Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: Magic in the dark--and making the most of a dark time -- Politics goes to Hollywood: making sense of genre movies and politics -- Gangsters give films and TV an offer they can't refuse -- Politics of paranoia and anger: thriller and action movies -- Superheroes save our politics and international relations -- Movies go to war: shifting images of humans' most searing experience -- Let's play cowboys and politicos: the imagined West, society and politics -- Other genres, other politics: from love stories to religious movies…”