Based on Paul Conroy’s memoir of the same name and bolstered by his likeable, hard-worn testimony, Under the Wire chronicles the last days of Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin. Much of the documentary’s grainy footage dates to 2012, when Colvin and Conroy illegally entered Syria to report on the shelling of the Isis stronghold in Homs. Colvin, with her trademark eyepatch, had already garnered a reputation for going where other frontline journalists would never dare. Under the Wire doesn’t do enough to tease out the politics of the Syrian conflict. There are contradictions in details outlined by Colvin and her employer that seem to warrant further exploration.

Source: The Irish Times September 07, 2018 04:03 UTC