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Citizenfour

Documentary

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.


The critical consensus

Citizenfour is a gripping record of how our rulers are addicted to gaining more and more power and control over us – if we let them.

*****Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 16/10/2014

There's 20 minutes of stalling in the second half, but the finale is a killer.

****(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 16/10/2014

here’s a sense that there’s more to this story than can be told, more than Poitras’ already lengthy and sometimes hard-going 113-minute runtime can reach.

***(*)(*)Karen Krizanovich, The List, 16/10/2014

It’s astonishing stuff; full of bizarre revelations and incredible details that even the most paranoid conspiracy theorist would struggle to make up.

*****Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 18/10/2014

A movie of brooding darkness – bravely made and utterly engrossing.

****(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 19/10/2014

Bold, unblinking filmmaking – no less than a living document of a global scandal straight from the whistleblower. Alarming and essential – anyone with a phone should see it.

****(*)Simon Crook, Empire Online, 27/10/2014


Features about Citizenfour

Film about Edward Snowden's life premieres in US

Rob Crilly, The Scotsman, 14/10/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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