This is an extraordinary story and the thorough manner in which White has assembled the material brings one of the most unusual political assassinations ever carried out vividly to life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 13, 2021

Well-worth checking out.

| Feb 12, 2021

[White] spins the arrest of Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong - economic migrants from Indonesia and Vietnam respectively - into a parable about political corruption.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2021

It's like a John le Carré thriller for the Instagram generation. Only it's real.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 30, 2021

It's a fascinating news story, but the film's additional, if entertaining speculations remain just that.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 29, 2021

Siti and Duan's story is an extraordinary snapshot of 15-minute celebrity innocently craved, and then accidentally achieved for all the wrong reasons.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 29, 2021

A curious film, a no-frills documentary about a crime of outlandish aspect.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2021

What an extraordinary story of sexism, violence, diplomatic bad faith and dishonesty on an international scale.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 27, 2021

This film is fairly straightforward and low-key in its execution, but the access is excellent - and what a story it tells.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 24, 2021

As riveting and preposterous as a Robert Ludlum novel, Ryan Murphy's terrific documentary of the bizarre assassination of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un's half brother is a spellbinding...

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 24, 2020

It will shock, enrage and enlighten.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 18, 2020

Observant and ultimately pretty riveting.

| Dec 12, 2020

I appreciate that the filmmakers don't sensationalize what is ultimately a very tragic and upsetting story.

| Dec 12, 2020

Still, while "Assassins" may be somewhat unsatisfying as a true-crime story, it's provocative as an examination of power.

| Dec 11, 2020

[White] deftly untangles the different webs of meaning and implication, political, social and otherwise, to draw us into Siti and Doan's worlds.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 11, 2020

Its main virtues are a wild story and a stealth sense of outrage.

| Dec 10, 2020

As you watch the movie, I promise that there are moments when your jaw will drop.

| Jan 30, 2020

Another 'can you believe it' story that I suspect will captivate people wherever they can see it.

| Jan 29, 2020

"Assassins" finds its pulse in the fact that it was filmed in media res, before the dust had settled on this strange ordeal, and the perspective of Siti's counsel proves invaluable during the trial.

| Original Score: B | Jan 27, 2020

It's a Kafka-esque and sometimes darkly comic tale of deception and exploitation that makes for a smartly assembled and eminently topical film that arrives at a crucial juncture in world affairs...

| Jan 27, 2020