#535 - The Search for Sonny Skies (Patreon)

You can go looking for the zeitgeist, but only the zeitgeist can find you. That's what the makers of countless pieces of failed Oscar bait have learned. In this special episode, we run through some of the most legendary failed Oscar bait of the last 25 years and speculate why they didn't catch anything. PLUS: presidential libraries, the Obama Foundation, and an autobiographical novel from an unlikely Hollywood star.

Trial opens of ‘esoteric’ wing of alleged German coup plotters: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/18/trial-begins-of-eight-accused-of-plotting-to-overthrow-german-state

Sorkinisms:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S78RzZr3IwI

See Will introduce "Hollywood Boulevard" at Toronto's Fox Theatre on July 9: https://www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/the-important-cinema-club-masterpiece-classics-hollywood-boulevard/

Ukip understands people will always want someone to blame, by Laurie Penny: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2014/04/ukip-understands-people-will-always-want-someone-blame