Ben Schwartz

1 week ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Ben Schwartz

The fact that anyone could get a film like Santa Fe Trail (1940) made should remain an inspiration to D– minus history students everywhere. It’s a Warner Bros. western starring Errol Flynn as the young JEB Stuart and the capture of violent abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey). I saw Santa Fe Trail on Max a few nights before Elias Rodrigues shot two Israeli Embassy workers outside the Jewish Cultural Museum in Washington, DC.

1 week ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Ben Schwartz

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Ben Schwartz

Culture / May 23, 2025 The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture Relevance The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture RelevanceBen Shapiro’s aspiring entertainment empire can’t stop trolling to its base. Ad Policy Mike Richards, The Daily Wire’s latest canceled rehabilitation project, accepting a 2016 Emmy Award for his work on The Price Is Right. (Joe Scarnici / WireImage) It’s been a banner week for toxic men on the comeback trail.

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Ben Schwartz

Culture / May 23, 2025 The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture Relevance The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture RelevanceBen Shapiro’s aspiring entertainment empire can’t stop trolling to its base. Ad Policy Mike Richards, The Daily Wire’s latest canceled rehabilitation project, accepting a 2016 Emmy Award for his work on The Price Is Right. (Joe Scarnici / WireImage) It’s been a banner week for toxic men on the comeback trail.

1 month ago | thenation.com | Ben Schwartz

Culture / May 7, 2025 The Culture-War Furies Behind Trump’s Film-Tariff Plan The president doesn’t have the authority to impose tariffs on movies produced abroad, but he still wants to be the right’s designated culture commissar. Ad Policy Donald Trump projects his cultural will-to-power from the presidential box at the Kennedy Center.