Steph:
This is necessary viewing that shines a glaring light on the lengths people like Putin will go to in order to shut down opposition and stifle the voice of the people, and the film operates as an indictment of Trump and his ilk, while also working as a flashing red warning sign for the future of the United States. ⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰
Josh:
A riveting documentary about the Putin regime’s attempted assassin of Russian pro-democracy activist Alexey Navalny, a story I knew little about, and which Canadian filmmaker Daniel Roher presents in a tense, straightforward manner, highlighting Navalny’s charm and his whole team’s bravery, and the brazen clumsiness of the fascist regime’s plot, and the overwhelming takeaway is, they’ll get away with anything there, as here, but the lack of critical thought they require to achieve their ends can also sometimes trip them up. ⏰⏰⏰⏰
The Bare Minimum 