# follow patreon (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover follow patreon. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hanging Out With The Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/hanging-out-with-the-return-of-the-secaucus-seven-1980) _2026-01-23 · Politics of Cinema_ Need a warm cinematic hug from a group of close friends? Want to spend some time with people who get all your jokes? In this episode, we discuss The Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), a foundational work of American leftist cinema. We also look closely at John Sayles' early career as a novelist and screenwriter in the buildup to his debut as a director. Follow us at: Patreon / Instagram / Letterboxd… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/113_-_Return_of_the_Secacus_7.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [How to Mock a Tyrant in The Great Dictator (1940)](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/how-to-mock-a-tyrant-in-the-great-dictator-1940) _2025-11-28 · Politics of Cinema_ In this episode, we wrap up our look at depictions of fascism and authoritarianism on film with Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940). Chaplin had the nerve to go fully anti-fascist and anti-racist at a moment when much of Hollywood was still pretending Hitler was just a distant "European problem". Chaplin mercilessly skewers Riefenstahl-style fascist pageantry and spectacle while also… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/112_-_Great_Dictator.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [Imagination as a Form of Resistance in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/imagination-as-a-form-of-resistance-in-pans-labyrinth-2006) _2025-10-24 · Politics of Cinema_ This week, we descend into the dark fantasy fairytale of Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (2006). Amid the rich craftsmanship of the fantasy world that Ofelia imagines, the film lays bare the horrors of Francoist Spain—all captured through Del Toro's anti-fascist cinema. The calculating evil of Captain Vidal, a devotee of Falangism and a violent patriarch, stands among the most iconic of Del… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/111_-_Pans_Labyrinth.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [Silencing Opposition in The Act of Killing (2012) & The Look of Silence (2014)](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/silencing-opposition-in-the-act-of-killing-2012-the-look-of-silence-2014) _2025-09-26 · Politics of Cinema_ After spending a number of episodes in the past, today we're jumping to the 2010's. We're looking at two documentaries from Joshua Oppenheimer; The Act of Killing (2012) and The Look of Silence (2014). These docs reveal two different aspects of the chilling aftermath of Indonesia's 1965-66 anticommunist massacres, one looking at the perpetrators and one looking at the legacy of the victims. We… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/110_-_The_Act_of_Killing_The_Look_of_Silence.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [The Third Generation (1979) & Other Instruments of State Sponsored Terror](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/the-third-generation-1979-other-instruments-of-state-sponsored-terror) _2025-08-29 · Politics of Cinema_ After examining Robert Kramer's Ice (1970) fictionalize America in our last episode, we shift to West Germany to explore another cinematic portrayal of resistance to fascism in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Third Generation (1979). Set against West Germany's postwar society, Fassbinder sharply exposes how insincere revolutionary acts can become hollow gestures, exploited to justify expanded state… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/109_-_Third_Generation.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [Urban Guerrillas vs The State in Ice (1970)](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/cinematic-resistance-urban-guerrillas-vs-the-state-in-ice-1970) _2025-07-31 · Politics of Cinema_ On this episode we wanted to see a depiciton of people resisting fascim, so we're looking at an Robert Kramer's Ice (1970). It's our first American film in this series and the resistance we're seeing comes from a cell of New York Urban guerillas. They are fighting a dystopian version of the Nixon administration and its illegal war of imperialism in Mexico. Kramer's film is less a straightforward… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/108_-_Ice.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [Bearing Witness in Gwangju with A Taxi Driver (2017)](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/cinematic-resistance-bearing-witness-in-gwangju-with-a-taxi-driver-2017) _2025-05-30 · Politics of Cinema_ On this episode, we're leaving the 1960's behind and jumping to South Korea in 1980. In Jang Hoon's A Taxi Driver (2017) we get a wild sampling of genres in a remarkably well balanced film. It's an action film. A single father supporting his daughter story. It's dramatic and also quite goofy. It's based on a actual events, but it's also highly fictionalized. It documents political history while… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/107_-_A_Taxi_Driver.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [Army of Shadows (1969) & the Weight of Impossible Choices](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/cinematic-resistance-army-of-shadows-1969-the-weight-of-impossible-choices) _2025-03-28 · Politics of Cinema_ On this episode, we're staying in the late sixties for one more film as we watch Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (1969). A haunting portrayal of the French Resistance during the early days of World War II that serves as an existential reflection on what it really takes to fight an occupying force. Melville's muted color palette and precise framing underscore the suffocating atmosphere of… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/106_-_Army_of_Shadows.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [The Damned (1969), or Why Industrialists Love Authoritarians](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/cinematic-resistance-the-damned-1969-or-why-industrialists-love-authoritarians) _2025-02-21 · Politics of Cinema_ On this episode, we're staying in the late sixties as we watch Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969). Following our exploration rising authoritarianism in Costa-Gavras' Z (1969) and reactionary Brazilian politics in Glauber Rocha's Entranced Earth (1967), we're heading right into the Nazi den that is the von Essenbeck family in late 1930's Germany. A scathing critique of the German industrial… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/105_-_The_Damned.mp3?dest-id=1839512) ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TaT3GerNlUZ2) _2025-02-21 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Entranced Earth (1967) as Radial Political Poetry](https://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com/entranced-earth) _2025-01-17 · Politics of Cinema_ On this episode, we're heading to Brazil and discussing Glauber Rocha's Entranced Earth (1967), a pivotal work of the Cinema Novo movement. Following our exploration of Costa-Gavras' Z (1969), we're delving into the turbulent world of Brazilian filmmaking in the wake of the 1964 military coup. Entranced Earth isn't just a film; it's a cinematic rebellion against political corruption and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/politicsofcinema/104_-_Entranced_Earth.mp3?dest-id=1839512)