Free Solo

Ascending alone and unassisted by ropes – but followed by a crack camera crew who are – climber Alex Honnold plots his defeat of Yosemite’s terrifying El Capitan rock face, in an enthralling National Geographic documentary that digs into the strange psychology of thrillseeking. A mountain’s mass and a man’s resolve become symbiotically overpowering. Tim Robey 12A cert, 100 min