In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we begin with “Rome, Open City” and the birth of the Atomic Age.
Future podcasts in this series:
- “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
- “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
- “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
- “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
- “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
- “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)
- “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)
- “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)
- “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
- “Pulgasari” (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)
- “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
- “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
- “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
- “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
- “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)
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