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The Celluloid President

The Celluloid President

By: Gary Holmes
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Jim Robinson and Gary Holmes met at college and have been talking about politics ever since. In addition to being presidential history buffs they are former aides to top politicians, and both have written for Ronald Reagan. They're here to discuss movies on American presidents. Each podcast focuses on what Hollywood is trying to tell us about America by using a president as a lead character. Join us for provocative insights, opinions and recommendations as we examine the celluloid president.

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  • Meryl Streep is "The Iron Lady"

    Meryl Streep is "The Iron Lady"
    Mar 27 2026

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    Meryl Streep pulls out one of her best accents to play Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 biopic "The Iron Lady." Jim and Gary both agree that Streep is a great actress and that Thatcher was one of the major figures of the last half of the 20th Century, but they are not completely aligned on the use of scenes where Thatcher is shown to have dementia. Jim also reminisces about the time he met her in Number 10 Downing Street.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Robert Altman's "Nashville"

    Robert Altman's "Nashville"
    Feb 20 2026

    In their second podcast about movies from 1975 -- designated by Netflix as the greatest year in movie history -- Gary and Jim discuss Nashville, the sprawling epic about country music and politics. It's one of the most cynical movies of the Seventies and also secretly one of the funniest. But is it as smart about politics as it thinks it is?
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Warren Beatty's "Shampoo"

    Warren Beatty's "Shampoo"
    Jan 15 2026

    Warren Beatty has long insisted that his sex farce "Shampoo" set on the night in 1968 when Richard Nixon was elected President, was a political satire. But was it really, or does it tell us more about the 1970s than it does the 1960s?
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    1 hr and 7 mins
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