Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.

"Out documentarian Matt Tyrnauer (Scotty & The Secret History of Hollywood) strikes again with his most accomplished and ambitious film to date. Tyrnauer turns his lens to the caustic—if legendary—lawyer Roy Cohn, who for years worked as a far-right wonk that helped to send the Rosenbergs to the electric chair through judicial impropriety, ended careers by outing queer men and women, and helped a skeezy real estate huckster named Donald Trump rise to fame. The twist: Cohn was gay himself, which he denied right up until his own death from AIDS. Tyrnauer gets some remarkable access, including interviews with Cohn’s family and longtime boyfriend that help lend an understanding to one of history’s most mysterious figures. He also does the impossible: making Cohn at least somewhat pitiful, if both contemptible and pathetic." [Queerty]