Oct 11, 2026 · 19 min · 5 segments
Kate Rodger reviews three new films: Tenzing, Jennifer Peedom’s Everest drama with Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe; The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network sequel with Jeremy Strong; and…
Kate RodgerGuest
Paulina LauHost
It's on Apple TV, directed by Australian filmmaker Jennifer Pedam, who also did direct the doco Sherpa.
But this is, of course, after joining a British expedition, Himalayan climber Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
When I was a boy, I used to tell people it wasn't my mountain.
I never stopped thinking about it.
We've been trying to climb this mountain for 30 years.
Britain is depending on us to get up first.
Tenzing, you know the mountain better than anyone.
You paved the way for all of
us.
This is Tenzing, our head shoveler.
If I can't, I am on the climbing team.
No, no, no.
The man who's climbed higher than any humans climbed before.
John, I've watched how hungry you are.
Necessary quality up there.
I'm looking at that face that you're giving me, Perlina, and I suspect your first question is, why Tom?
It's on Apple TV, directed by Australian filmmaker Jennifer Pedam, who also did direct the doco Sherpa.
But this is, of course, after joining a British expedition, Himalayan climber Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
When I was a boy, I used to tell people it wasn't my mountain.
I never stopped thinking about it.
We've been trying to climb this mountain for 30 years.
Britain is depending on us to get up first.
Tenzing, you know the mountain better than anyone.
You paved the way for all of
us.
This is Tenzing, our head shoveler.
If I can't, I am on the climbing team.
No, no, no.
The man who's climbed higher than any humans climbed before.
John, I've watched how hungry you are.
Necessary quality up there.
I'm looking at that face that you're giving me, Perlina, and I suspect your first question is, why Tom?
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