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In Praise Of

Beyond the Red Scare: Invaders from Mars at 70

by Christopher Stewardson

William Cameron Men­zies’ sci-fi clas­sic might have its ori­gins in the Cold War, but its mes­sage is more expansive.
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Home Ents

Discover the pressure-cooker tension of this alien invasion thriller

by Anton Bitel

Robert Wise’s 1971 sci-fi The Androm­e­da Strain tapped into space race and Cold War anxieties.
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Review

Cold War

by David Jenkins

A tem­pes­tu­ous romance on nation­al themes makes for chilly view­ing in Pawel Pawlikowski’s mono­chrome drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Not Movies

How The Americans uses pop culture to bridge Cold War politics

by Emma Fraser

Ref­er­ences to Russ­ian and US cin­e­ma help to make sense of the oppos­ing ide­olo­gies of the time.
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Festivals

Cold War – first look review

by David Jenkins

This minia­ture mono­chrome epic from Pawel Paw­likows­ki is a extra­or­di­nary piece of cin­e­mat­ic craftsmanship.
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With Wormwood, Errol Morris shows he’s still the master of true-crime

by Catherine Pearson

The direc­tor of The Thin Blue Line is back with a grip­ping Cold War-era mur­der mystery.
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Review

Atomic Blonde

by Matt Thrift

Char­l­ize Theron blasts her way through Cold War-era Berlin in this glib action­er from John Wick’s David Leitch.

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Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Trailers

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water gets a wondrous first trailer

by David Jenkins

Take a fishy first look at the director’s upcom­ing Cold War-era fairy tale.
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Incoming

Guillermo del Toro dives into The Shape of Water

by Poppy Doran

The Crim­son Peak direc­tor has teamed up with Sal­ly Hawkins and Michael Shan­non for a Cold War-set fan­ta­sy romance.
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Review

Despite the Falling Snow

by Adam Chapman

Rebec­ca Fer­gu­son as a US spy is the only stand out in this con­fused Cold War drama.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect