‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ Review: Straight-Ahead Julian Assange Doc Looks Pessimistically Toward a Post-Truth World

A new documentary about Julian Assange, The Six Billion Dollar Man, takes a grim, straightforward look at the WikiLeaks founder’s saga, framing it as a cautionary tale for our post-truth era. Unlike earlier films about Assange—which feel like relics of a different political climate—this one leans into the pessimism of today’s fractured information landscape.