Cold War Cinema
A podcast by Jason Christian and Anthony Ballas

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18 Episodes
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S2 Ep. 2: The Iron Curtain (1948; dir. William A. Wellman)
Published: 5/2/2025 -
S2 Ep. 1: Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 & 2 (1945/1958; dir. Sergei Eisenstein)
Published: 3/19/2025 -
S1 Ep. 14: Cry, the Beloved Country (1951; dir. Zoltán Korda)
Published: 2/21/2025 -
S1 Ep. 13: Spartacus (1960; dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Published: 1/31/2025 -
S1 Ep. 12: Monsieur Verdoux (1947; dir. Charlie Chaplin)
Published: 12/5/2024 -
S1 Ep. 11: Martin Ritt, friend of the working class
Published: 11/25/2024 -
S1 BONUS 2: Interview with Andrew Nette
Published: 10/16/2024 -
S1 Ep. 10: Salt of the Earth (1954; dir. Herbert J. Biberman)
Published: 8/14/2024 -
S1 Ep. 9: Quicksand (1950; dir. Irving Pichel)
Published: 7/23/2024 -
S1 Ep. 8: I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951; dir. Michael Gordon)
Published: 7/8/2024 -
S1 BONUS 1: Red Hollywood (1996) – Thom Andersen
Published: 6/14/2024 -
S1 Ep. 7: Force of Evil (1948; dir. Abraham Polonsky)
Published: 5/31/2024 -
S1 Ep. 6: Body and Soul (1947; dir. Robert Rossen)
Published: 4/29/2024 -
S1 Ep. 5: He Ran All the Way (1951) & The Hollywood Ten (1950) dir. John Berry
Published: 3/28/2024 -
S1 Ep. 4: So Young, So Bad (1950; dir. Bernard Vorhaus)
Published: 3/14/2024 -
S1 Ep. 3: Try and Get Me! A.K.A. The Sound of Fury (1950; dir. Cy Endfield)
Published: 2/19/2024 -
S1 Ep. 2: Night and the City (1950; dir. Jules Dassin)
Published: 1/30/2024 -
S1 Ep. 1: The Lawless (1950; dir. Joseph Losey)
Published: 1/1/2024
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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