It was truly a pleasure to discuss Jean Renoir's GRAND ILLUSION with @cinemaroni.bsky.social on her podcast Seeing Faces in the Movies. Link below:
seeingfacesinmovies.com/episodes/gra...
I started a newsletter called Notes on Radical Cinema and wrote a brief introduction. I plan to write short, irregular dispatches on what I'm viewing and reading. I'd love some subscribers, and please spread the word!
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Huge, huge thanks to everyone who listens to @jasonachristian.bsky.social, @tonyjballas.bsky.social, and I over on @coldwarcinema.com every few weeks.
It’s so rewarding to share these movies and to have conversations about how and why movies and history matter.
Hello! I would like to express my gratitude to the listeners of
@coldwarcinema.com. Our podcast is currently the 40th most downloaded film history pod on Apple in the United States, and 72nd in the UK. Lots of great episodes on deck, so stay tuned!
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Fantastic company to be in! Thanks for the shout out, @historyonfilm.bsky.social!
Essential listening
The latest @coldwarcinema.com podcast is fascinating listening to anyone interested in aspects of materiality and Cold War film history. @alicelovejoy.bsky.social provides upon layer of observations about everything from the extractive industries in the former Congo to evolution of fabric making.
Presenting a talk this weekend called "Radical Education and Revolutionary Praxis through Cinema" with Ankita Rathour (my wife) at the 2026 South Asian Literary Association Conference. Excited!
Thank you to @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @ptklein.com @coldwarcinema.com for a wonderful conversation!
This was a really great interview, and I learned so much. I think listeners will get a lot out of this conversation and Alice Lovejoy's book that prompted it. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/bonus-interv...
New episode is live!
We invited the film historian Alice Lovejoy (@alicelovejoy.bsky.social) to discuss her new book, Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War, and the political economy of film production and its connection to imperialism.
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In Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War, @alicelovejoy.bsky.social exposes the chemical connections between movie magic and the materials of war.
Over on @coldwarcinema.com, we ‘re chatting with Alice about her book and the dark side of the dream factory:
EMILE DE ANTONIO'S COLD WAR COUNTERCULTURE 📽️ Coming to the Criterion Channel in April! bit.ly/4sT3sNR
Anti-imperialism should be the foundation of your politics. If it isn't, you need to study more.
I really enjoyed this.
New issue of Current Affairs is out.
I have a piece (ph 32) about the impotent frustration of trying to communicate with each other and rally action during multiple emergencies with no functioning mainstream news.
The project I run, Resistance Cinema, held an excellent screening tonight in Atlanta of Abby Martin's new documentary EARTH'S GREATEST ENEMY, which is about the environmental impact of the US military. Great post-screening discussion with the director via Zoom as well. This film is essential. ✊
One of Europe’s most historic Cold War-era cinemas has just reopened...
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One of Europe’s most historic Cold War-era cinemas has just reopened...
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Excerpt from Walter Rodney's HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA
One of the most pernicious lies in history is that fascism only occured in Europe in the 1930s and '40s; when in fact it was the modus operandi of colonial administration around the world.
If anyone is interested, I put this list of films from socialist countries together a while back. There are 45 of them, by my count, but it is possible that I missed one or two, so recommendations are welcome.
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My wife covered a little-known Mrinal Sen film on her podcast, The Desi Gaze. If you're into Indian "parallel cinema" or left-wing cinema, check it out!
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I don't have a lot of followers on this app, so shares are more than appreciated.
ICYMI, here's the latest episode of Cold War Cinema, with guest Adam McKay. It's a good one!
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Green and Red Podcast in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
w/ Legendary Filmmaker John Sayles on Labor, the Border and the Empire in Films and Novels.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/20/l...
Thank you!
HIGHLY recommend you check out @ghostpanther.bsky.social on @coldwarcinema.com discussing his work and the wild Rock Hudson film SECONDS (1966).
This was a blind Criterion pick for me years ago, and let me say you know you've found someone who matches your freak when you can put this on for them.
This sounds amazing