Alex Gibney’s “Citizen K” is a devastating portrait of corruption in Vladimir Putin’s Russia that seems to grow ever more timely. It follows Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oligarch and ally of Putin ...
Citizen K is a captivating documentary directed by Alex Gibney, exploring themes of power, corruption, and democracy as it delves into the complex interplay between wealth and politics in modern ...
Watch a clip from the documentary ‘Citizen K,’ directed by Alex Gibney. Photo: Greenwich Entertainment Mr. Khodorkovsky is the film’s hero, though the competition is pretty weak and his own admitted ...
Director Alex Gibney and exiled Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky at 'Citizen K' debut at the Venice International Film Festival Claudio Onorati/Shutterstock Greenwich Entertainment has set a ...
Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. If you look up the documentary Citizen K online, you may find its “stars” listed as Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Vladimir Putin. That ...
A grippingly clear and comprehensive overview of post-Soviet Russia that’s wrapped around the smeared maquette of a man who’s defined it. “I am far from an ideal person, but I’m a person with ideals.” ...
“I am far from an ideal person,” Russian oligarch-turned-political-prisoner-turned-political-activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky says in “Citizen K.” “But I am a person with ideals.” It’s the second half of ...
Director Alex Gibney says his new documentary, 'Citizen K,' about exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the power politics of Vladimir Putin's Russia, is "a cautionary tale for what's ...
Condensing the career of Mikhail Khodorkovsky into a feature documentary was never going to be easy. The difficulty is not simply that Khodorkovsky has had a protean presence in Russian public life.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky's wild ride from oligarch to prisoner to anti-Putin dissident is rich material for Alex Gibney's latest deep-dive documentary. “He wants to be Jesus Christ, but he has a past.” So ...