The Last Republican

2024 / Dir. Steve Pink / 88 minutes

Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger is most well known for being an outspoken Republican critic of former president Donald Trump and one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for his role in inciting the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Lesser known? He’s a huge Hot Tub Time Machine fan, which is how its progressive filmmaker Steve Pink came to direct this infuriating and illuminating behind-the-scenes documentary that follows Kinzinger during his last term as he fights a lonely battle against Trump and his own party about accountability, integrity, and democracy itself. As a talking head Kinzinger is playful and combative, resolute in his convictions but conflicted by the political circus he finds himself in. Consider the film a necessary shot in the arm as the prospect of a second Trump administration looms.