened during…
Film Review: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 28 September 2011 Werner Herzog and a small team of filmmakers were granted extremely limited and rare access…
Film Review: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 30 August 2011 I have a dirty confession to make. I have never seen a Werner Herzog film….