
A show about war movies, with an anti-imperialist twist. Hosted by Van Jackson and Lyle Jeremy Rubin--military veterans, war critics, and wannabe film critics. www.bangbangpod.com
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 74 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TV & FilmFilm Reviews | |||

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Fox’s 24 was set to premiere weeks after 9/11. Its first hour blows up a plane, so the network held it back. That delay is the whole show in miniature. It was the post... more
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Underneath the sneaker product placements and CGI chases through a gleaming 2035 Chicago resides our ever-contested present. Except the film is a mess. The plot wander... more
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Seven Days in May imagines a four-star general nearly toppling an American president. It gets filed with the era’s paranoid thrillers, but its threat is not the Cold W... more
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Jacobin staff writer and Michael and Us co-host Luke Savage joins Van and Lyle for a conversation about Peter Weir’s Master and Commander that’s also, inevitably, abou... more
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A war-film critique show that consistently applies an anti-imperialist lens to classics and modern cinema. Conversations orbit military history, politics, and culture, with guests ranging from historians and journalists to actors and filmmakers. Episodes balance rigorous analysis of leadership, power, and strategy with personal anecdotes and accessible storytelling, making complex geopolitics feel relevant to everyday viewers. A standout trait is the willingness to challenge patriotic narratives by connecting on-screen depictions to real-world foreign policy, making it appealing for listeners who like thoughtful, often provocative takes on war cinema.
Noteworthy is a pattern of hosting guests with deep expertise—from historians to policy a... more
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