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By Tom Dawson (244) for Total Film (3,532) on 25 Jun 2017

Director Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) charts her own feelings towards her subject, yet unanswered questions abound surrounding WikiLeaks’…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 18 Jun 2017

Poitras, with a suitably furtive technique that amplifies both the paranoia and the pettiness, struggles to define Assange…

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By Patrick L (1,193) on 15 Jun 2017

It's not as strong as director Laura Poitras' previous achievement Citizenfour but Risk is a compelling documentary that explores the world…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 14 Jun 2017

With the one-two punch of Citizenfour and now Risk, Poitras has peeled back layers of international secrecy, conspiracy, surveillance and hypocrisy,…

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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Student Edge (256) on 12 Jun 2017

The murky ethics behind the making of Risk fit the murkier ethics of its subject, meaning this is one of those accidentally good movies that…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 01 Jun 2017

The film captures some impressively candid footage…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 29 May 2017

the movie does capture the tedium one assumes Assange faces on a daily basis now, so on that level it's hard to deny that Poitras has succeeded…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 23 May 2017

This may be Poitras' Nate Parker moment. The most recent edit of Risk is a muddled, psychodramatic mess shaped by a thirst for retribution…

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By Keithdow (115) on 22 May 2017

What’s most notable about Risk is director Laura Poitras’ incredible access to Assange, at times capturing some of the most pivotal and…

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By Metaflix (98) on 21 May 2017

What’s most notable about Risk is director Laura Poitras’ incredible access to Assange, at times capturing some of the most pivotal and…

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By Brian D. Johnson (137) for Maclean's Magazine (153) on 18 May 2017

A film that takes on a life of its own and defies the director's best intentions…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 16 May 2017

If Poitras fails in explaining all of Assange's contradictions, that says more about his secretive character than about her journalistic skills…

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By Proteus (111) on 13 May 2017

Assange speaking and philosophizing is the best part of the movie…

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By Nate Z (390) on 12 May 2017

Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras won an Oscar for her 2014 film Citizenfour that followed Edward Snowden in his last hours as a free man…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 11 May 2017

In total, Risk is a compelling piece of viewing, as long as those viewers understand its limitations…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 11 May 2017

PBS shows Frontline or American Experience (Poitras is American, after all) would be a better venue for an edited version and would probably…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 11 May 2017

For all its proximity, Poitras' film never gets beneath [Assange's] exterior…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 11 May 2017

A segment added after the film's Cannes showing is chilling. Assange expresses his hatred for Hillary Clinton…

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By John Semley (121) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 11 May 2017

There’s no doubt that the world needs more iconoclasts, whistle-blowers and anti-authoritarian rabble-rousers…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 10 May 2017

Debuting at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and updated in light of recent events, it’s a failed film whose failure makes it interesting;…

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