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A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.
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| The PlaylistKimber MyersEven for those who do know Ailes’ history of profound power abuse and sexual harassment, Divide & Conquer is engrossing. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinWhat emerges is a portrait of a man whose fall was precipitous but whose sensibility and techniques outlive him and continue to evolve. This is the acid test for a good journalistic documentary: No matter how far back it reaches, Divide and Conquer always feels as if it’s in the present tense. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversA well-researched and richly observant documentary from Alexis Bloom about the climate of lies and systemic abuse that nurtured Ailes and allowed his behavior to flourish. |
| Slant MagazineChris BarsantiAlexis Bloom’s keenly insightful and deeply depressing documentary is probably best viewed not as a record of the past but a document of what’s to come. |
| Movie NationRoger Moore“Divide” is a damning film, with just enough new material to entice the curious. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanUltimately, Divide and Conquer offers useful lessons — and maybe even a little hope — for people on both sides of the national divide, about just how we came to this terrible, but not irreversible, place. |
| IndieWireDavid Ehrlich"Divide and Conquer” illustrates the similarities between Ailes and Trump so well that the documentary’s happy ending can’t help but leave behind a queasy aftertaste: Ailes may be dead, but he’s still the most powerful man in the world. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Simon HouptIt’s naive to blame the current cancerous state of American politics on a single carcinogen, but don’t let that stop you from pointing fingers at Roger Ailes. |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyAmid all the jaw-dropping tales of bullying behavior, there is a constant and almost mordant acknowledgement of the one thing that Ailes was scarily right about: that no public official will ever again be elected “without the skillful use of television.” |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe result is a compelling but chilling film, one that is inevitably disheartening and disturbing as it details both how Ailes came to understand the nature and power of fear and how he honed his craft until he could sell fear to his fellow citizens like it was going out of style. |