...a truth-telling more compelling than any journalist or glamorized Hollywood movie can convey.

| Oct 4, 2021

Director Kim Longinotto's biographical documentary Shooting the Mafia is a captivating chronicle of acclaimed Italian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia's personal and professional life.

| Oct 4, 2021

It is a gripping, astonishing tale on all levels.

| Oct 4, 2021

Besides being a compelling portrait of Letizia Battaglia and the forces she stood up to in Sicily, Shooting the Mafia is chilling, timely piece of journalism...

| Oct 4, 2021

The film is a fascinating profile of a strongly independent woman who, now at age 84, is still speaking out against corruption...

| Oct 4, 2021

Will appeal to history buffs, legal scholars, feminists, and anyone with an interest in the reality of the mafia.

| Feb 17, 2021

It's rich with lively and revealing interviews, especially with the larger-than-life Battaglia. But it's also about the reign of terror that the Sicilian mob held over Palermo and other nearby towns, such as Corleone, for hundreds of years.

| Jul 18, 2020

About bravery, self-determination, and standing up in the face of great, crushing adversity, "Shooting the Mafia" paints a picture of a bold figure, but is also about something so much larger than a single person or story.

| Original Score: B | Jun 26, 2020

By the end of Longinotto's inspiring film, you'll understand Letizia's former lovers who just couldn't stay away: it's all too easy to fall in love with her spirit.

| Feb 12, 2020

Shooting the Mafia is a very interesting and fast documentary. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Dec 13, 2019

"Spends far too much time on her subject's colorful love life and not enough on her inspiring career. "

| Dec 5, 2019

There's a fascinating movie about the Sicilian mafia sitting somewhere inside this patchwork documentary portrait of the veteran Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 3, 2019

Director Kim Longinotto's portrait of the red-haired, chain-smoking photographer [Letizia] Battaglia... is a vivid documentary description of a very specific time and place.

| Dec 2, 2019

An affectionate portrait of a remarkable woman that loses its grip when it bites off more than it can chew.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 2, 2019

[T]he film doesn't provide much sense of the part it has played in transforming attitudes in Battaglia's home town of Palermo.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 1, 2019

Director Kim Longinotto and Westport-based producer Niamh Fagan's film is unflinching and it crackles with anger but it also finds great reservoirs of humanity among these deeply personal stories of loss and pain.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 1, 2019

Kim Longinotto tells the revealing story of the courageous Italian photographer and photojournalist Letizia Battaglia...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2019

Initially feels like something a bit different for the director, but the subject matter is fascinating.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 28, 2019

The unfocused yet still engaging documentary "Shooting the Mafia" is a compelling curiosity.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 28, 2019

An incredible look into one of the bloodiest epochs in Italy's recent history. Our subject is a cool, slightly mad lady and you have to appreciate her ballsiness.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 28, 2019