As a story about a captivating and interesting individual who worked in some of the most dangerous parts of the world, 'Never Look Away' provides a good balance in terms of the personal and the professional sides of Margaret Moth.

| Apr 25, 2025

Intimate, informative, and impactful, Never Look Away sits comfortably in a stable of films that get into the minds of camerapeople drawn to subjects all-too-often safeguarded from wider society.

| Jan 15, 2025

For a first time director, Lawless tackles the material with both assurance and a bold creativity.

| Dec 19, 2024

What makes Never Look Away such an exceptional documentary is its ability to shed light on a figure who deserves to be remembered.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 6, 2024

This documentary about her life, directed by the actor Lucy Lawless, is a fascinating portrait of a woman who had two mottoes: “no regrets” and “don’t be boring”.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2024

The result is a powerful, sometimes deeply uncomfortable, intricately assembled biography of an astonishing woman.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2024

Lawless gives us a fascinating portrait of a trailblazing woman whom many viewers may not know much about, even though the director is occasionally too content to simply frame Moth as inexplicably enigmatic and leave it at that.

| Original Score: 3.25/5 | Nov 26, 2024

A stirring tribute to a woman whose achievements haven’t received the popular recognition they deserve.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 26, 2024

If you have limited time to choose between Lawless and Garland’s films about journalism, “Never Look Away” is the obvious winner and will pair nicely as a double feature with the upcoming film “September 5,”

| Original Score: B | Nov 26, 2024

A lesser documentarian might portray her as a broken person, acting out as a result of a tragic past. Lucy Lawless, though this is her first time in the director’s chair, treats her with more respect.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2024

Celebrates not only a female figure like no other, but the essential placement of the photojournalist in our media, and why their quest for truth remains key in an treacherous landscape.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 23, 2024

... a thorough portrait of a media maverick whose work deserves a salute.

| Nov 23, 2024

More than anything, it tells a human story about someone who understood herself well enough to live the exact life she wanted while accepting every consequence that came with it.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 22, 2024

While [Lawless] only scratches the surface of Moth's traumatic past, "Never Look Away" still stands as a formidable anti-war project.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 22, 2024

An impressive first film.

| Nov 22, 2024

The late Margaret Gipsy Moth gets a much-deserved documentary as a working news cameraperson who thrived in war zones for decades, rushing into danger to get video the world needed to see while others retreated.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 22, 2024

[W]e're just left to wonder if this really is all there could be to this story.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 22, 2024

Moth was a pioneer, whatever her faults. And she left behind an impressive treasure trove of important work. It is, indeed, hard to look away from her achievements.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 22, 2024

A portrait of a daring, fearless woman whom others could never pin down or force into a single box — an observation that doesn't delve much deeper beyond that surface

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 21, 2024

The marriage of a filmmaker like Lawless, herself a trailblazer, with a subject such as Moth, whose life was lead fearlessly, recklessly, dangerously, and unapologetically, it's not hard to get swept up in the adrenaline.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2024