Cold War Cinema
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
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 79 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
S1 Ep. 6: Body and Soul (Robert Rossen, 1947)
Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss Robert Rossen’s Body and Soul, a 1947 boxing film that critic Thom Andersen categorizes as film gris, or socially conscious crime cinema during the …
S1 Ep. 5: He Ran All the Way (1951) & The Hollywood Ten (1950) dir. John Berry
Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss John Berry's He Ran All the Way, a 1951 crime drama in the film noir and film gris traditions. The film stars John Garfield, who was shortly thereaf…
S1 Ep. 4: So Young, So Bad (Bernard Vorhaus, 1950)
Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss Bernard Vorhaus's So Young, So Bad, a 1950 drama about a girls' reform school. The film dares to imagine therapy instead of punishment as a tool to …
S1 Ep. 3: Try and Get Me! A.K.A. The Sound of Fury (Cy Endfield, 1950)
Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss Cy Endfield’s Try and Get Me!, also know as The Sound of Fury, a 1950 crime film that critic Thom Andersen includes on his list of film gris movies,…
S1 Ep. 2: Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950)
Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss Jules Dassin’s 1950 crime film Night and the City, a celebrated film noir picture (and film gris) shot on location in London. Like all of the direct…
S1 Ep. 1: The Lawless (Joseph Losey, 1950)
Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss Joseph Losey’s 1950 crime film The Lawless, an underseen and somewhat uneven example of what the filmmaker and critic Thom Andersen calls film gri…