The success of HBO's Chernobyl and Netflix's The Queen's Gambit a few years ago reignited mainstream interest in Cold War-era politics. This interest was no doubt fueled further by Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, which revisited the tense years spent creating the world's first atomic weapons, and ended up grossing nearly $1 billion worldwide. The Cold War was over, but Russia was once again emerging as a popular antagonist on the geopolitical stage. This streak continued last week with Star City, an austere spin-off to Apple TV's For All Mankind, which takes place in an alternate history where the Space Race never ended. Star City presents the Soviet perspective of the contest, brimming with political intrigue and intense paranoia.
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