John Milius’s 1984 film Red Dawn has a reputation as a jingoistic conservative fever dream, but we talk with Nat Hansen, who argues that its political outlook is more complex and more interesting. Along the way, we also discuss the film’s portrayal of masculinity, the toll of war, the film’s many references, from The BattleContinue reading “RED DAWN (1984)”
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REPO MAN (1984)
The life of a repo man is intense, which is why we invited friend Toby Levers to join us to talk about Alex Cox’s punk rock satire Repo Man! We discuss the film’s influence and influences, as well as how it manages to mash together genres in a style all of its own, fashioning theContinue reading “REPO MAN (1984)”
DUNE (1984) / DUNE (2021)
We sit down with fellow Dune-head John DeVore to discuss two DUNE movies — David Lynch’s 1984 troubled masterpiece, and Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 re-imagining of Arrakis. Can Villeneuve’s film live up to the inevitable hype? How do the two films capture the mystical weirdness of the book? What is that weird spider-person in the Harkonnen’sContinue reading “DUNE (1984) / DUNE (2021)”
Cows in the Field 