An enchanted layering of grotesque visual perfection, environmental concern, and the questioning of an artist's moral duties, not only in a political sense, but of one's authorship in documentation turned art turned different art form.

| Nov 17, 2020

Proves even more revealing than the photographs it celebrates.

| Jun 1, 2020

An astonishing visual indictment of man's inhumanity to Mother Earth, as seen through the documentary prism of Jennifer Baichwal.

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 23, 2018

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 9, 2008

There is nothing wrong with Baichwal's camerawork, with a fascinating opening eight-minute shot of it roaming across a Chinese factory floor, particularly stunning - but everything lacks depth.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 28, 2008

Burtynsky's awe-inspiring work ultimately speaks for itself.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 28, 2007

Each of Burtynsky's subjects is impressive in its scale, but terrifying in its ecological impact.

| Dec 6, 2007

What the film does well is to make us part of the problem: After all we demand the lowest prices in everything we buy and that probably means it was made in China.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 19, 2007

A film in search of a subject.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 12, 2007

Burtynsky avoids any political content to his work, but it's hard not to feel anxious and sad at the spectacle of the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the world's most populous nation.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2007

My first question: What kind of nefarious events had to occur so that I could purchase the computer with which I write this review?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2007

Like Burtynsky's pictures, captures images that are at once awesome, humbling, and rather terrifying.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 20, 2007

I got the streamlined version of a minimalist modern art piece, when what I wanted was an old-fashioned documentary.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 18, 2007

Documentarian Jennifer Baichwal's film finds a way to comment on ecological and environmental destruction without bludgeoning audiences with heavy-handed messages. There is a mesmerizing quality to the film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 16, 2007

Burtynsky's photos are stunning (some of his images of dumps resemble Jackson Pollack's drip art), but what's most interesting about Landscapes is the tension between his work and the filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 11, 2007

Baichwal just tries to create a cinematic equivalent of Burtynsky's still images rather than a documentary on the artistic process of Burtynsky himself. So the end result is a film that would be better as a coffee table book.

Full Review | Aug 3, 2007

Feels constrained and rather dutiful, no matter how passionate these people are about what they're observing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 27, 2007