<em>The Lost City of Z</em> Is a Mysterious, Enthralling Masterpiece
James Gray’s exploration of the Amazon at the turn of the 20th century is the best work of his career.
An essential job of great epic cinema is to conjure the unimaginable for viewers, to create glorious sights and give them depth and context, to try and take in the beauty of the natural world while also grappling with its terrifying force. James Gray’s succeeds in this task. A film about venturing into the unknown, it delves into mysteries that will never fully be solved and digs into the mindset of an explorer. But beyond that, it wants to depict the search for meaningful fulfillment, to try and understand why someone might risk
