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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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
Join us and proverbial bringer-of-Christmas-cheer Emily St. James as we dive into Frank Capra’s existentialist Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life! We talk about the film’s overt and subtle political messaging, which got it labeled Communist propaganda soon after its release, and contrast the zero sum deadlocked conflict of Potter with the generosity and warmthContinue reading “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)”
IT FOLLOWS (2012)
Not to be downers, but, everything alive must die. This is something the kids from David Robert Mitchell’s devastating horror film must come to terms with, as they are stalked by a demonic entity that, no matter where they are, is constantly walking towards them. We sit down with Alison Willmore (Vulture / New YorkContinue reading “IT FOLLOWS (2012)”
Cows in the Field 