‘The Square’: A great political film
Best Defense is in summer re-runs. This item originally ran on March 25, 2014. The other night I cooked green chili chicken and my wife said we should watch The Square, so of course we did. It is a documentary about the continuing Egyptian revolution, and no matter what your views, or even if you ...
Best Defense is in summer re-runs. This item originally ran on March 25, 2014.
Best Defense is in summer re-runs. This item originally ran on March 25, 2014.
The other night I cooked green chili chicken and my wife said we should watch The Square, so of course we did.
It is a documentary about the continuing Egyptian revolution, and no matter what your views, or even if you care, it is worth watching. Not only does it tell you more about what is happening in Cairo, it is a great study of how revolutions unfold, and cannibalize themselves. One of my kids said it reminded her of Battle of Algiers — which of course is one of the Best Defense 10 top war films of all time.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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