The blog of Amon Warmann: Film journalist.

Film Review | The Armstrong Lie

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★★★★☆

Easily the biggest sports scandal of recent times, the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong was bound to attract attention from the filmmaking community. There are currently three biopics on the disgraced cyclist in development, but first up is The Armstrong Lie. Directed by prolific documentarian Alex Gibney, the film examines both the how and the why of Armstrong’s contemptible actions.

Read the rest of this review at Flicks and the City here. The Armstrong Lie was screened at the 2013 London Film Festival.

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