Climbing Film

The new six-episode series has some major discrepancies between TV and reality.

Filmed for climbers and gift-wrapped for the Free Solo mainstream audience, this new feature documentary about Emily Harrington is poised to shake up the all-male El Cap canon.

Thanks to the EXPLORE Act, most outdoor photographers and videographers will no longer need permits to shoot in national parks.

The new Netflix documentary highlights the “rivalry” between solo alpinists Dani Arnold and the late Ueli Steck.

‘Both & Neither’ profiles two Mexican American climbers who have spent their lives attempting to bridge their two cultures, trying to find a space that feels like home.

By repurposing old climbing-media tropes, Barr, Bisharat, and Rosen reveal a core truth about our sport, while also bringing our attention to one of the world’s most marginalized communities.

“I’ve always said I want to climb 5.15, and I do, but I think I want to be a mom more.”—Paige Claassen in 'LOVE'

‘Letting Go’ profiles Julie Hwang, a Taiwanese American climber, who leaned on her community, Chinese medicine, and climbing to work through a traumatic divorce.

An incomplete (but very long) list of the best films streaming online right now, organized by streaming service. Updated March 22, 2023.

Filmmakers have bigger budgets, smaller cameras, and new editing technology at their fingertips. They’ve also gotten better at telling nuanced stories.

'Fall' is an edge-of-your-seat ride of whompers, pröösiks, hand-wenching, vulture attacks, free-fall and free-ball rappels, one-armed max hangs, and finally, an epic trundle for the ages. Four stars.

“You’ve got to find a cool angle or a cool story or something interesting to say.”

Lured by a black and white Bradford Washburn photograph, three renowned climbers pursue a striking new route and the story of an Alaskan legend.

Alison Hargreaves and her son Tom Ballard were two of the finest alpinists of their eras. “The Last Mountain” skillfully exposes the void formed in their wakes, though it diminishes Ballard’s climbing partner in the process.

850 Miles of hiking and biking for 15 free solos … What could possibly go wrong?

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