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Mike Wallace Is Here

2019

Avi Belkin

Documentary, Self: Mike Wallace

6.7

63

Documentary Deemed the “enemy of the people” by our current president, journalism in America is on the chopping block. Lies, fake news, propaganda, and verbal subterfuge threaten to cripple our First Amendment. This fascinating exposé of 60 Minutes’ fearsome newsman Mike Wallace turns his hard-hitting, no-holds-barred journalistic style loose on Wallace himself, who is considered by many to be the inventor of the form. Mike Wallace unflinchingly ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"[Wallace] was a hypocrite, but he answered honestly (...) [A] brisk and compelling documentary"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"This is an important and compulsively watchable portrait made by someone who understands the brute power of broadcast media (...) but it can only afford Mike Wallace with a little moment of truth."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An engaging look at one of television's most celebrated newscasters (...) It does leave one hungry for more insights into the totality of the subject's life"	NEU
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"[A] fascinating, meticulously assembled documentary (...) Expert editing by Billy McMillin adds real punch to Belkin’s wide-ranging story"	POS
United States	Sam Fragoso The Wrap	"A movie that sits at the intersection of long-form journalism and riveting documentary (...) Without reducing his film to didacticism, Belkin places Wallace’s career in a larger context of contemporary media"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This film does not offer any actual conclusions, but it is an atmospheric immersion in the old, smoky and very male world of American TV journalism (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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