The Haunted Screen
The Haunted Screen is an antifascist project using film, history, and experimental storytelling to understand our authoritarian present. The first season—"From Caligari to Hitler"—investigates the chaotic, creative world of Weimar Germany. New episodes are tackling new topics.
Podcasting since 2022 • 12 episodes
The Haunted Screen
Latest Episodes
Making a Martyr, From Horst Wessel to Charlie Kirk
After the assassination of the right-wing organizer and influencer Charlie Kirk, MAGA has fallen all over itself to turn him into a movement martyr. But this isn't the first time fascists have sought to canonize a flawed man and use his memory ...
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Yeah, Y'all—This is Fascism: The Paxton Mixtape, Pt. I
We knew it would be bad, but holy shit.With the collapse of the American project, it's been hard to focus on film history. So in this two-part series, we're switching things up. Using the five-stage framework that scholar Robert Paxton l...
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Cinema Oblivion: Lost Films, Haunted Histories
As many as 90% of silent movies are lost to the ages, and many from later eras have vanished as well. How do these holes distort the story of film? This week: reel infernos, missing monsters, Jerry Lewis'... Auschwitz clown debacle, and a littl...
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