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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 18 Feb 2015

There's footage from within the Ecuadorian embassy in London as Julian Assange helps with the flight that takes Snowden to Moscow, where he…

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By Steve Newall (155) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 12 Feb 2015

One of its many interesting facets is how unlike the unpredictable doco model it turns out to be while still proving utterly engrossing from…

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By Emma Morgan (12) for Total Film (3,532) on 09 Jan 2015

Snowden proves surprisingly sympathetic…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 05 Jan 2015

Poitras' movie works even better as a horror picture -- perfect for Halloween week…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 05 Jan 2015

The message of the movie is as clear as Siberian ice: Whether you’re a Tea Partier, an Occupier or just an ordinary Joe, you might be the…

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By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 05 Jan 2015

It all sounds like prophecy now, given the way things turned out…

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By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 05 Jan 2015

There haven't really been any horror films that have knocked my socks off this year, but I think I would have declared Citizenfour to be the…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 05 Jan 2015

Citizenfour doesn't paint Snowden as a hero, but Poitras' insightful examination of his motives and personality is gripping…

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By James Luxford (227) for Radio Times (2,421) on 05 Jan 2015

While the film loses some urgency in its final third, it's a thrilling, shocking snapshot of a moment in time that will live in history, a…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 05 Jan 2015

Much of the film consists of footage of Snowden explaining the range and depth of American data-mining to an increasingly horrified Greenwald…

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By Perry Seibert (178) for TV Guide (1,527) on 05 Jan 2015

Despite all its paranoia, the movie does hold out a glimmer of optimism…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 31 Dec 2014

the systematic mining of communications from people the government has no reason to suspect of terrorism is indeed a thing…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

There will be many more movies about Snowden. But likely none will be as well-done as Citizenfour…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 12 Dec 2014

Properly paranoid and self-important, but also dull and myopic in its lack of context and contrary points of view…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 10 Dec 2014

Dry yet fascinating, and always carrying an air of hushed immediacy, Citizenfour nicely documents a revelatory piece of recent history…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 06 Dec 2014

The word surveillance has the letters evil in it…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 05 Dec 2014

A hard-hitting and shocking documentary about the violation of privacy by the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 03 Dec 2014

What an astonishing, immeasurably important historical document this is-on top of being a lock for the Best Documentary Oscar…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 20 Nov 2014

Using a buzzy, unnerving score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Citizenfour makes you share the same sense of shock and paranoia as Snowden…

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By Katherine Monk (493) for Canada.com (402) on 14 Nov 2014

It's probably the most opaque operation ever conducted on a global stage, which is why Laura Poitras's clarity is such an asset: She simply…

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