Cold War Cinema
By Jason Christian, Anthony Ballas, & Paul T. Klein
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Description
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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S2 Ep. 13: Ivan's Childhood (1962, Andrei Tarkovsky) w/ guest Taylor R. Genovese
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May 30, 2026 |
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Bonus: New German Cinema and the Red Army Faction w/ guest Ryan Ruby
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Bonus: Interview w/ Dr. Alice Lovejoy
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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S2 Ep. 12: Seconds (1966, John Frankenheimer) w/ guest Adam McKay
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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S2 Ep. 11: Letter Never Sent (1959, Mikhail Kalatozov)
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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S2 Ep. 10: The Searchers (1956, John Ford) w/ guest Aspen Ballas
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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S2 Ep. 9: Ballad of a Soldier (1959, Grigory Chukhray)
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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BONUS: Tribute to Peter Watkins (1935–2025)
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 8: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 7: Poet (1956, Boris Barnet)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 6: Pickup on South Street (1953, Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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BONUS: Interview w/ Christopher Jason Bell
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 5: Silvery Dust (1953, Abram Room & Pavel Armand)
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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BONUS: The Phoenician Scheme (w/ guest Matthew Ellis)
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 4: I Married a Communist A.K.A. The Woman on Pier 13 (1949, Robert Stevenson)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 3: The Russian Question (1948, Mikhail Romm)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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BONUS: Soundtrack to a Coup d'État (crossover episode w/ Wise the Dome TV)
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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BONUS: Resistance Cinema (crossover episode w/ The Socialist Shelf)
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 2: The Iron Curtain (1948, William A. Wellman)
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May 02, 2025 |
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S2 Ep. 1: Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 & 2 (1945/1958, Sergei Eisenstein)
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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S1 Ep. 14: Cry, the Beloved Country (1951, Zoltán Korda) w/ guest Felicia Maroni
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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S1 Ep. 13: Spartacus (1960, Stanley Kubrick)
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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S1 Ep. 12: Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947, Charlie Chaplin)
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 11: Martin Ritt, friend of the working class
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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BONUS: Interview w/ Andrew Nette
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 10: Salt of the Earth (1954, Herbert J. Biberman)
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 9: Quicksand (1950, Irving Pichel)
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 8: I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951, Michael Gordon)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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BONUS: Red Hollywood (1996, Thom Andersen)
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 7: Force of Evil (1948, Abraham Polonsky)
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May 31, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 6: Body and Soul (1947, Robert Rossen)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 5: He Ran All the Way (1951) & The Hollywood Ten (1950) dir. John Berry
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 4: So Young, So Bad (1950, Bernard Vorhaus)
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 3: Try and Get Me! A.K.A. The Sound of Fury (1950, Cy Endfield)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 2: Night and the City (1950, Jules Dassin)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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S1 Ep. 1: The Lawless (1950, Joseph Losey)
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Jan 01, 2024 |