Filmed from the artist’s window during lockdown, short fragments from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speeches relating to COVID-19 are combined with views of the London skyline. Renowned British artist John Smith’s new gem is an urgent film of the Covid era. Typically incisive and playful, Citadel is a subversive city symphony that was made in confinement, is critical of the status quo, and which responds with wit and humanity to the reigning chaos.