‘The Armstrong Lie,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

HollywoodandFine.com The story is right there in the title of Alex Gibney’s furious new documentary: “The Armstrong Lie.” Gibney, as probing a documentarian as is working today, is obviously not the only person who’s angry at Lance Armstrong. The seven-time Tour de France victor disappointed millions of fans by routinely …

‘The Fifth Estate,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

HollywoodandFine.com Pity the poor filmmaker who has to follow Alex Gibney in tackling any subject. Gibney, the Oscar-winning documentarian, has made a string of tough, incisive nonfiction films examining such topics as Enron, the Iraq war and beyond. His 2010 documentary about crooked Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, “Casino Jack and …

‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

HollywoodandFine.com Other documentarians may be more famous than Oscar-winner Alex Gibney, but there’s no one working right now who afflicts the comfortable with more energy and pointedness than Gibney. “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks” is Gibney’s second documentary in less than a year, after the upsetting and revealing …

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