Mountain

While the film takes an unequivocally romantic approach to mountains, it doesn't shy away from casting a critical eye on the colonial thinking that underpinned early mountaineering exploits and that continues in a different form today.

The movie is rich with ideas as it fixates on characters roaming empty worlds, searching for impossible ideals. This time, revelation creeps into the picture with heartbreaking results.

This Australian nonfiction feature plays like a highbrow version of an IMAX nature documentary.

Featuring towering imagery enriched by a sumptuous narration from recent Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Jennifer Peedom’s documentary is a testimony to what draws people to the mental and physical summits they seek to conquer.