IFC News Podcast #65: A Simpler, Kinder, More Muscled Time

Monday, February 18, 2008 | 7:00 AM

By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore

80s nostalgia is in full force in film and television right now, in a particularly bittersweet way. In these complex political times, the vintage musclebound blockbusters have come to represent an odd common global cultural touchstone as well as a relic of a simpler, more naive time. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at how Rambo became the face of innocent loss in several films on the festival circuit, and what 80s franchises are in the pipeline to be remade.