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Cross of Iron (1977) w/ Adrian Bonenberger | Ep. 7
Auteur Sam Peckinpah is most famous for The Wild Bunch, his blistering take on the Western. Few outside the aficionados bother to mention Cross of Ir…
1 year, 5 months ago
In the Loop (2009) w/ Spencer Ackerman | Ep. 6
Scottish filmmaker Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop, a satire about the lead-up to the Iraq War, never achieved the household success of Veep (Iannucci…
1 year, 5 months ago
Where Democrats Go From Here: Election Lessons, Mainstream Media, American Fascism, and India-China Rivalry
Van and Lyle jumped on the mic to record some stuff for Bang-Bang, but started off just musing about what just happened in the presidential election.…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Battle of Algiers (1966) | Ep. 5
Arguably the most successful revolutionary film of all time, Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers boasts many legacies. For film buffs, its impor…
1 year, 6 months ago
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) | Ep. 4
“We tortured some folks.” Katherine Bigelow and Mark Boal’s blockbuster on the leadup to Bin Laden’s assassination was alternately ballyhooed and pan…
1 year, 6 months ago
Jacob's Ladder (1990) | Ep. 3
Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (no relation to Lyle) claims the first scene of Jacob’s Ladder was inspired by his own sense of being stuck in a rut, a…
1 year, 6 months ago
War Machine (2017) | Ep. 2
Lyle had been serving as a marine officer in and around the Helmand province for about five months before Rolling Stone published “The Runaway Genera…
1 year, 6 months ago
Combat Obscura (2018) | Ep. 1
In 2011, the combat cameraman Miles Lagoze arrived in Helmand province, Afghanistan, tasked with manufacturing propaganda-friendly visuals and audio.…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bang-Bang Podcast Teaser | from Ep. 1 on Combat Obscura
Welcome to Bang-Bang! A show about war movies, with an anti-imperialist twist. The hosts—Van Jackson and Lyle Jeremy Rubin—are military veterans, ant…
1 year, 7 months ago