Propaganda is storytelling with a client, and the techniques are worth knowing from both ends. This tag collects reviews and essays on propaganda films, disinformation and persuasion machinery.
Cold WarAugust 7, 2026
In 1984 a former Soviet propagandist described four stages for taking a country apart: demoralize a generation, destabilize its institutions, manufacture a crisis, normalize what follows. He said the first stage was already finished in America.
AprilJune 14, 2026
Hate Week comes from Orwell's 1984. Why the novel stays relevant decade after decade, and what writers can learn from fiction that became a permanent warning.
1920sMay 17, 2026
Eisenstein's 1925 Soviet propaganda film. The Odessa Steps sequence remains the most-imitated montage in cinema.
1990sMay 16, 2026
Starship Troopers is one of the most misunderstood films of the 1990s and one of the most accomplished political satires in mainstream science fiction. The adaptation is loose in ways that have generated decades of argument.
2010sMay 16, 2026
Bong directed and co-wrote with Kelly Masterson. The film made approximately eighty-six million dollars worldwide on a forty million dollar budget.
1940sMay 15, 2026
Sergeant York is a propaganda film that happens to also be a great film. The film came out in July 1941, five months before Pearl Harbor, and it pushed America toward war.
1970sMay 15, 2026
Wizards is one of the substantial adult animated productions of the late 1970s and one of the most distinctive Ralph Bakshi feature productions. He had directed Fritz the Cat in 1972, Heavy Traffic in 1973, and Coonskin in 1975 before…
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