John Milius's 1984 film Red Dawn has a reputation as being a jingoistic conservative fever dream, but we talk with Nat Hansen, who argues that its political outlook is more complex and more interesting. Along the way, we also discuss the film's portrayal of masculinity, the toll of war, the film's many references, from The Battle of Algiers to Alexander Nevsky.
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74. Bram Stoker's Dracula (w/ Bilge Ebiri)
73. Return of the King (w/ Jamelle Bouie)
72. The Two Towers (w/ Agnes Callard and Robin Hanson)
71. The Fellowship of the Ring (w/ Bennett Eckert and Rebecca Kuang)
70. Jurassic Park
69. Closer (w/ Carly Severn)
68. North by Northwest (w/ Adam Kane)
67. Sully (w/ Chris Kaiser)
66. Repo Man (w/ Toby Levers)
65. Friday Night Lights (w/ Edward Lewis)
64. Top Gun (w/ Sean Burns)
63. It Follows (w/ Alison Willmore)
62. National Treasure (w/ Keith Phipps)
61. The Da Vinci Code (w/ Andrea Rosen)
60. Collateral (w/ Katie Walsh)
59. The First Annual Blobscars
58. Basic Instinct (w/ Matt Belenky)
57. Twilight (w/ Matt Strohl)
56. The Usual Suspects (w/ Erich Hatala Matthes)
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