Cold War Cinema
@coldwarcinema.com
Cold War Cinema is a podcast about the shifting cultural, political, and aesthetic currents running through movies made during the Cold War.
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I’m back with the @coldwarcinema.com team this week talking about art, revolution, and the creation of national myths and political imaginaries.
It’s an engaging conversation about film and the politics of form and style.
🎧 Listen here: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
It’s an engaging conversation about film and the politics of form and style.
🎧 Listen here: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’m back with the @coldwarcinema.com team this week talking about art, revolution, and the creation of national myths and political imaginaries.
It’s an engaging conversation about film and the politics of form and style.
🎧 Listen here: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
It’s an engaging conversation about film and the politics of form and style.
🎧 Listen here: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
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New episode of @coldwarcinema.com has dropped!
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Boris Barnet's Poet, a 1956 drama about the Russian Civil War that explores the role of art and literature in revolution. We also discuss socialist realism and how it shaped a national mythology in the USSR. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
This week we discuss Boris Barnet's Poet, a 1956 drama about the Russian Civil War that explores the role of art and literature in revolution. We also discuss socialist realism and how it shaped a national mythology in the USSR. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New episode of @coldwarcinema.com has dropped!
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Boris Barnet's Poet, a 1956 drama about the Russian Civil War that explores the role of art and literature in revolution. We also discuss socialist realism and how it shaped a national mythology in the USSR. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
This week we discuss Boris Barnet's Poet, a 1956 drama about the Russian Civil War that explores the role of art and literature in revolution. We also discuss socialist realism and how it shaped a national mythology in the USSR. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Boris Barnet's Poet, a 1956 drama about the Russian Civil War that explores the role of art and literature in revolution. We also discuss socialist realism and how it shaped a national mythology in the USSR. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
This week we discuss Boris Barnet's Poet, a 1956 drama about the Russian Civil War that explores the role of art and literature in revolution. We also discuss socialist realism and how it shaped a national mythology in the USSR. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-7-poet...
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This podcast centers on One Battle's contribution to popular political cinema under the authoritarian violence of the second Trump administration.
One Battle After Another
In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…
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October 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This podcast centers on One Battle's contribution to popular political cinema under the authoritarian violence of the second Trump administration.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Had a blast talking about the heist movie Entrapment for @1999thepodcast.bsky.social! Check it out 👇
This is a good one! @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @juliasirmons.bsky.social welcome @jasonachristian.bsky.social to talk about the surprisingly pretty good ENTRAPMENT, a movie remembered as a dull box office bomb which was neither of those things!
Here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Here or wherever you get your podcasts.
1999: The Podcast #081 - Entrapment - with Jason Christian
Writer and co-host of the podcast Cold War Cinema joins to talk about 1999's OTHER art heist movie starring a former Bond actor, "Entrapment"
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September 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Had a blast talking about the heist movie Entrapment for @1999thepodcast.bsky.social! Check it out 👇
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Every time I meet with @tonyjballas.bsky.social and @jasonachristian.bsky.social for @coldwarcinema.com I come away absolutely refreshed and recharged and super excited about the work we’re doing and why contextualizing film and history matters more than ever.
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Every time I meet with @tonyjballas.bsky.social and @jasonachristian.bsky.social for @coldwarcinema.com I come away absolutely refreshed and recharged and super excited about the work we’re doing and why contextualizing film and history matters more than ever.
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New piece by Constance Grady on the Cultural Cold War.
"The artistic world that the CIA built was one of American innocence...Aesthetics existed in a pure sphere of their own, one where brushstrokes and colors were celebrated as depoliticized expressions of freedom."
www.vox.com/culture/4612...
"The artistic world that the CIA built was one of American innocence...Aesthetics existed in a pure sphere of their own, one where brushstrokes and colors were celebrated as depoliticized expressions of freedom."
www.vox.com/culture/4612...
The last time the US waged a propaganda war on the arts
Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New piece by Constance Grady on the Cultural Cold War.
"The artistic world that the CIA built was one of American innocence...Aesthetics existed in a pure sphere of their own, one where brushstrokes and colors were celebrated as depoliticized expressions of freedom."
www.vox.com/culture/4612...
"The artistic world that the CIA built was one of American innocence...Aesthetics existed in a pure sphere of their own, one where brushstrokes and colors were celebrated as depoliticized expressions of freedom."
www.vox.com/culture/4612...
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I still think this essay I wrote for @bwdr.bsky.social is the critical piece I'm most proud to have written. It's on Jules Dassin's heist masterpiece RIFIFI (1955), and I'd be honored if you read it.
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Rififi (1955): Easing the Pain of Betrayal
Rififi was Dassin’s comeback film, his revenge fantasy film, a revenge not only on foes across the pond but on capitalism itself.
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September 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I still think this essay I wrote for @bwdr.bsky.social is the critical piece I'm most proud to have written. It's on Jules Dassin's heist masterpiece RIFIFI (1955), and I'd be honored if you read it.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/28/e...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/28/e...
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Excellent piece on one of my all time favorite movies Rififi:
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/28/e...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/28/e...
Rififi (1955): Easing the Pain of Betrayal
Rififi was Dassin’s comeback film, his revenge fantasy film, a revenge not only on foes across the pond but on capitalism itself.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Excellent piece on one of my all time favorite movies Rififi:
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/28/e...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/28/e...
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A heart-pounding, heart-breaking portrait of a lying, contemptuous, and cruel person, and the ways that images construct reality. Essential viewing for understanding how fascism operates, that we must crush it completely, and why, when our current moment ends, we cannot exonerate those responsible.
September 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A heart-pounding, heart-breaking portrait of a lying, contemptuous, and cruel person, and the ways that images construct reality. Essential viewing for understanding how fascism operates, that we must crush it completely, and why, when our current moment ends, we cannot exonerate those responsible.
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A delight to discuss Fuller with tremendous company!
Join @jasonachristian.bsky.social, @stephenage.bsky.social, and I as we consider this striking film, writer-director Sam Fuller’s incendiary, but ultimately idealist, politics, and how Pickup helps us make sense of where we are today.
On Spotify:
On Spotify:
S2 Ep. 6: Pickup on South Street (1953; dir. Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie
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September 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A delight to discuss Fuller with tremendous company!
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Thanks to all the listeners of @coldwarcinema.com!
It's heartening to see that our little project has found listeners around the world. Here are the top ten countries. Thank you to everyone.
September 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thanks to all the listeners of @coldwarcinema.com!
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Kind of wild knowing that our little public scholarship passion project is engaging folks globally.
It's heartening to see that our little project has found listeners around the world. Here are the top ten countries. Thank you to everyone.
September 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Kind of wild knowing that our little public scholarship passion project is engaging folks globally.
It's heartening to see that our little project has found listeners around the world. Here are the top ten countries. Thank you to everyone.
September 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It's heartening to see that our little project has found listeners around the world. Here are the top ten countries. Thank you to everyone.
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New episode dropped, and it's a good one!
New episode is live!
On this episode, @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @ptklein.com discuss Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street (1953) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie, from the STACKS podcast. Find out why J. Edgar Hoover hated this movie, and much more!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
On this episode, @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @ptklein.com discuss Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street (1953) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie, from the STACKS podcast. Find out why J. Edgar Hoover hated this movie, and much more!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
Cold War Cinema: S2 Ep. 6: Pickup on South Street (1953; dir. Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie
“Are you waving the flag at me?” The Cold War Cinema team returns to look at Samuel Fuller’s 1954 noir masterpiece, Pickup on South Street, with special guest Stephen Gillespie, film critic and cohost...
coldwarcinema.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
New episode dropped, and it's a good one!
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We’re talking about Sam Fuller’s noir masterpiece Pickup on South Street today on @coldwarcinema.com.
It’s a remarkable movie that makes sense out of Cold War paranoia through an incisive critique of American ideological systems. I
🎧: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
It’s a remarkable movie that makes sense out of Cold War paranoia through an incisive critique of American ideological systems. I
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September 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We’re talking about Sam Fuller’s noir masterpiece Pickup on South Street today on @coldwarcinema.com.
It’s a remarkable movie that makes sense out of Cold War paranoia through an incisive critique of American ideological systems. I
🎧: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
It’s a remarkable movie that makes sense out of Cold War paranoia through an incisive critique of American ideological systems. I
🎧: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
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If America is so good at keeping us down, maybe the best we can hope for is a material existence in the afterlife.
This week on @coldwarcinema.com, we’re talking about Pickup on South Street, and how it makes sense of our homegrown Cold War paranoia.
👉 Listen now: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
This week on @coldwarcinema.com, we’re talking about Pickup on South Street, and how it makes sense of our homegrown Cold War paranoia.
👉 Listen now: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
September 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If America is so good at keeping us down, maybe the best we can hope for is a material existence in the afterlife.
This week on @coldwarcinema.com, we’re talking about Pickup on South Street, and how it makes sense of our homegrown Cold War paranoia.
👉 Listen now: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
This week on @coldwarcinema.com, we’re talking about Pickup on South Street, and how it makes sense of our homegrown Cold War paranoia.
👉 Listen now: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
New episode is live!
On this episode, @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @ptklein.com discuss Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street (1953) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie, from the STACKS podcast. Find out why J. Edgar Hoover hated this movie, and much more!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
On this episode, @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @ptklein.com discuss Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street (1953) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie, from the STACKS podcast. Find out why J. Edgar Hoover hated this movie, and much more!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
Cold War Cinema: S2 Ep. 6: Pickup on South Street (1953; dir. Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie
“Are you waving the flag at me?” The Cold War Cinema team returns to look at Samuel Fuller’s 1954 noir masterpiece, Pickup on South Street, with special guest Stephen Gillespie, film critic and cohost...
coldwarcinema.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New episode is live!
On this episode, @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @ptklein.com discuss Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street (1953) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie, from the STACKS podcast. Find out why J. Edgar Hoover hated this movie, and much more!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
On this episode, @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @ptklein.com discuss Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street (1953) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie, from the STACKS podcast. Find out why J. Edgar Hoover hated this movie, and much more!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-6-pick...
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Hey friends, if you are a listener of @coldwarcinema.com, please do us a huge favor and rate and/or review the podcast. It really helps! Thanks.
September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey friends, if you are a listener of @coldwarcinema.com, please do us a huge favor and rate and/or review the podcast. It really helps! Thanks.
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Had a blast talking to @christopherbell.bsky.social about filmmaking, the streaming service @means.tv, the legacy of George W. Bush, and a whole lot more! Check it out!
New episode is live!
@jasonachristian.bsky.social interviews Christopher Jason Bell (@christopherbell.bsky.social) about his docu-series MISS ME YET, about the George W. Bush presidency, the streaming service @means.tv, and more!
coldwarcinema.com/bonus-interv...
@jasonachristian.bsky.social interviews Christopher Jason Bell (@christopherbell.bsky.social) about his docu-series MISS ME YET, about the George W. Bush presidency, the streaming service @means.tv, and more!
coldwarcinema.com/bonus-interv...
Cold War Cinema: BONUS: Interview with Christopher Jason Bell
In this bonus episode, cohost Jason Christian interviews the independent filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell. Besides being a filmmaker, Bell is a board of director of the streaming co-op . Bell’s archiv...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Had a blast talking to @christopherbell.bsky.social about filmmaking, the streaming service @means.tv, the legacy of George W. Bush, and a whole lot more! Check it out!
New episode is live!
@jasonachristian.bsky.social interviews Christopher Jason Bell (@christopherbell.bsky.social) about his docu-series MISS ME YET, about the George W. Bush presidency, the streaming service @means.tv, and more!
coldwarcinema.com/bonus-interv...
@jasonachristian.bsky.social interviews Christopher Jason Bell (@christopherbell.bsky.social) about his docu-series MISS ME YET, about the George W. Bush presidency, the streaming service @means.tv, and more!
coldwarcinema.com/bonus-interv...
Cold War Cinema: BONUS: Interview with Christopher Jason Bell
In this bonus episode, cohost Jason Christian interviews the independent filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell. Besides being a filmmaker, Bell is a board of director of the streaming co-op . Bell’s archiv...
coldwarcinema.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New episode is live!
@jasonachristian.bsky.social interviews Christopher Jason Bell (@christopherbell.bsky.social) about his docu-series MISS ME YET, about the George W. Bush presidency, the streaming service @means.tv, and more!
coldwarcinema.com/bonus-interv...
@jasonachristian.bsky.social interviews Christopher Jason Bell (@christopherbell.bsky.social) about his docu-series MISS ME YET, about the George W. Bush presidency, the streaming service @means.tv, and more!
coldwarcinema.com/bonus-interv...
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Who decides what constitutes propaganda?
Join the @coldwarcinema.com this weekend as we think about the 1953 Soviet drama Silvery Dust and its critiques of America’s history of white supremacy, corrupt capital, and scientific collaborations with former Nazis.
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Join the @coldwarcinema.com this weekend as we think about the 1953 Soviet drama Silvery Dust and its critiques of America’s history of white supremacy, corrupt capital, and scientific collaborations with former Nazis.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Who decides what constitutes propaganda?
Join the @coldwarcinema.com this weekend as we think about the 1953 Soviet drama Silvery Dust and its critiques of America’s history of white supremacy, corrupt capital, and scientific collaborations with former Nazis.
🎧: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-5-silv...
Join the @coldwarcinema.com this weekend as we think about the 1953 Soviet drama Silvery Dust and its critiques of America’s history of white supremacy, corrupt capital, and scientific collaborations with former Nazis.
🎧: coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-5-silv...
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New episode dropped!
This is one of my favorites, y'all. Please leave us a review and share widely!
This is one of my favorites, y'all. Please leave us a review and share widely!
August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New episode dropped!
This is one of my favorites, y'all. Please leave us a review and share widely!
This is one of my favorites, y'all. Please leave us a review and share widely!