A tense, shocking US documentary that plays out like an episode of The Wire, though in this case it's not a war on drugs that's being fought (and lost), but the war on terror.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 29, 2013

Government sanctioned atrocities and journalist Jeremy Scahill fight for top billing in this investigative doc.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 29, 2013

We should be shocked. But the camera is too busy making a hero of reporter-presenter Jeremy Scahill.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 28, 2013

The movie has rather silly, Bourne-style thriller graphics, which are unnecessary: it has an important story to tell.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 28, 2013

[A] gripping investigative doc, which plays out like a classic conspiracy thriller as it follows a trail of clues to the heart of darkness.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 26, 2013

Hard-hitting stuff and tough medicine for American foreign policy loyalists.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2013

This is a film you skip seeing at your own risk.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 28, 2013

It makes you wonder - what don't we know?

| Original Score: B | Jun 28, 2013

By emphasizing the human cost of the operation, Scahill and Rowling turn "blowback" into much more than an abstract military-political term.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 27, 2013

These wars being fought in our name may be dirty, but this courageous film reminds us that as long as we have a free press, they don't have to be secret.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 27, 2013

Dirty Wars is essential viewing for all Americans, conservatives and liberals alike. It's intense and depressing. It'll make you angry.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 21, 2013

Scahill's voiceover has a grim relentlessness that ties everything together, while maintaining the pretense that the viewer is at his side as he makes his discoveries.

| Jun 17, 2013

Scahill is as much a liability onscreen as he is a fascinating source.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 14, 2013

A remarkable documentary as important as it is compelling ...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 14, 2013

"Dirty Wars" becomes hard to swat away, no matter how much its style conveys a sense of unconscious insecurity about its assertions.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2013

Scahill's so busy Being A Reporter - capital letters are definitely called for - it gets in the way of what he's reporting on.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 13, 2013

The flood of theatrical documentaries about the War on Terror... has slowed to a trickle since President Obama took office, which makes this uncompromising expos from reporter Jeremy Scahill even more important.

| Jun 13, 2013

There are so many stagey shots of Scahill poring over clues in front of his MacBook, you can't help but assume he fancies himself a real-life Lisbeth Salander.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 13, 2013

For every shot of an Afghani citizen talking tearfully about the death of a loved one, there's almost always an equally long shot of Jeremy Scahill listening, Jeremy Scahill taking notes, Jeremy Scahill furrowing his brow.

| Jun 7, 2013

An expos of practices that need -- demand -- exposing.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 7, 2013