In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, Alex Gibney's sprawling portrait of Paul Simon, is a triumphant celebration and a missed opportunity.
Keep ReadingTIFF announces first Galas and Special Presentations titles for 2023 festival including films by Chelsea McMullan, Leigh Brooks, and Alex Gibney.
Keep ReadingWe all know that way too many people have died from overdosing on supposedly legal drugs, but have you looked at the numbers lately? In Alex Gibney’s brilliant new investigative series The
Keep ReadingTotally Under Control (USA, 124 min.) Dir. Alex Gibney, Suzanne Hillinger and Ophelia Harutyunyan Totally Under Control ends with a title card informing viewers that American President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 one
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Keep ReadingNetflix reclaims its true crime credence with The Innocence Files. After the hugely entertaining, but highly flawed and ethically dubious, quarantine sensation of Tiger King comes this nine-part feat of investigative rigour. The Innocence Files admittedly lacks the
Keep ReadingCitizen K (USA, 125 min) Dir. Alex Gibney Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Alex Gibney is a master of the well-made doc. It’s hard to find fault in his films. Everything is in its
Keep ReadingSundance remains the preeminent birthplace for the year’s great works of non-fiction, and more than a few reviewed below will almost certainly be declared the finest works of documentary for 2019.
Keep ReadingAlex Gibney’s Zero Days puts audiences in contact with a dangerous virus infiltrating the free world. D
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