Can you remember the last time a documentary actually took your breath away? I can. It happened on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, in a theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The film ...

Known for her films My Country, My Country (2006), The Oath (2010), and this year’s Citizenfour, Academy Award-nominated director and producer Laura Poitras doesn’t stray from politically charged ...

news stories and critical pieces to you. 1. “Citizenfour” for Best Picture. The Edward Snowden documentary “Citizenfour” seems like a near certain bet for a Best Documentary nomination at the Oscars, ...

“Citizenfour” director Laura Poitras will be honored with the inaugural Filmmakers Who Make a Difference Award at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award is a part of the ...

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim cogshell, Andy Klein, and Claudia Puig review this week’s releases, including “John Wick,” “Citizenfour,” “Camp X-Ray” and more. TGI-Filmweek! Larry Mantle and ...

Citizenfour director Laura Poitras has filed a lawsuit against the US federal government in a District of Columbia court for “Kafkaesque harassment” she says she’s endured in airports and border ...

One day there will be a comprehensive, retrospective documentary about Edward Snowden and his leaking of sensitive, explosive, damning government intel. (It will almost certainly be directed by Alex ...

Filmmaker Laura Poitras captured the moment former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself as the source behind a massive document leak of classified surveillance in 2013. Two years later, ...

Laura Poitras became a rock star of the documentary world with 2014’s Oscar-winning “Citizenfour,” an explosive and definitive account of the Edward Snowden story that brought Poitras’ investigative ...

From Wednesday, July 24 through Tuesday, August 6, BAM presents We Can't Even: Millennials on Film, a 14-day, 27-feature, three-short series that takes a prismatic approach to the experiences of a ...