The Politics of Cinema
On this show, we believe that films are never neutral. There is a political as well as artistic message captured (on purpose and on accident) in every film. We’re on the lookout for all of it.
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Episodes
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1969 thru the films: Easy Rider, Medium Cool & Several Friends. We also discuss: Wild Bunch / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / True Grit / Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice / Midnight Cowboy / Model Shop / Putney Swope / The Learning Tree / Lions Love Also of note from this year: Alice’s Restaurant / Burn! / Z / if…. / They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? / The Gay Deceivers / Blue Movie
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1968 thru the films: Targets, Barbarella & Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One and a documentary update with Monterey Pop & In the Year of the Pig. We also discuss: Rosemary’s Baby / 2001: A Space Odyssey / Faces / The Great Silence / Uptight / Night of the Living Dead / Wild in the Streets / Angels from Hell / Bullitt / Once Upon a Time in the West / Also of note from this year: God Respects Us When We Work, but Loves Us When We Dance / Planet of the Apes / Head / Psych-Out / Beyond the Law / The Killing of Sister George / The Queen / The Astro-Zombies / Finian’s Rainbow / Hell in the Pacific / The Night They Raided Minsky’s / The Swimmer / Vixen!
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1967 thru the films: Bonnie and Clyde / Point Blank / The Dirty Dozen / Beach Red / Dont Look Back / Titicut Follies We also discuss: The Graduate / In Like Flint / Cool Hand Luke / Who’s that Knocking at my Door? / Valley of the Dolls / The Producers / Riot on Sunset Strip / The Love-Ins / The Wild Rebels / It’s a Bikini World Also of note from this year: You Only Live Twice (Bond #5) / Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner / Thoroughly Modern Millie / Doctor Doolittle / Camelot / Good Times / In the Heat of the Night
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1966 thru the films; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? / The Shooting / The Endless Summer We also discuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / Django / RIde the Whirlwind / Time to Die / The Professionals / The Wild Angels / The Group / The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming Also of note from this year (from around the world): The Battle of Algiers / Alfie / Black Girl / Made in USA / The Pornographers / Blow-Up / Come Drink with Me
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1965 thru the films; The Bedford Incident / Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! / The Beach Party Report. We also discuss: The Sound of Music / Doctor Zhivago / Thunderball / Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes Recommended films from the Beach Party genre: Bikini Beach / Pajama Party / For Those Who Think Young / A Swingin' Summer
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
As we work our way thru the 1960's, we'll take the occasional break from Hollywood to look as some other countries and films movements that helped the massive transition that took place during this decade. Today, a very brief look at the Japanese New Wave via two of the greats; Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill) and Nagisa Oshima (Night and Fog in Japan & Death by Hanging). Also recommended: Kill! / A Colt is My Passport / Pigs in Battleships / Black Lizard / Genocide / The Pornographers / Tokyo Drifter
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1964 thru the films; Nothing but a Man / The Pawnbroker. We also discuss: Seven Days in May, Dr. Strangelove…, A Hard Day’s Night and Babo 73 Also of note from this year: Mary Poppins / My Fair Lady / Goldfinger / A Fistful of Dollars / For Those Who Think Young / Two Thousand Maniacs! / The Last Man on Earth
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1963 thru the films; The Birds / Blood Feast / Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment . We also discuss: The Cool World, The Organizer, The Ugly American and Dimentia 13 Also of note from this year: Cleopatra / How the West Was Won / It’s a Mad Mad Mad World / Tom Jones / Irma la Douce / The Raven
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
As we work our way thru the 1960's, we'll take the occasional break from Hollywood to look as some other countries and films movements that helped the massive transition that took place during this decade. Today, a very brief look at the French New Wave via two of the greats; Agnes Varda and Jean-Luc Goddard.
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
On this episode, we focus on the year of 1962 thru the films; Advise & Consent, The Manchurian Candidate and The Intruder. We also discuss: Satan in High Heels, Cleo from 5 to 7, All Night Long, Harakiri , Carnival of Souls, Lolita and Ivan’s Childhood. Also of note from this year: Cape Fear / Birdman of Alcatraz / Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? / To Kill a Mockingbird / Ride the High Country / How the West Was Won / Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / Miracle Worker / Music Man