New doc explores whose solutions we should trust in our fight against climate change
As climate change ravages our ecosystems, a new documentary dissects some radical solutions.
Reviews
MOVIES: an annual treat, the short Oscar nominees, plus the first Marvel movie of the year
Also: an Oscar winner back after two decades, a detective's re-appearance and men who like cats and admit it
MOVIES: Magic Mike dances up a dud but alternatives shine brightly
They include an Oscar contender, an NFB film and a touching French film
MOVIES looking ahead to the Super Bowl and to Black history month
Also catching up with Eddie Murphy and a minor romantic comedy
MOVIES: All That Breathes– climate change drives an excellent documentary
There aren't many movies that take on climate change directly. So support this one. It's a mesmerising documentary, has won awards at Cannes and Sundance and is nominated for an Academy Award. It's from India about one of the results of the man-made crisis and the efforts of a pair of brothers to do something to help.
MOVIES: An Oscar worthy performance, plus films with angry music and literate memories
Also a couple of films for lunar New Year and a computer-driven fantasy
Tom Hanks playing not so nice, Sarah Polley letting women talk and an entangled story from Korea
Also: Canadian cynicism in a modern, punky film noir
Christian Bale meets Edgar Allen Poe in a murder mystery. Climate change figures in two other films
Also: Nicolas Cage shoots it up in his first western
MOVIES: Brendan Fraser's triumph, Harvey Weinstein's downfall and my votes for the best films of 2022
From All Quiet on the Western Front and Avatar to The Whale
MOVIES: Hollywood as Babylon, superstition in Iran and home movies from France
Also two films your (older) kids will be wild about
MOVIES: Environmental stewardship and 3-D action from James Cameron's second Avatar
Also: a look back at a celebrated rock and roll day
MOVIES: TWO FIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS FROM ENGLAND AND A DISTURBING ONE FROM IRAN
Also Tilda Swinton playing both mother and daughter, Jim Parsons in a gay romance and trans people talking
MOVIES: ordinary life goes askew in White Noise, plus an artist fights the opioid sellers and a gay joins the Marines
Also a frenetic thriller from South Korea
MOVIES about Steven Spielberg's boyhood, Daniel Craig as a wily detective and a lovable donkey on the road
Also: A space-science adventure, women versus the Taliban and a prairie gothic with cannibalism
This week's best and worst distractions: movies
Also a fine Canadian film about love and a star shoemaker's charmed life