Deft editing and unexpectedly affecting music choices make for an engaging portrait of the kind of impassioned and dedicated politician who seems in short supply right now.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 10, 2021

Smart, yet somewhat one-sided and process-orientated portrait of a man and his municipality.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 4, 2021

In its gently ironic way, the film depicts an urban centre keen to be treated, and run, as a genuine place to live, a town like any other.

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

The film lets you appreciate Hadid's delicate and complex situation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2020

The documentary, to me, seemed to be balanced and observational.

| Dec 30, 2020

While understated and deeply personal, Mayor cannot avoid the current conflagration in the region.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 12, 2020

Luckily, Osit knew precisely what to do with the extraordinary material he captured.

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

[An] astutely potent and structurally dynamic doc.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 2, 2020

A disarming subject, Hadid comes across as a cleareyed, forthright leader. But "Mayor" also stands out because Osit has thought it through in cinematic terms...

| Dec 2, 2020

After more than an hour of modest documentary observation, the film suddenly becomes a thriller, with Osit, Hadid, and others holed up in the mayor's office as Israeli soldiers occupy the city center.

| Original Score: B | Dec 1, 2020

More background on Hadid's earlier life and political ascendance would have also been welcome. Still, "Mayor" proves a unique, involving and edifying experience.

| Dec 1, 2020

Osit gets considerable comic value out of the intrinsic banality of local government. But once we start to see Hadid engaging with the wider world, the film becomes a tribute to his valiant effort to preserve some kind of dignity.

| Aug 14, 2020

Like so many of the best documentaries, David Osit's Mayor feels like a work of fiction.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 15, 2020

It's an acutely observed you-are-there procedural about a modern metropolis that dares to exist, even thrive amid the enduring repercussions of 1967's Six-Day War, when Israel occupied the region.

| Mar 19, 2020

"Mayor" offers a striking new perspective on that struggle, with a personal on-the-ground quality matched by grand tonal ambitions that makes it the best of its subgenre.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 9, 2020

Engrossing...

| Mar 6, 2020