Michael and Us

Luke tests out the APPLE VISION PRO and it leads us on a long discussion of the many ills (and even some of the upsides) of our emerging techno pseudo-utopia. PLUS: On the return of Sacha Baron Cohen, and on the coming Toronto mayoral election.

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TORONTO: See Luke in conversation with Matt McManus on "What Is Liberal Socialism?" at Flying Books (371 Queen St. W) on November 23 - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/matt-mcmanus-in-conversation-with-luke-savage-tickets-2003631803661

Check on Plan 9 from Outer Space on Blu-Ray featuring a booklet essay by Will - https://shop.bfi.org.uk/plan-9-from-outer-space-blu-ray/

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At long last, we discuss one of the most popular American liberal Zionist movies of all time, Adam Sandler's YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (2008)... and discover a movie that is actually about leaving Israel behind!

PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/posts/752-dont-mess-173188694

After a run of highbrow content, we're right back in the muck! We treated ourselves to the ridiculous Christian hostage thriller FORGIVEN (2016), starring Kevin Sorbo as a police negotiator dealing with a kidnapping at a church. PLUS: The hosts disagree sharply over whether or not Shane Gillis is worth talking about.

Watch FORGIVEN if you dare - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKzNTNlUrEw

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In the early 1970s, Japanese New Wave auteur Masao Adachi travelled to Lebanon, joined the Japanese Red Army, and chronicled the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in his film RED ARMY/PLFO: DECLARATION OF WORLD WAR (1971). And when the PLFO was designated a terrorist organization, Adachi found himself labelled "the terrorist filmmaker," and didn't return to Japan for over 20 years. In this special interview episode, Will talks to scholar William Andrews, author of a comprehensive new biography about Adachi, about one of the last survivors of an era when filmmakers from around the world considered how to make films politically - not just make political films.

Buy William Andrews' book Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan's Cinema of Revolution - http://awaimedia.com/WilliamAndrewsBook.html

"The Last Revolutionary Filmmaker" by William Andrews - https://jacobin.com/2026/09/adachi-film-japan-1960s-politics

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On public space, the death of cinema, cruising in Taipei, and Tsai Ming-liang's masterpiece GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (2003). PLUS: How many DIGGERs is a CEO payout worth?

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