Essential Viewing for Tech and Politics

Alex Gibney might be America’s best investigative documentarian. In "Zero Days," he one-ups himself.

Without respite this decade, Alex Gibney has plumbed himself a reputation as perhaps America's best investigative documentarian. Now he takes on Enron, Jack Abramoff, Scientology and Lance Armstrong. Here Gibney finds his lane amid Errol Morris' talent for the probing interview and Michael Moore's flare for the topical. His latest, Zero Days, is a breakneck primer on cyber warfare, hinging on the 2010 revelation of the U.S.- and Israel-created Stuxnet malware attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. The film glides through code and jargon, expanding from diagnostic detective work to anonymous National Security Agency interviews and a denouement on overclassification culture. For many viewers, this will be crucial viewing from the technological and military frontier.

Rated PG-13. Playing at Cinema 21.

Critic's Grade: A- .

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