Rüdiger Suchsland’s film is a master class in the relationship between image production and ideology writ large.
Lanzmann’s documentary is draining, demanding, resonant, and absolutely essential.
In compiling my Top 10 film list, I tried to avoid obvious choices based on general consensus.
The White Hell of Pitz Palu sums up the romantic motifs of the genre invented by geologist-filmmaker Arnold Fanck.
Decades before Stallone in nut-hugging shorts, check out the first cliffhangers.