This 1982 cult clas­sic jux­ta­po­ses Cold War histo­ry, pro­pa­gan­da, music and cul­tu­re, seam­less­ly craf­ted from govern­ment-pro­du­ced edu­ca­tio­nal and trai­ning films, news­re­els and adver­ti­se­ments. The Ato­mic Cafe is an absur­dist blast from the past that would be down­right laug­ha­ble if it weren’t so eeri­ly rele­vant to our fake news present.