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#384 - Dust Bowl Ballads
The quintessential American folk troubadour and a beloved national icon, Woody Guthrie was also a committed lefty for whom art and politics were inte…
3 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW - #383 - Through a Glass Dumbly
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/75275385 After fleeing the Swedish tax authorities, Ingmar Bergman briefly set up shop in G…
3 years, 7 months ago
#382 - God and Country
Released shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Howard Hawks' SERGEANT YORK (1941) was an attempt to rouse popular support for America entering t…
3 years, 7 months ago
PREVIEW - #381 - A Fine Horse in the Snow
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/381-fine-horse-74986287 The dystopia is already here in Boots Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (…
3 years, 7 months ago
#380 - Occupy Mooseport
We've gazed into the abyss many times before but the Ray Romano/Gene Hackman comedy WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT (2004) - in which a former U.S. president ru…
3 years, 7 months ago
#379 - The Silent Majority
We finally felt lucky enough to discuss the grandaddy of right-wing law-and-order movies, DIRTY HARRY (1971). One thing is for certain: this is one c…
3 years, 8 months ago
#378 - Decision Points
Adam McKay's VICE (2018) sought to give Dick Cheney the full reckoning for his crimes through art that he will never receive in life. Is the film nec…
3 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW - #377 - Come On, Man
PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/74048274 The terrible right-wing documentary RIDING THE DRAGON: THE BIDENS' CHINESE SECRETS…
3 years, 8 months ago
PREVIEW - Brazil Election Special w/ Vincent Bevins
PATREON BONUS - https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-brazil-w-73950546 Brazil’s extreme-right president Jair Bolsonaro might go down to defeat in the …
3 years, 8 months ago
#376 - Head, Hand, Heart
In a distant future, a privileged ruling class lives in a city fuelled by an invisible army of workers who toil in barbaric conditions. Yes, this is …
3 years, 8 months ago