The Federalist’s Guide To The 2020 Oscars
Prepare for Sunday’s Academy Awards by reviewing a year’s worth of Federalist takes on the nominees.
The 4 Best Manly, All-American Movies Of 2019
It goes against every piety of the liberal elites to portray the hippies as evil, but Quentin Tarantino points out that the new liberation spawned a murderous cult in Hollywood.
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ Reveals An Appetite For Libertarian Entertainment
We’ve all seen filmmakers’ cookie-cutter wokeness. ‘Richard Jewell’ shows us something new and relatable through an American libertarian lens — and audiences could use more of that.
‘Richard Jewell’ Is A Story Of Media And Government Bungling That’s Still Fresh Today
The film’s message isn’t so much that neither government nor media is to be trusted, but for Americans to ask themselves why they should trust either.
Media Clutches Pearls Over Clint Eastwood’s Journalism Movie, But Embraces Film About Fox News
Members of the media critiqued Clint Eastwood’s depiction of the journalist involved in the ‘Richard Jewell’ case, but didn’t make a peep about unfair depictions of conservatives at Fox News.
Flawed ‘Richard Jewell’ Fails To Live Up To Its Trailer And Message
Elements that should have been the film’s strengths — including an interesting real-life cast and a compelling narrative about Richard Jewell, the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing, and the media — are squandered.
Flix It: Revisiting Clint Eastwood’s Revisionist Western, ‘Unforgiven’
On this episode of the podcast ‘Flix It,’ hosts David Marcus and Ellie Bufkin stream the 1992 western, ‘Unforgiven.’
Academics Try And Fail To Understand The Appeal Of Clint Eastwood
A new collection of essays, ‘Tough Ain’t Enough: New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood,’ discounts one of America’s greatest actors and filmmakers as little more than a Republican celebrity.
‘Westworld’ Questions Whether The American Idea Can Survive The Future
The mix of hi-tech and the Wild West seems strange at first, but actually works. It’s Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’ and Clint Eastwood’s ‘Unforgiven’ wrapped into one.
‘The 15:17 to Paris’ Shows The Imprint Of Clint Eastwood’s Masterly Hand
Clint Eastwood’s surprising choice to cast the people who were the real heroes of the Paris attack works beautifully.
American Heroes Discuss Real-Life And Acting Roles In Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15:17 To Paris’
In 2015, three friends on a train speeding through France saved hundreds of lives by averting a terrorist attack. Now they star in Clint Eastwood’s film of their story.
What ‘American Sniper’ Tells You About Its Critics
A veteran reviews ‘American Sniper.’
‘American Sniper’ Should Be A Contender For Best Picture, But Isn’t
Clint Eastwood’s new film, ‘American Sniper,’ refuses to insert liberal platitudes into the true story of an imperfect American hero.