The film is a quietly enraged, and enraging, assault on Donald Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Alex Gibney’s documentary tells a dramatic, if somewhat workmanlike, story of Silicon Valley hubris meeting old-fashioned scamming.
The documentary is probably best viewed not as a record of the past but a document of what’s to come.
It has the decency to recognize that only Elián González has the right to define his sense of truth for himself.
Director Alex Gibney does this vital material a disservice, giving it an air of deflated pomposity.
A work of arduous assemblage that values information over affect and zip over conviction in its ramshackle historicizing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Lawrence Wright’s presence in Going Clear is a persistent reminder of what the film could have been.
Alex Gibney’s Mr. Dynamite is a strikingly varied and substantial portrait of an intensely complex artist.
Here, telling the difference between reality and recreation becomes not only difficult, but one of the film’s central metaphors.
The documentary can’t entirely avoid the feeling of a less-productive score-settling hit piece.
We Steal Secrets lacks perspective and still feels wrapped in secrets and lies.
The Last Gladiators is more than just action-packed clips and hard-ass stories about a cold, tough sport.
If Mea Maxima Culpa lacks a certain cinematic depth, that doesn’t take away from its admirable reporting.
Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood carry out an assured assembly job with Magic Trip.
There’s no getting around it: Client 9 is a slick piece of work.
Because all the distinct directors were allowed complete creative autonomy, Freakonomics lacks for tonal cohesion.
Alex Gibney once again puts institutional corruption in his nonfiction crosshairs with Casino Jack and the United States of Money.
No, it’s never too early to talk about awards season.
Released on DVD just in time for the presidential election, the film should enrage even more people than it already has.
Alex Gibney is a lucid interviewer, getting barbed, surprising comments from Pat Buchanan, Jimmy Carter, George McGovern and Tom Wolfe.