Silver Screens & Politics: Recent Episodes
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Join Brett Stewart and Dominic Cichocki as they delve into politically themed films in Silver Screens & Politics!
In this episode of Silver Screens & Politics, Brett and Dominic explore ‘Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60.” This documentary, which was made largely to explore the failed...
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In this week’s episode, Brett and Dominic explore 1995’s Anthony Hopkins-vehicle, ‘Nixon.’ Nixon is paranoid. Nixon is sad. Nixon thinks he killed Kennedy? What on earth is going on...
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Long before HBO was what it is today, they were trying to find their footing with original content. In 1995, they released “Truman,” a biopic of Harry Truman starring...
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On this week’s Silver Screens & Politics, Brett and Dominic explore the crazy but undeniably lovable tale of “Dave,” the best president that was never president. After a series...
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In the return of Silver Screens & Politics, Dominic and Brett watch the film ‘Virtual JFK’ – an exploration of the Vietnam War if President John F. Kennedy had...
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In the fifth episode of Silver Screens & Politics, Brett Stewart and Dominic Cichocki delve deep into ‘The Bystander Theory,’ a 2013 film that attempts to explore theories on...
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In the fourth episode of Silver Screens & Politics, Brett Stewart and Dominic Cichocki delve deep into ‘Wilson,’ the 1944 Woodrow Wilson biopic directed by Henry King. While it...
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In the third episode of Silver Screens & Politics, Brett Stewart and Dominic Cichocki delve deep into ‘The Wind and the Lion,’ the 1975 film directed and written by...
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In the second episode of Silver Screens & Politics, Brett Stewart and Dominic Cichocki delve into Gabriel Range’s 2006 film, ‘Death of a President.’ This highly controversial docudrama catalogs...
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In the inaugural episode of Silver Screens & Politics, Brett Stewart and Dominic Cichocki delve into Oliver Stone’s 2008 George W. Bush biopic, ‘W.’ How historically accurate is ‘W,’...
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