‘The Brink’ Review: Portrait of a Political Phantom

Written by Katherine Steinbach

Political strategist Steve Bannon seems to be a walking anachronism. He deals in references and rationales from other times, recycled to galvanize nostalgic voters. Director Alison Klayman (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry) wisely points to this at the outset with The Brink, titling the film after an Abraham Lincoln quote Bannon reads aloud on camera. Bannon imag…