When Steve Pink ‘s “ The Last Republican ” debuted at 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, audiences and critics alike embraced the documentary about former U.S. Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger.
Kinzinger, a Republican, voted in favor of impeaching Donald Trump in 2021 and then served on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol with Democrats and fellow Republican Liz Cheney. The doc, which follows Kinzinger during his final year in office, could easily have been depressing or contentious, given that Pink is on the political left and Kinzinger is a Reagan-loving conservative. But instead, Pink, known for directing “Hot Tub Time Machine,” managed to do the impossible and made a riveting, humorous political documentary that demonstrates

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