August 6, 2017
Icarus: A Doping House of Cards Tumbles Down
"When he set out to make Icarus, the playwright and actor Bryan Fogel had one…
Read More August 18, 2017
Emmet Ryan: Icarus and the benefits of good timing
"Bryan Fogel always planned on making a documentary, just not the one he ended up…
Read More August 9, 2017
The Doping Documentary That Will Make You Lose Faith In Sports
"Netflix’s latest tour de force documentary, Icarus begins as something of a Super Size Me…
Read More August 8, 2017
Icarus: cycling doco that stumbled on a scandal
"Pick of the day: Icarus. Streaming on Netflix. This excellent documentary begins like Super Size…
Read More August 6, 2017
David Walsh: new film offers insight into how Russia cheated sport
"The country’s shameful refusal to accept responsibility for state-sponsored doping at the Sochi Games has…
Read More August 4, 2017
Icarus Is a Sports Movie That’s Actually About Putin’s Russia
"'The movie I thought I was making was a radically different film than the one…
Read More September 13, 2017
Doping for a documentary: An interview with Icarus director Bryan Fogel
"With drug-cheating so rife, it's easy for the average fan to become cynical about the…
Read More September 12, 2017
The fight against doping is a war of attrition — but we can win it
"As testing improves, athletes and national federations also have a role to play in keeping…
Read More September 9, 2017
Fogel conjured the idea of putting himself through a performance-enhancing drug regime to prove just how easy it is for an athlete to cheat the system
"The myth of Icarus was on Bryan Fogel’s mind long before he picked up a…
Read More August 4, 2017
New Netflix Documentary “Icarus” Is a Fascinating Look at the Russian Doping Scandal
"Cyclist and filmmaker Bryan Fogel sets out on an audacious plan to prove the fallibility…
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