On the subject of Cold War anti-communist features . . . How about _My Son John_ (1951 . . . I think), a film which the Academy rather fauningly gave a Best Original Screenplay nomination to as a kind of penance for sitting idly by in the 1940s when such films as _North Star_ (a pro-Soviet war flick) were made that would later piss off HUAC. Anyway, _My Son John_ is about an overbearing mother and her probably gay, communist son. It's a wonderful example of communism, homosexuality and "momism" (cf. Philip Wylie's 1941 book _Generation of Vipers_ on this last) being linked. On all these movies, there is a wonderful essay by Michael Rogin entitled "Kiss Me Deadly" which originally appeared years ago in _Representations_ but is reprinted in his collection _Ronald Reagan: The Movie_. Enjoy! --Ben Alpers Princeton University blalpers@pucc