Cold War Cinema

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

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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

Episode Date
S2 Ep. 13: Ivan's Childhood (1962, Andrei Tarkovsky) w/ guest Taylor R. Genovese
May 30, 2026
Bonus: New German Cinema and the Red Army Faction w/ guest Ryan Ruby
Apr 27, 2026
Bonus: Interview w/ Dr. Alice Lovejoy
Mar 24, 2026
S2 Ep. 12: Seconds (1966, John Frankenheimer) w/ guest Adam McKay
Feb 19, 2026
S2 Ep. 11: Letter Never Sent (1959, Mikhail Kalatozov)
Feb 12, 2026
S2 Ep. 10: The Searchers (1956, John Ford) w/ guest Aspen Ballas
Jan 15, 2026
S2 Ep. 9: Ballad of a Soldier (1959, Grigory Chukhray)
Dec 26, 2025
BONUS: Tribute to Peter Watkins (1935–2025)
Nov 19, 2025
S2 Ep. 8: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
Nov 17, 2025
S2 Ep. 7: Poet (1956, Boris Barnet)
Oct 27, 2025
S2 Ep. 6: Pickup on South Street (1953, Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie
Sep 04, 2025
BONUS: Interview w/ Christopher Jason Bell
Aug 28, 2025
S2 Ep. 5: Silvery Dust (1953, Abram Room & Pavel Armand)
Aug 14, 2025
BONUS: The Phoenician Scheme (w/ guest Matthew Ellis)
Jul 29, 2025
S2 Ep. 4: I Married a Communist A.K.A. The Woman on Pier 13 (1949, Robert Stevenson)
Jul 24, 2025
S2 Ep. 3: The Russian Question (1948, Mikhail Romm)
Jul 03, 2025
BONUS: Soundtrack to a Coup d'État (crossover episode w/ Wise the Dome TV)
Jun 20, 2025
BONUS: Resistance Cinema (crossover episode w/ The Socialist Shelf)
Jun 11, 2025
S2 Ep. 2: The Iron Curtain (1948, William A. Wellman)
May 02, 2025
S2 Ep. 1: Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 & 2 (1945/1958, Sergei Eisenstein)
Mar 19, 2025
S1 Ep. 14: Cry, the Beloved Country (1951, Zoltán Korda) w/ guest Felicia Maroni
Feb 21, 2025
S1 Ep. 13: Spartacus (1960, Stanley Kubrick)
Jan 31, 2025
S1 Ep. 12: Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947, Charlie Chaplin)
Dec 05, 2024
S1 Ep. 11: Martin Ritt, friend of the working class
Nov 25, 2024
BONUS: Interview w/ Andrew Nette
Oct 16, 2024
S1 Ep. 10: Salt of the Earth (1954, Herbert J. Biberman)
Aug 14, 2024
S1 Ep. 9: Quicksand (1950, Irving Pichel)
Jul 23, 2024
S1 Ep. 8: I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951, Michael Gordon)
Jul 08, 2024
BONUS: Red Hollywood (1996, Thom Andersen)
Jun 14, 2024
S1 Ep. 7: Force of Evil (1948, Abraham Polonsky)
May 31, 2024
S1 Ep. 6: Body and Soul (1947, Robert Rossen)
Apr 29, 2024
S1 Ep. 5: He Ran All the Way (1951) & The Hollywood Ten (1950) dir. John Berry
Mar 28, 2024
S1 Ep. 4: So Young, So Bad (1950, Bernard Vorhaus)
Mar 14, 2024
S1 Ep. 3: Try and Get Me! A.K.A. The Sound of Fury (1950, Cy Endfield)
Feb 19, 2024
S1 Ep. 2: Night and the City (1950, Jules Dassin)
Jan 30, 2024
S1 Ep. 1: The Lawless (1950, Joseph Losey)
Jan 01, 2024