In January 2013, film-maker Laura Poitras received an encrypted e-mail from a stranger who called himself Citizen Four. In it, he offered her inside information about illegal wiretapping practices of ...

Whatever you may feel about National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras’ cinema verite exercise “Citizenfour” is an impressive piece of paranoid, political filmmaking.

Hosted by Carol Leifer at the Paramount Theatre, the night’s top honors predictably went to Best Feature winner “Citizenfour,” directed by Laura Poitras. Last year, she received IDA’s Courage Under ...

The camera pulls into focus; an audible wave of laughter ripples through the audience. In front of the camera is Edward Snowden, the man behind last year's NSA leaks. The reason for the laughter? The ...