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

| Oct 4, 2021

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

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

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

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

You'll come out of the film knowing as much about the Sicilian Mafia - maybe more - than the photographer who made her name shooting it.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 25, 2019

This candid and passionate documentary portrait, directed by Kim Longinotto, shows that Battaglia has always lived at the turbulent crossroads of history.

| Nov 25, 2019

She lets her photographs of the Sicilian mob speak for themselves, leaving a lot of room for basic questions like, "Who am I looking at in this photo, when was it taken, and what was going on when this was shot?"

| Nov 22, 2019

Shooting the Mafia aptly conveys Battaglia's many layers, while exemplifying the power in not looking away.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 22, 2019

Longinotto clearly looks up to Battaglia. This tribute, though, is idiosyncratic to the point of alienation.

| Nov 21, 2019

Kim Longinotto is so eager to celebrate her hero that she also glides past thornier portions of Letizia Battaglia's life.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 18, 2019

An opportunity for something more rousing and revelatory has been missed.

| Feb 6, 2019

A fascinating look at the Mafia's vice-like grip on Sicily through the lens of photojournalist Letizia Battaglia.

| Jan 27, 2019

Roughly two-thirds of the film feels like a self-indulgent memoir, with all the selective memory autobiographies often bring.

| Jan 26, 2019