While Herzog is wholly committed to the wanderer spirit here ... his admirable travelogue also frequently gets lost in the twists and turns of its uneven course.

| Jun 5, 2021

One of the kindest things Herzog has ever made, even if it doesn't have the intellectual stamina to make it into the top tier of his filmography.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 19, 2020

[Werner Herzog] latest does not hit me with the usual intensity of his documentaries but it is still an interesting look into the full and varied life of his friend.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 1, 2020

This film holds up a mirror to Chapman's adventures and throws light upon his own in the process; and it's in that dance of light upon the screen that the magic happens.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 30, 2020

: In following some of the strands of Chatwin's life, we actually learn just as much about Herzog.

| Original Score: B | Oct 30, 2020

Chatwin summoned Herzog, offering him the gift of the fine, brown leather rucksack that had accompanied him on all of his travels. (Another sturdy good that Chatwin's name is attached to is the Moleskine notebook, of which he filled scads.)

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 16, 2020

In seeing the world through Chatwin's eyes, Herzog has made one of his most unexpectedly personal films.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 11, 2020

If you can make it all the way to the end of the film, there's a sweet homage... But I did find it a bit tedious.

| Sep 5, 2020

I enjoy how much [Herzog] enjoys Chatwin, even though I don't quite understand why.

| Sep 5, 2020

Iconic filmmaker Werner Herzog offers a globe-trotting tribute to an inspiring friendship with his heartfelt and thought-provoking new documentary Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 4, 2020

Nomad is amazing, inspiring, and just beautiful to look at and listen to.

| Sep 3, 2020

Chatwin's detailed, wryly hilarious storytelling is reminiscent of Herzog's filmmaking.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 3, 2020

I had never heard of the British writer Bruce Chatwin before watching Werner Herzog's documentary - and now, I'm kind of obsessed with him, though not nearly as obsessed as Herzog is.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 1, 2020

Throughout this free-flowing documentary ... Herzog's admiration, respect, and love for his subject is always present.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 28, 2020

"Nomad" has several indelible moments: seeing the backpack and annotated script, Herzog's account of visiting Chatwin just before his death. But overall the film is static and more wayward than not.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 27, 2020

This isn't the carefully curated version of Herzog, the affable old German quietly voicing wonder about the universe, or detached resignation for the fate of humanity. This is Herzog, looking back at a kindred spirit that he lost along the way.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 27, 2020

It's all stunningly visualized with sweeping drone footage, offering sumptuous perspectives on far-flung worlds that seem even further away as we're all homebound these days.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 27, 2020

Herzog has made a lumpy and rambling visual companion piece to Chatwin's books, veering from airy mystical talk to biographical snippets to Herzog's personal reminiscences about his friendship with Chatwin.

| Aug 26, 2020

As the movie's reach extends, Herzog limns an arc that stretches from Antarctica to Siberia and beyond, implying that, in a sense, we all came from the same unfixed place.

| Aug 25, 2020

Even if [Herzog] one day set out to make an overt cinematic self-portrait of his life and work, it is hard to believe that it could be as penetrating and insightful as this film.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 25, 2020