Ian Scott is Professor of American Film and History at the University of Manchester. He is author of several books on film and politics, notably American Politics in Hollywood Film and The Cinema of Oliver Stone. His new book Robert Riskin: The Life and Times of a Hollywood Screenwriter is being published by the University Press of Kentucky in 2021.
In this excerpt from “Cold War II: Hollywood’s Renewed Obsession With Russia,” author Ian Scott examines the movies’ recent bout of Russophobia, including J. Law’s ‘Red Sparrow.’
