There is always this feeling that Roeg, the cameraman for Fahrenheit 451 and Far from the Madding Crowd has a positive and original talent bursting to be developed. It's just a case of what that talent is going to find to say.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2020

Roeg's training as a cinematographer brings both advantages and hazards.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2020

What makes the film triumph over this literalness is another kind of intensity which one feels, since it's a filmmaker's, is all Roeg's.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2020

...one of the great art house freak-outs of the 1970s.

Full Review | Nov 26, 2018

Aim and Misfire.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2018

Beautifully done, I think, with a completely appropriate and consistent style.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 9, 2014

An innocent family picnic turns existential in Nicolas Roeg's brilliant Walkabout.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 7, 2001

Roeg intercuts images of modern life with the lushness of nature -- offering a stunning fable about the importance of respecting the earth.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Roeg's points about the contrasts between noble savages and civilized effetes don't stand up terribly well over time. Still, much of the film does hold up.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Is it a parable about noble savages and the crushed spirits of city dwellers? That's what the film's surface seems to suggest, but I think it's also about something deeper and more elusive: The mystery of communication.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000