Beirut - Live at The Music Hall Of Williamsburg

This isn’t a particularly chancy film, unless the decision to go old school is considered such. It is still, however, quite good.

...treats its setting a bit two-dimensionally, but I think Gilroy and the consistently-strong director Brad Anderson would say that this treatment is part of the point. The Beirut of “Beirut” is a battlefield...

...a balanced view of a state in collapse, where every player has fault and legitimate complaints...