The new mountain-climbing documentary Meru is not only an irresistible adrenaline rush of a movie (opening Friday at Bay Area theatres), but for serious film buffs a very tangible lesson in the ...

Meru, a 2015 documentary film co-directed by Jimmy Chin and his wife, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, thrills. The awe-inspiring film examines the 2011 first ascent of a new route up a 4,000-foot wall ...

The documentary aims to capture not only the technical difficulties of high-altitude climbing but the personal cost and ...

There's a scary moment midway through the new rock climbing documentary "Girl Climber" when the film's subject, Emily Harrington, has to leave the theater during viewings. During a nighttime climb up ...

Filmmaker Tom Shadyac, known for such comedy films as Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty, is behind the documentary Memphis to the Mountain that is set to launch later this month. Director Zachary Barr’s ...