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Cold War Cinema

Jason A. Christian, Anthony Ballas, & Paul T. Klein

Cold War Cinema is a podcast about movies made during the first few decades of the Cold War (1947–1991). Each episode primarily focuses on one film, and the hosts, Jason Christian and Anthony Ballas, discuss the director's life and work, the historical context of the film, and examine its themes that relate to the turbulent politics of the era. Theme music and editing on the first 14 episodes by Tim Jones; theme music from then on by DYAD (Charles Ballas and Jeremy Averitt), and editing by Jason Christian. Logo by Jason Christian

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41 episodes

  1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962, John Frankenheimer) w/ guest Andrew Scahill 1:52:07
  2. I Am Cuba (1964, Mikhail Kalatozov) w/ guest Silas Nathan 2:00:11
  3. Bonus: Getting to Know Your Hosts 1:46:44
  4. Bonus: Robert Kramer's Radical Cinema w/ guest Whitney Strub 1:51:23
  5. Fail Safe (1964, Sidney Lumet) 1:42:28
  6. Ivan's Childhood (1962, Andrei Tarkovsky) w/ guest Taylor R. Genovese 1:48:38
  7. Bonus: New German Cinema and the Red Army Faction w/ guest Ryan Ruby 1:54:17
  8. Bonus: Interview w/ Dr. Alice Lovejoy 1:15:55
  9. Seconds (1966, John Frankenheimer) w/ guest Adam McKay 1:28:20
  10. Letter Never Sent (1959, Mikhail Kalatozov) 1:36:38
  11. The Searchers (1956, John Ford) w/ guest Aspen Ballas 1:44:15
  12. Ballad of a Soldier (1959, Grigory Chukhray) 1:34:46
  13. BONUS: Tribute to Peter Watkins (1935–2025) 1:51:55
  14. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel) 1:35:05
  15. Poet (1956, Boris Barnet) 1:22:27
  16. Pickup on South Street (1953, Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie 1:14:54
  17. BONUS: Interview w/ Christopher Jason Bell 1:06:57
  18. Silvery Dust (1953, Abram Room & Pavel Armand) 1:38:13
  19. BONUS: The Phoenician Scheme (w/ guest Matthew Ellis) 1:35:31
  20. I Married a Communist A.K.A. The Woman on Pier 13 (1949, Robert Stevenson) 1:43:24
  21. The Russian Question (1948, Mikhail Romm) 1:40:19
  22. BONUS: Soundtrack to a Coup d'État (crossover episode w/ Wise the Dome TV) 1:08:31
  23. BONUS: Resistance Cinema (crossover episode w/ The Socialist Shelf) 1:16:33
  24. The Iron Curtain (1948, William A. Wellman) 59:24
  25. Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 & 2 (1945/1958, Sergei Eisenstein) 1:41:35
  26. Cry, the Beloved Country (1951, Zoltán Korda) w/ guest Felicia Maroni 1:16:02
  27. Spartacus (1960, Stanley Kubrick) 1:13:19
  28. Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947, Charlie Chaplin) 1:11:09
  29. Martin Ritt, friend of the working class 1:18:39
  30. BONUS: Interview w/ Andrew Nette 1:25:48
  31. Salt of the Earth (1954, Herbert J. Biberman) 1:16:07
  32. Quicksand (1950, Irving Pichel) 1:22:49
  33. I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951, Michael Gordon) 1:17:11
  34. BONUS: Red Hollywood (1996, Thom Andersen) 53:28
  35. Force of Evil (1948, Abraham Polonsky) 1:09:42
  36. Body and Soul (1947, Robert Rossen) 1:17:38
  37. He Ran All the Way (1951) & The Hollywood Ten (1950) dir. John Berry 1:20:27
  38. So Young, So Bad (1950, Bernard Vorhaus) 1:21:56
  39. Try and Get Me! A.K.A. The Sound of Fury (1950, Cy Endfield) 1:15:26
  40. Night and the City (1950, Jules Dassin) 1:31:30
  41. The Lawless (1950, Joseph Losey) 1:09:47