The Gatekeepers

...offers a new and startling perspective, shedding light on Israel’s security and counter-terrorism activities since its decisive victory in 1967’s Six Day War.

The secrets of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, are laid as bare as they're going to get in director Dror Moreh's Oscar-nominated documentary.

The film's atmosphere is compelling, and another strength is that it is self-critical.

As skilled an interviewer and documentarian as he may be, he's squaring off against intelligence officers who didn't just execute systematic torture, abuse, and other enhanced interrogation techniques, but devised them.

This is a gripping and ultimately bleak documentary about the secrets of Shin Bet...