Archive - Bang-Bang

Cross of Iron (w/ Adrian Bonenberger) (1977) | Ep. 7

Auteur Sam Peckinpah is most famous for The Wild Bunch, his blistering take on the Western.

Dec 2 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

1:23:10

November 2024

In the Loop (w/ Spencer Ackerman) (2009) | Ep. 6

Scottish filmmaker Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop, a satire about the lead-up to the Iraq War, never achieved the household success of Veep (Iannucci’s…

Nov 17 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

1:14:05

Where Democrats Go From Here: Election Lessons, Mainstream Media, American Fascism, and India-China Rivalry

Listen now | Van and Lyle jumped on the mic to record some stuff for Bang-Bang, but started off just musing about what just happened in the presidential…

Nov 7 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

19:50

The Battle of Algiers (1966) | Ep. 5

Arguably the most successful revolutionary film of all time, Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers boasts many legacies.

Nov 4 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

1:28:40

October 2024

Zero Dark Thirty (2012) | Ep. 4

“We tortured some folks.” Katherine Bigelow and Mark Boal’s blockbuster on the leadup to Bin Laden’s assassination was alternately ballyhooed and panned…

Oct 21 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

1:25:29

Exclusive Video: War Machine Ep. 2

For patrons, we’re sharing the video for Episode 2, covering War Machine.

Oct 17 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

1:32:24

Jacob's Ladder (1990) | Ep. 3

Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (no relation to Lyle) claims the first scene of Jacob’s Ladder was inspired by his own sense of being stuck in a rut, and…

Oct 14 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

1:26:07

War Films and War Criticism

Movies can turn social experiences into critiques of power, and critiques of power into social experiences.

Oct 13 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

War Machine (2017) | Ep. 2

Lyle had been serving as a marine officer in and around the Helmand province for about five months before Rolling Stone published “The Runaway General…

Oct 7 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

1:29:17

Get Out the War-Movie Vote (Bang-Bang)

We have enough patrons of the show now that we can start polling which movies we ought to record.

Oct 2 •

Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

September 2024

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