History, Decentered
If Lincoln improves upon reflection, it is partly because it inspires reflection at all. That may sound like a low bar"there are plenty of subpar entertainments that may get stuck in our heads for the wrong reasons, like evil pop earworms"but in this case, though I found the film of uneven quality, I must credit its ambitious scope and intelligence for the quality of the reflections it's prompted, and certainly hardl…