Cold War Week

This week’s entry: Samizdat

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In Expert Witness, The A.V. Club talks to industry insiders about the actual business of entertainment in hopes of…

One of the abiding characteristics of the Cold War era was a general fear that it would eventually trigger World War…

Even if they hadn’t been the most prominent—and only action-oriented—puppet shows of their time, Gerry Anderson’s…

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In Gameological Unplugged, Samantha Nelson looks at trends and new developments in the vast world of tabletop games.

In the mid-to-late ’80s, Yakov Smirnoff was a popular comedian. Born in the Ukraine under Soviet rule, Smirnoff…

March 23, 1987: Hollywood in the twilight of the Cold War. Three weeks earlier, Ronald Reagan—who had headed the…

Comic book superheroes are inherently political creatures. The genre is devoted to the adventures of powerful…

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At the height of the Red Scare, it was important for the U.S. government to indoctrinate children against the evils…

“My idea of an American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic. It is this: We win…

If you find yourself thinking about the end of the world as often as we do, you may want a soundtrack to go along…

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Watching old Soviet military parades may not seem like the best use of your time, and to be honest, it probably…

“If we’re going to have toys to teach our children about war, why not have them really true to life? Why not have a…

In a house that eerily recalls the aesthetic of Her—modernist on the outside, studiedly rustic and artisanal on the…

Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres. This week:…