The official record of Britain’s 1924 Everest expedition, and Mallory and Irvine’s summit attempt. To the explorer, an intertitle card tell us, Everest is “the last of the world’s great lodestones of romance and adventure.” The Epic of Everest was filmed in 1924, nearly 30 years before the mountain was finally conquered, but it’s still… The Epic of Everest Read More
Dirtbag: The Legend Of Fred Beckey 4 stars
*** Read my interview with David O’Leske, director of Dirtbag: The Legend Of Fred Beckey *** Paper salesman. Insurance. Gold stolen from a crashed plane in the Canadian wilderness. No one was entirely sure how Fred Beckey, American climber extraordinaire, made the money that allowed him to spend most of the year pursuing his passion… Dirtbag: The Legend Of Fred Beckey Read More
Free Solo 4 stars
*** Check out the Vanity Fair video about filming Free Solo at the bottom of the page (review not spoilery, video & trailer are) *** I wouldn’t call Free Solo a comedy but there are some very funny moments, and the comment “that’s the most magnificent crack on Planet Earth” certainly raised a titter from the… Free Solo Read More
Prevenge 4 stars
Sometimes it feels like our babies, even before birth, are intent on taking over everything, our bodies and our minds. Factor in the increasing number of ways mothers-to-be are told their needs must always be secondary to those of their unborn children and it’s no surprise that we’ve now got a film which pushes this idea to the max…. Prevenge Read More