Each episode, hosts Hal and Craig break down a film and examine its component parts from a leftist perspective. Red Rose Film Club is a movie podcasts for leftists of all stripes that don't know what to talk about at parties other than movies and politics!
EL Conde (2023) and The Wolf House (2018)|The Horror of Pinochet's Legacy
El Conde (2023) · Sep 19, 2025
Missing (1982) | The Chilean Coup and American Complicity
Missing (1982) · Jul 21, 2025
Sinners (2025) | "I Want Your Songs" - Vampires, Cultural Appropriation, and the Jim Crow South
Sinners (2025) · Jul 7, 2025
Libertarias (1996) | The Anarchists Fight for Spain
Freedomfighters (1996) · Jun 16, 2025
Raza (1942) | Franco Goes to Hollywood!
Raza (1942) · Mar 30, 2025
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | Franco, Fascism, & Fantasy
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) · Mar 8, 2025
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (w/guest Indie Sinclair)| Hot Patootie, Bless Our Community
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) · Feb 11, 2025
Hairspray (1988) | Integration, Suburbia, and Music
Hairspray (1988) · Jan 19, 2025
Reagan (2024) | Well....This Movie Sucks
Reagan (2024) · Nov 26, 2024
Candyman (2021) | America's Legacy of Violence Against Black Bodies
Candyman (2021) · Nov 9, 2024
The People Under the Stairs (1991) | Slumlords, Gentrification, and the Gimp Daddy-ing of America
The People Under the Stairs (1991) · Oct 26, 2024
Society (1989) | The Shunting of America's Poor
Society (1989) · Oct 13, 2024
Salò, or 120 Days of Sodom (1975) | Fascism & Italian Filmmakers (w/ guest Jared O'Connor)
The Conformist (1970) | Fascism and Italian Filmmakers
The Conformist (1971) · Sep 8, 2024
The Damned (1969) | Fascism and Italian Filmmakers
The Damned (1969) · Aug 25, 2024
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) | A Revolutionary Journey
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) · Aug 3, 2024
Che: Part Two (2008) | A Revolutionary Death
Che: Part Two (2008) · Jul 14, 2024
Che: Part One (2008) | The Politics of Revolution
Che: Part One (2008) · Jun 30, 2024
The Death of Stalin (2017) | The Reds, White, and Blue: Film and the Fear of a Communist Menace
The Death of Stalin (2017) · May 27, 2024
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) | The Reds, White, and Blue: Film and the Fear of a Communist Menace
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) · May 5, 2024
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | The Reds, White, and Blue: Film and the Fear of a Communist Menace
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) · Apr 14, 2024
BlackKklansman (2018) | w/guests Daniel Harper and Jack Graham of the I Don't Speak German podcast
BlacKkKlansman (2018) · Mar 31, 2024
Earth Mama (2023) | Using Child Protective Services to police poor, minority communities.
Earth Mama (2023) · Mar 17, 2024
Matewan (1987) | Waging War on the Working Class
Matewan (1987) · Mar 3, 2024
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) | The Logistics of High Risk Activism
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023) · Feb 19, 2024
Traffic (2000) | The War on Drugs and Its Machinations
Traffic (2000) · Feb 3, 2024
Dragged Across Concrete (2018) - The Conservative Fantasies of S. Craig Zahler
Dragged Across Concrete (2019) · Jan 14, 2024
The Battle of Algiers (1966) | African Colonialism and the National Liberation Front
The Battle of Algiers (1966) · Dec 20, 2023
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) | The Conservative Fantasies of S. Craig Zahler
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) · Dec 3, 2023
Bone Tomahawk (2015) - The Conservative Fantasies of S. Craig Zahler
Bone Tomahawk (2015) · Nov 5, 2023
Ganja & Hess (1973) | Post-Colonial Blood Suckers
Ganja & Hess (1973) · Oct 26, 2023
Candyman (1992) | Redlining, Urban Planning, and the Boogeyman
Candyman (1992) · Oct 8, 2023
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) | One, Two, Freddy's Coming For Your Closet
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) · Sep 20, 2023
Pain & Gain (2013) | Rise & Grind for Consumer Capitalism
Pain & Gain (2013) · Aug 29, 2023
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) w/ David Bax | Agnès and Karl
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) · Aug 12, 2023
The Mule (2017) | Boomer Joins the Cartel
The Mule (2018) · Jul 30, 2023
Bamako (2006) | Structural Adjustment in Post-Colonial Africa
Bamako (2007) · Jul 16, 2023
Gran Torino (2018) | White Saviors & Casual Racism
Gran Torino (2008) · Jul 2, 2023
Adam McKay's "Liberal Savior" Films - The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), & Don't Look Up (2021)
Don't Look Up (2015) · Jun 17, 2023
American Sniper (2014) - w/Thomas Greene | Clint Eastwood's Jingoist Machismo
American Sniper (2014) · Jun 4, 2023
They Live (1988) - w/Kevin Cole | Take Me to Your Capitalist Leaders
They Live (1988) · May 20, 2023
Platoon (1986) | Chasing Morality in Vietnam
Platoon (1986) · May 7, 2023
Terror on the Prairie (2022): RRFC Goes to Benny-Wood!
Terror on the Prairie (2022) · Apr 23, 2023
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | Be Gay, Do Crime
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) · Apr 2, 2023
The Exterminating Angel (1962) | Class & Surrealism
The Exterminating Angel (1962) · Feb 19, 2023
BPM (2017) | Organizing and Acting Up
BPM (2017) · Jan 18, 2023
Run Hide Fight (2020): RRFC Goes to BENNY-Wood
Run Hide Fight (2021) · Jan 1, 2023
The Florida Project (2017) | Poverty in the Tragic Kingdom
The Florida Project (2017) · Dec 18, 2022
Bamboozled (2000) | Blackface, Minstrelsy, and American Pop Culture
Bamboozled (2000) · Dec 4, 2022
Sorry to Bother You (2018) | The Surreal Nightmares of Capitalism
Sorry to Bother You (2018) · Nov 20, 2022
Parasite (2019) | The Bourgeoisie Ain't All It Cracked Up to Be
Parasite (2019) · Nov 7, 2022