When Werner Herzog traveled into the Amazon rainforest, he found chaos and madness. But when James Gray ventured into it for his film The Lost City of Z, he found poetry and purpose. Based on David Grann’s book of the…
See Werner Herzog’s Fiery New Trailer
Hot on the heels of Werner Herzog’s last documentary Lo and Behold, Netflix has released the trailer for the platform’s own Herzog doc, Into the Inferno. From the trailer, this looks like Herzog in top form—it contains dramatic, heavily accented narration…
NYFF Review: The Lost City of Z
When Werner Herzog traveled into the Amazon rainforest, he found chaos and madness. But when James Gray ventured into it for his film The Lost City of Z, he found poetry and purpose. Based on David Grann’s book of the…
Sundance And Me: ‘Little Men,’ ‘Lo And Behold,’ ‘Dazed And Confused’
Before I get to know someone, I am awkward, distant, and some might say pretentious. I’m constantly concerned with what others think of me. I try to impress rather than connect. Before embarking on a 20-hour trek with another Vancouver…
Movie Review: ‘The Look of Silence’
Who could forget the pain on Maria Falconneti’s face in The Passion of Joan of Arc or Jean-Pierre Léaud’s hopelessness in The 400 Blows? Some of cinema’s most memorable performances are not from big and extravagant gestures but from quiet…
The Film Canon: ‘Aguirre, the Wrath of God’ (1972)
It’s very possible that many people’s first encounter with Werner Herzog’s 1972 German epic Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) will be through the cinephilic references in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. After the first ten…
Movie Review: The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing is a difficult watch. Throughout the entirety of the film as you hear horrible, sadistic words pour out of the mouths of the men, as they reenact heinous and disgusting crimes, as you see them celebrated…