Petropolis

The Telegraph“Cautionary and seductive...” Fly-by Greenpeace tour of Alberta’s tar sands and glistening refineries – a lunar landscape that’s both cautionary and seductive...

The Observer“A short, hallucinatory documentary...” Sixty years ago, we might have been presented by the same powerful images as signs of technological progress. We now remember Tacitus's withering line: "They make a wilderness and call it peace."...

Little White Lies“A gloriously cinematic departure from a broken formula...” But for a short, oblique narration at the film’s denouement, there is no celebrity commentary, no talking heads, no statistics, no argument and counter-argument. The portents of Petropolis are not voiced, but indisputably seen...

Guardian“Stunning, fugue-like aerial photography justifies its cinema release...” The visuals lull us dreamily, gliding over mile after mile of glossy green treetops before catching a glimpse of mine-scarred landscape, which has its own kind of apocalyptic beauty...

The Times“Most eco-docs are not films...” They are simply animated pamphlets made by people whose imaginations have long since been calcified by cant. Which makes the gorgeous, affecting and deeply cinematic eco-documentary Petropolis something of a movie miracle...

Variety“Not yet reviewed”

The Independent“Not yet reviewed.”

Empire“Not yet reviewed.”

Total Film “Mettler’s haunting images speak with conscientious clarity for him...” Little narration is needed: sweeping shots of the truly overwhelming natural terrain are as awesome as anything in Avatar...

Time Out film“Slo-mo photography gives the film a ghostly feel...” This hallucinatory, 43-minute film is more of a protesting art piece than a docu-essay...