About this podcast
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…
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Cold War Cinema
About this podcast
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…
Recent episodes
- Bonus: Getting to Know Your Hosts1 Aug · 1 h 47 min
- Bonus: Robert Kramer's Radical Cinema w/ guest Whitney Strub1 Jul · 1 h 51 min
- S2 Ep. 14: Fail Safe (1964, Sidney Lumet)24 Jun · 1 h 42 min
- S2 Ep. 13: Ivan's Childhood (1962, Andrei Tarkovsky) w/ guest Taylor R. Genovese30 May · 1 h 49 min
- Bonus: New German Cinema and the Red Army Faction w/ guest Ryan Ruby27 Apr · 1 h 54 min
- Bonus: Interview w/ Dr. Alice Lovejoy24 Mar · 1 h 16 min
- S2 Ep. 12: Seconds (1966, John Frankenheimer) w/ guest Adam McKay19 Feb · 1 h 28 min
- S2 Ep. 11: Letter Never Sent (1959, Mikhail Kalatozov)12 Feb · 1 h 37 min
- S2 Ep. 10: The Searchers (1956, John Ford) w/ guest Aspen Ballas15 Jan · 1 h 44 min
- S2 Ep. 9: Ballad of a Soldier (1959, Grigory Chukhray)26 Dec 2025 · 1 h 35 min
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