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Postwar Domestic Melodrama: The Home as a System of Control (with Patricia White)

Hollywood's domestic melodramas of the late 1940s and 1950s have often been dismissed as weepy entertainments—but film scholar Patricia White makes a compelling case that filmmakers like Douglas Sirk, Vincente Minnelli, and Nicholas Ray were doing something far more pointed. Andy ... Show more

. 1h 37min

Film Noir: Crime and the Ordinary Man (with Foster Hirsch)

Film noir didn't emerge from postwar prosperity—it was born during the war itself, carrying the anxiety of a culture already in dislocation. Andy and film historian and Professor of Film at Brooklyn College Foster Hirsch move chronologically through ten essential noirs, tracing h ... Show more

. 1h 29min

1950s Science Fiction: Atomic Age Anxiety (with Robert Horton)

Cinema Scope is in the running for several awards at the Inaugural Podcast Tonight Awards, including Listener's Choice. If you're a fan of the show, please consider casting a vote for us. Thanks!1950s Science Fiction didn’t just entertain—it became a pressure valve for Atomic Age ... Show more

. 1h 39min

Post‑War Westerns: The Moral Turn (with John Sanders)

Cinema Scope is in the running for several awards at the Inaugural Podcast Tonight Awards, including Listener's Choice. If you're a fan of the show, please consider casting a vote for us. Thanks!After WWII, the Western changed—heroes got complicated, communities got fragile, and ... Show more

. 2h 11min

British New Wave: Realism Without Mercy (with David Forrest)

Cinema Scope is in the running for several awards at the Inaugural 2025/26 Podcast Tonight Awards, including Listener's Choice. If you're a fan of the show, please consider casting a vote for us. Thanks!Anger, Authenticity, and the Working ClassAndy Nelson and special guest Profe ... Show more

. 1h 6min