RITA DI SANTO assesses the winners of the most politically charged festival to date
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MARIA DUARTE recommends a chronicle of Steve Bannon's quest to turn his controversial brand of extreme nationalism into a global movement
KATARZYNA KOSMALA introduces a retrospective by one of the most significant figures in contemporary US photography
MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
New releases from Sam Carter, Spell Songs and Les Thomas
The Brink (15)
Directed by Alison Klayman
THE BRINK is a stomach-churning and at times hard to watch fly-on-the-wall documentary, with Steve Bannon coming across as a slippery Arthur Daley-style wheeler and dealer, minus the latter’s charm.
Wearing two shirts at all times, he peddles his influence and far-right wing ideology at home and abroad.
Director Alison Klayman was given unprecedented access to the White House chief strategist as she followed him from autumn 2017 to the US mid-term elections last year, travelling with him on his whistle-stop tour of Europe.
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