#463 - Jewellbilly Elegy

Published: Sept. 24, 2023, 3:01 p.m.

b'In 2019, Clint Eastwood\'s RICHARD JEWELL took aim at two institutions \\u2014 the FBI and the media \\u2014 that were supposed to save America from Trumpism. We discuss one of the veteran auteur\'s most beautiful films, which is also one of his most loaded and ambiguous political hot-potatoes. PLUS: David Brooks\' expensive meal, Doug Ford\'s about-face, and Jean-Luc Godard\'s film criticism.\\n\\n"David Brooks and the $78 airport meal the internet is talking about" by Timothy Bella - https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/09/22/david-brooks-newark-airport-meal/\\n\\nSee Will introduce THINGS (1989) at the Fox Theatre on October 3 - https://www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/the-important-cinema-club-masterpiece-classics-things/\\n\\nPreorder Luke\'s new book "Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality," coauthored with Ed Broadbent - ecwpress.com/products/seeking-s\\u2026cracy-ed-broadbent\\n\\nTORONTO: See Luke and Ed Broadbent in conversation at the Toronto Reference Library on October 22 - www.eventbrite.ca/e/seeking-social\\u2026ets-713793665067\\n\\nVANCOUVER: See Luke and Ed at the Central Library on November 1 - https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/650b36ea2d0219cf8b5cf95f\\n\\nJoin us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus'