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Clint Eastwood

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Movies

Richard Jewell Shows What a Conservative Hollywood Would Look Like 

Clint Eastwood's masterful true-life drama about a wrongly accused American hero doubles as an awkward brief for Trump. 

Peter Suderman | 12.13.2019 8:11 AM

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Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Tears into "Kiss-Ass Generation…P*ssy Generation," Hillary Clinton

The Squint says political correctness means "It's a sad time in history."

Nick Gillespie | 8.4.2016 1:30 PM

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Politics

Clint Eastwood, "Total Libertarian…Everyone Leave Everyone Alone"

Nick Gillespie | 4.2.2015 1:59 PM

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War

Feeling Clint Eastwood's Disgust

American Sniper is not a pro-war movie.

Kurt Loder | 3.21.2015 12:00 PM

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Culture

The Elusive Politics of American Sniper

It isn't a hawkish movie, and it isn't conventionally dovish either. But it does have a distinct political perspective.

Jesse Walker | 2.20.2015 2:48 PM

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Culture

American Sniper and Blackhat

Bradley Cooper commandeers Clint Eastwood's powerful war movie, Chris Hemsworth withers in Michael Mann's cyber-crime misfire.

Kurt Loder | 1.16.2015 9:00 AM

Politics

Clint Eastwood Says Hollywood Conservatives Are Intimidated

Adam Baldwin needs to go give them all manly hugs

Reason Staff | 11.2.2012 7:08 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood Star of Latest Super PAC Ad

The pro-Romney ad is running in several swing states

Reason Staff | 10.24.2012 10:12 AM

Politics

Clint Eastwood's 'Leave Everybody Alone' Definition of Libertarianism

Jacob Sullum | 9.19.2012 12:51 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood Touts His Libertarian Views on TV

Tells Ellen DeGeneres that he supports "socially liberal, fiscally conservative and government staying out of everyone's lives."

Reason Staff | 9.19.2012 12:44 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood: Obama Greatest Hoax Perpetrated on the American People

Didn't have the idea to take the chair on stage until he was at the convention center and someone kept asking him if he wanted to sit

Reason Staff | 9.7.2012 12:53 PM

Politics

1 in 5 Say Clint Eastwood "Highlight" of RNC Convention, More than Romney

17 percent said Mitt Romney's acceptance speech was the highlight

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 12:38 PM

Politics

Hollywood Democrats Fundraise Off Clint Eastwood Remarks

Trying to get fired up again

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Obama: Huge Clint Eastwood Fan, Not Offended by RNC Remarks

Says Eastwood a great actor and an even better director and that running for president requires a thick skin

Reason Staff | 9.2.2012 9:45 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney Personally Invited Clint Eastwood to Speak at RNC

Extended the invitation after Eastwood endorsed him at an Idaho fundraiser earlier this month. Mixed reaction from staff

Reason Staff | 9.1.2012 2:15 PM

Politics

Forget Clint Eastwood, What About Lone Watie?

J.D. Tuccille | 8.31.2012 7:01 PM

Politics

"Eastwooding" Becomes a Thing on Twitter

You can get a lot of mileage out of an empty chair

Reason Staff | 8.31.2012 4:36 PM

Politics

A Refresher on Clint Eastwood's Libertarian Politics

The self-described socially liberal, economically conservative's libertarian politics have often been misunderstood

Ed Krayewski | 8.31.2012 4:11 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood Reactions Getting Better

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.31.2012 2:13 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood RNC Speech Draws Diverse Reactions From Hollywood

Eastwood's made a lot people's day

Reason Staff | 8.31.2012 12:06 PM

Politics

Dotty Old Clint Eastwood Gave the Best Speech of the Week

Dirty Harry's pitch to independents and undecideds

Jesse Walker | 8.31.2012 11:35 AM

Politics

Can Clint Eastwood Bring the Troops Home from Afghanistan?

The Hollywood icon disses the Republicans stance on the war in Afghanistan at the part's own convention while endorsing Mitt Romney and misattributing an anti-war stance to the candidate

Ed Krayewski | 8.31.2012 10:15 AM

Politics

Obama Camp Hits Back at Eastwood

The actor has received criticism for his speech at the RNC

Reason Staff | 8.31.2012 8:36 AM

Politics

Clint Eastwood Tries His Hand at Improv Comedy, Debates Invisible President, Wanders a Bit, Drops an Implied F-Bomb, and Gets a Stadium Full of Republicans to Applaud a Call for an Immediate Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Jesse Walker | 8.31.2012 12:18 AM

Politics

Clint Eastwood Endorses Mitt Romney

Half time in America

Reason Staff | 8.4.2012 2:30 PM

Politics

Obama's Halftime Hypocrisy

On Super Bowl Sunday, America was treated to the most expensive political commercial in history.

David Harsanyi | 2.8.2012 6:00 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Shows That Hunger for More Power Corrupts

J. Edgar Hoover's Fetish for Authority Was More Worrisome Than His Apocryphal Sexual Hangups

Gene Healy | 11.22.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood: "let's spend a little more time leaving everybody alone"

Matt Welch | 9.15.2011 10:33 AM

Culture

Clint Eastwood on Brutal Cops, Government Bureaucracy, and Antiwar Westerns

Damon Root | 2.2.2011 3:06 PM

Politics

Dirty Harry Libertarianism

Matt Welch | 6.6.2008 9:33 AM

Politics

Dirty Harry and Dearthy Hairy Discuss Dirty, Hairy Guvmint

Matt Welch | 3.21.2005 4:07 PM

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