In U.N. Me, a new film currently playing in theatres, director Ami Horowitz (pictured) asks: is the United Nations living up to its founding ideals? The answer, rightly so, is “no.” Ever since it replaced the League of Nations in 1945 the United Nations, founded to stop wars and establish a dialogue between countries, has grown too big, too expensive, too wasteful a place where a lack of accountability and transparency has created a

A New York investment banker for thirteen years, Ami Horowitz has turned documentary filmmaker and made what looks like a scintillating—but unforgiving--study of the United Nations’ position in world affairs. There is art after investment banking. What’s especially thrilling about Horowitz is that he seems to pour all his investment banker energies into his documentary, standing squarely in front of the camera and addressing us with poise and combative energy.