Films

Bolt out of the blue

Kathryn Bigelow's "A House of Dynamite"

Nov 7 •

Alex Wellerstein

Inventing the Doomsday Machine

It is not a thing a sane man would do

Sep 26 •

Alex Wellerstein

Trinity goes to Hollywood

Which movie did the first atomic bomb test best?

Jul 16 •

Alex Wellerstein

The Trigger Effect

James Burke's vision of a suddenly un-connected world

Sep 6, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

Cinéma verité, cinéma mort

How guerrilla filmmaking and the French New Wave gave birth to the modern zombie apocalypse film with Romero's Night of the the Living Dead

Sep 3, 2024 •

Billy Middleton

How does one visualize the scope of a full-scale nuclear war?

Jul 25, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

What would a faithful World War Z adaptation look like?

Is it possible to make a serious, thoughtful movie about global disaster and recovery?

Jul 23, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

Dr. Strangelove's War Room

Could claustrophobic design be a strategic asset?

Jul 16, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

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