Kino Lefter

Community Diagnosis - the first ten minutes

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:00:00 -0700

As teased on the Wicked episode, Evan and Sophie (formerly of Dumb Bitch Media) have started a new show - Community Diagnosis.

This is a comedy show where we get a chance to hang out and diagnosis the individuals and communities contributing to society's many issues. The first episode covers disgraced dead Canadian comedian Mike Bullard. Expect to hear more about Mike's misadventures, the world of stand-up comedy, reality TV, and going insane at Tim Horton's or an all-inclusive resort in the weeks to come.

I have included a sample in the Kino feed. Much love to you all, and I hope you keep listening :) - evan

152 - CEGEP in Oz: Wicked with Laura and Sophie

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0700

Laura and Sophie (@hogpussy) join me for the final episode of everyone's favourite movie podcast.

Thank you for listening! Look forward to a new creative venture coming your way soon.

ReComradations:
Sophie: King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (audiobook)
Laura: [1] The Wizard of Oz (1939) [2] The Telepathy Tapes (podcast)
Evan: [1] The Great Silence (1963) [2] Catching Chickens - Nourished by Time (EP)

Closing song: Hell of a Ride - Nourished by Time

151 - Pierre Poilievre: Shadow Recruit - Sound of Freedom with Abdul and Jeremy

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0700

Abdul (@MarxGasol) and Jeremy (@jeremyappel1025) join from the Kino Lefter vault to discuss the smash hit film of a summer in our memory, Sound of Freedom.

Order Jeremy's book "Kennyism: Jason Kenney's Pursuit of Power" here. And subscribe to The Orchard, Jeremy's Substack.

Check out the movie Abdul wrote, Peace by Chocolate and check out Allegiance.

ReComradations:
Evan: Faces (1968) dir. John Cassavetes
Jeremy: [1] Trust the Plan by Will Sommer [2] Watching Blue Jays baseball
Abdul: [1] Fantastic Four: Life Story [2] Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh by Wendy S. Painting

PREVIEW - Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark with Ava and Anna

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:00:00 -0600

Friends of the show Ava (@westcoastwinter) and Anna (@electricityska) join for a an investigation into the comedic stylings of Marc Maron, and the troubling parasocial relationships he has cultivated on his Instagram.

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150 - Chandler Levack on the making of I Like Movies

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Joining me for 150th episode of the show is Chandler Levack, the director of I Like Movies. This is a film I saw at the Edmonton International Film Festival a few months back and has stuck with me ever since.

In the film, high schooler/cinephile Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen) begins working at Sequels Video while his personal relationships and dream of going to the Tisch School for the Arts fall in deeper jeopardy.

Watch Chandler's 2017 short We Forgot to Break Up on Vimeo.

I Like Movies starts playing this Friday at the TIFF Lightbox, CPX International Village (Vancouver,) Silvercity Burlington, Playhouse (Hamilton,) Cinematheque on March 11th (Winnipeg) and starting March 17th at Metro Cinema in Edmonton.

ReComradations:
New York Ninja (2021) dir. John Liu / Kurtis M. Spieler

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PREVIEW - The Book of Boba Fett: Twink Jawa with Vic

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0700

Representations of the colonial frontier and post-humanism meet jokes about what if Jawas were gay. This is the kind of content you expect and demand from this podcast. Superstar guest Vic (@frklftcrtfd) returns.

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149 - Dune: Part One (2021) Messages From The Deep With Tyler, Sean, and Tristan

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:00:00 -0700

Sean and Tyler from Alberta Advantage, and Tristan (my best friend and frequent guest) join forces for a discussion on imperialism, religion, and the brutal and ornate future of Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part One from 2021.

ReComradations:
Tyler: Malazan: Book of the Fallen
Tristan: Centre Place
Sean: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Evan: D-Tox aka Eye See You, dir. Jim Gillespie (2002)

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PREVIEW: Love is Blind Season Three with Sophie Hayes

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0700

Comedienne and friend of the show Sophie Hayes returns to explore the very evil world of Netflix's most spiritually challenging dating show: Love is Blind.

Check out the comedy album Sophie's featured on, Diversity Hire!

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148 - Discordia (2004) A Snapshot of Student Activism with Darts & Letters

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:00:00 -0700

Gordon and Marc from the Darts & Letters podcast join me to discuss the 2004 National Film Board documentary Discordia, chronicling a student uprising against Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at Concordia and its aftermath. This episode connects to their ongoing series revisiting the events portrayed in the film with some of its subjects and others, which you can listen to here.

ReComradations:
Evan: action figure youtubers
Gordon: [1] Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk [2] Ezra Klein, Why We're Polarized
Marc: Ursula K. LeGuin, The Dispossed

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147 - James Gunn Reveals the DC Studios Slate, Local Expert Weighs In

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:00:00 -0700

James Gunn and Peter Safran are the co-CEOs of DC Studios, Warner Brothers Discovery's creative entity charged with righting the ship of DC films, television, animation, and games. What's in store for this first chapter of DC storytelling? New takes on Batman & Robin, Superman, and the whole world of weirdos at DC await. Like The Rock promised, the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe has changed. #freethepeoplesjoker

Articles Discussed:

Comic Book Homework:
The Omega Men
The Green Lantern: Intergalactic Lawman
Mister Miracle
Strange Adventures
Justice League: Gods and Monsters, dir. Sam Liu (2015)

146 - We're All Going to the World's Fair with Trevor Strunk: Imaginary Futures and Moldavite

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:00:00 -0700

Friend of the show and host of No Cartridge Audio, Trevor Strunk (@hegelbon) returns to discuss director Jane Schoenbrun's horror film We're All Going to the World's Fair. We talk moldavite, Roblox, art and escapism, identity, queer cinema, Atlus games, and connecting with strangers on the computer.

The Shimmering Screen: Jane Schoenbrun's transient aesthetic by Sailor Dinnucci-Radley | Letterboxd Journal

ReComradations
Trev: [1] Marble Hornets [2] Danganronpa
Evan: [1] When Women Kill, dir. Lee Grant (1983) [2] Persona 5 & Shin Megami Tensei 5

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PREVIEW - Akira Kurosawa's I Live in Fear with Megan Linton

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Writer, researcher, and fellow podcaster from Invisible Institutions (also on the Harbinger Media Network,) Megan Linton joins me for this discussion on collective anxiety in the age of COVID, disability and institutionalization, and the masterful direction of Akira Kurosawa in this story of an elderly foundry owner facing the threat of conservatorship over his fear of another atomic attack on Japan in the aftermath of the Second World War.

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145 - Don't Worry Darling - Gaslighting: The Movie with Caitlin & Laura

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:00:00 -0600

Drama. Faux feminism. Gaslighting. It's all here.

Olivia Wilde's follow-up to Booksmart is here and it isn't good! Caitlin and Laura return to the show to discuss the cooler stories this film could have told, its tired politics, some juicy behind-the-scenes Hollywood gossip, and the interior design choices we liked.

ReComradations
Evan: Hold the Girl - Rina Sawayama
Caitlin: How Should a Person Be? by Shiela Heti
Laura: Catch Me If You Can, dir. Steven Spielberg (2002)

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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL PREVIEW - What is a Woman? Commentary Track

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0600

I have prepared a little Halloween special for you all. I've wanted to record commentary tracks for a little while now, and this is a film that I think deserves one. What is a Woman? is the transphobic documentary from legitimate fascist Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire website. They're in the movie-making business now, so in service to my listeners, I watched their movie.

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144 - Being Normal at the Georgia Guidestones: Alex's War with Big Shiny Takes

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:00:00 -0600

Alex Jones gets the kid gloves treatment from TFW No GF director Alex Moyer in Alex's War, a sanitized look at Jones' career and InfoWars leading up to the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. We discuss how the post-left has embraced Jones and what this film means for the next phase of the MCU. Eric and Jeremy from Big Shiny Takes return.

ReComradations
Evan: action figure YouTubers + Four Horsemen Studios
Jeremy: [1] The South by Adolph Reed Jr [2] *Reverse Recomradation* writing a book
Eric: The Rehearsal

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143 - Mike & Evan Talk Obi-Wan Kenobi (eps. 1 & 2)

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:00:00 -0600

Friend of the show and audio wizard Mike (@olivesagan) came on the show immediately after the release of the Deborah Chow-directed Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi to chat with me about our relationship to Star Wars and our first reactions to this series. With Andor streaming now, we will never not have Star Wars products to talk about until the day we die.

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PREVIEW - Videodrome with Worst Case Ontario

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Enjoy this clip from my conversation with the hilarious crew from Worst Case Ontario on the classic Canadian body horror masterpiece, Videodrome.

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142 - Top Gun: Maverick, a Tale of Two Brothers (with my Brother Tyler)

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Kino's back from its summer break, and what an episode to come back with.

My brother Tyler joins me to share where our love of movies comes from, our Top Gun fanaticism, and our shared experiences of one of the best blockbusters to grace theatres in years.

ReComradations:
Evan: Petite Maman, dir. Céline Sciamma (2021)
Tyler: home renovations, and looking forward to Jurassic World: Dominion

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141 - Return to Space: The Elon Musk Disrespect Hour with Paris Marx

Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Friend of the show Paris Marx is back to talk about the phenomenon of SpaceX propaganda on our beloved streaming platforms. Return to Space, directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, chronicles the quest of SpaceX to privatize space travel by sending two dads to the International Space Station.

ReComradations:
Evan: watching Hong Sang-soo movies, and notably Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)
Paris: Night Raiders, dir. Danis Goulet (2021)

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PREVIEW - Rise of the Planet of the Apes with Rob Rousseau

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Takes From The Forbidden Zone is back!

Rob Rousseau joins me to discuss the first film in the reboot/prequel trilogy, director Rupert Wyatt's Rise of the Planet of the Apes from 2011.

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140 - Everything Everywhere All At Once with Dylan McKeever: taxes can be fun

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Comedian, writer, and artist Dylan McKeever (@deemakes) joins Evan for a conversation on multiverse fiction, poverty, Asian-American experiences, and Avatar 2 on this week's Kino dedicated to our good friend Michelle Yeoh and her new movie Everything Everywhere All At Once.

ReComradations
Evan: [1] Swollening by Jason Purcell [2] Fallen Angels, dir. Wong Kar-wai (1995)
Dylan: [1] Severance on Apple TV [2] making your own aguas frescas

Michelle Yeoh Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Characters | GQ
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PREVIEW - The Life and Living Death of Dr. Micheal Morbius with Tristan Turner

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Literal angel and my best friend Tristan Turner rejoins the show for this milestone 90th episode of Primo Lefter on the latest disaster from the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, or SPUMC: Morbius. Jared Leto is Dr. Michael Morbius, a sick guy who becomes a vampire. We also explore the Morbius discord at the severe risk of being groomed.

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139 - X / Deep Water with Eli Olsberg: Are you familiar with Torque (2004)?

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Eli Olsberg (Twitter/Letterboxd) visits Kino Nation for a deep dive on two strangely connected films: Ti West's new A24 slasher X and the director of Indecent Proposal's return to the erotic thriller genre starring former lovers Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas Deep Water. Secret lovers, porn, murder, and the crimes of Sam Levinson. It's all here in this mega-sized episode.

ReComradations:
Eli: [1] the filmography of Shinya Tsukamoto [2] Crash - Charli XCX
Evan: Persona, dir. Ingmar Bergman (1966)

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PREVIEW - Turning Red with Pia Co: "every screen in your home is a portal to the demonic"

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Chef, former journalist, and all-around superstar Pia Co joins Evan this week to talk about the latest Pixar film, Domee Shi's Turning Red. Set in 2002 Toronto, it follows a young Chinese-Canadian girl names Mei as she struggles to balance the expectations of family and her friends with an unexpected transformation.

We also chat about the conservative backlash to the film, and the argument that it's secretly demonic.

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138 - jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy with Abdul Malik: West of Kanye by John Steinbeck

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Kino keystone Abdul Malik returns for some F1 shit talk, the writing and projects he's been working on, and the brand-new Netflix documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy. We watch his conservative politics of bootstrap Black capitalism get formed through the creation of The College Dropout to his Trump-embracing and wealth-protected isolation. We also have the chance to talk about the state of documentaries, and the influence of Hoop Dreams on this film.

ReComradations:
Evan: The Brood, dir. David Cronenberg (1979)
Abdul: [1] WWE 2K22 [2] Deep Water, dir. Adrian Lyne (2022)

Living The American Dream: Coodie & Chike's "Jeen-Yuhs" by Kelley Dong | MUBI
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137 - Annette / Titane with Rose (@rip_cinema): Metal Baby v Puppet Baby

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Friend of the show Rose returns to the Kino fold for a stacked and thematically rich double feature: Leos Carax's Annette and Julia Ducournau's Titane. Family, trauma, gender, exploitation and more are discussed in the level of detail you expect while also including an "Elden Ring Update."

ReComradations:
Evan: Gran Turismo 7
Rose: Oil! by Upton Sinclair

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PREVIEW - Kino Book Club: Matthew McConaughey's Greenlights with Caitlin Hart

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Caitlin Hart of Twitter fame, her great newsletter, and The Simpsons: Not a Simpsons Podcast joins Kino to discuss the great thinker of our era: Matthew McConaughey and his new tome Greenlights, which is all about prophetic wet dreams, how cursed Australia is, and precious little about True Detective.

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PREVIEW: C'mon C'mon with German Villegas [the first ten minutes]

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Enjoy the first ten minutes of this brand new episode of Primo Lefter on Mike Mills' new A24 movie C'mon C'mon. German Villegas of Modern Manhood returns.

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136 - The Spine of Night: In Conversation with the Filmmakers

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0700

This week on Kino I'm joined by Morgan Galen King and Phil Gelatt, the filmmakers behind The Spine of Night, a rotoscoped animated dark fantasy epic that I've adored since I had the chance to see it at SXSW. We discuss their influences, some of the politics of the film, and the animation landscape today.

ReComradations
Evan: The Tragedy of Macbeth, dir. Joel Cohen (2021)

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135 - The Matrix Resurrections with Emily Leedham: Kiss Me Thru The Phone

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Labour journalist and friend of the show Emily Leedham returns to discuss her new Shift Work newsletter covering Canadian labour news every week, and the brand new instalment in the Matrix series. We discuss the film's relationship to capitalist realism, changing notions of personhood and queer identity, optimism, activism, and love.

To find out more about Emily's newsletter Shift Work, check it out here!

ReComradations:
Emily: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Evan: Titane, dir. Julia Ducournau (2021)

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134 - Spider-Man: No Way Home with Paris Marx: Spider-Pay Pig

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Paris Marx, host of fellow Harbinger Media podcast Tech Won't Save Us joins Evan to discuss Spidey's latest outing, Spider-Man: No Way Home. We discuss Peter Parker's working class roots, and how Disney/Sony's new version of the character worships billionaire power and technological might at the expense of character development.

And spoilers ahead! The whole film gets spoiled up top so don't listen if you're spoiler adverse.

ReComradations:
Evan: A Snake of June, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto (2002)
Paris: [1] The Lord of the Rings film trilogy {2] The Matrix Resurrections, dir. Lana Wachowski (2021)

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133 - House of Gucci & Dear Evan Hansen with Vic

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Please note that the second half of this episode contains conversations on self harm and suicide, which can't be avoided because it's central to the plot of Dear Evan Hansen.

2021 provided its share of highs and lows at the cinema, and these two films capture them well. Dear Evan Hansen is the rancid musical that's somehow not a coming out story, and House of Gucci is an auto-pilot Ridley Scott Movie. Friend of the show Vic returns to navigate through these challenging works.

Vic: [1] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond [2] Picking up Naloxone or Narcan
Evan: An Angel at my Table, dir. Jane Campion (1990)

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132 - Marvel's Eternals: Tears on the Ashes with Karen Mills

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Celebrated director of Nomadland Chloé Zhao returns to cinemas with Marvel's Eternals, hyped as a new superhero masterpiece and a win for diverse casting in blockbusters, they instead delivered an absolute mess reviled by fans and critics alike. How did this happen? And why is the bombing of Hiroshima used as character development for a guy named Phastos? Karen Mills from Alberta Advantage and C.H.A.N.G.E. Agents returns.

ReComradations:
Karen: The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime
Evan: Devil in a Blue Dress, dir. Carl Franklin (1995)

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PREVIEW - CODA: Inclusion and Worker Power with Snubs and Dubs

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Kyle and Jason from Snubs & Dubs: A Best Picture Podcast join to discuss CODA directed by Sian Heder streaming on Apple TV+.

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131 - Red Notice: "The Most Watched Film of All Time" with I Have Some Notes

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Gregg from I Have Some Notes joins after Evan's appearance on that show to chat about Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

Red Notice is a content delivery vessel starring The Rock, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds in an art caper / franchise starter that is now Netflix's most viewed film of all time. Every single person alive or dead has seen this film.

ReComradations:
Evan: cat ownership
Gregg: Dan Olson's Fifty Shades series

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PREVIEW - Disney+ Day and Making Westworld Real

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 22:00:00 -0700

This episode is a run down of what happened on our most sacred public holiday, Disney+ Day, as well as my reaction to The Simpsons Plusaversary, Hawkeye, and my impressions of Disney's attempt to make Westworld happen, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.

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130 - Mayor Pete: Liberal ASMR with Alex from Haus of Decline

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0700

On cipher politics and Mayor Pete's struggle against Black voters. Alex from Haus of Decline joins. Director Jesse Moss of Boys State returns with this "intimate" look at the campaign and domestic life of Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the 2020 Democratic primary.

ReComradations:
Alex: True Detective season two
Evan: The Beauty President, dir. Whitney Skauge (2021) The Double Life of Véronique (1991) & Three Colours Blue (1993), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski

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PREVIEW - Bolt Driver with Valerie Faye

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0700

The wonderful Valerie Faye joins me to discuss the mysterious Taxi Driver homage Bolt Driver, which says a lot about society.

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129 - Squid Game and Late Capitalism (From The Korea File) with André Goulet and Paris Marx

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:00:00 -0600

Evan's on vacation this week, so enjoy this episode of The Korea File where host André Goulet chats with Evan and Paris Marx of Tech Won't Save Us about Squid Game, the limits of anti-capitalist art, and Fortnite.

From The Korea File:

"On a celebratory 100th episode host Andre Goulet welcomes Harbinger Media Network podcast pals Paris Marx of leftist tech worldview critique show Tech Won't Save Us and Evan MacDonald of socialist film review show Kino Lefter to explore the historical parallels and context of Squid Game, examine the show's cultural capitalist critique, regret impulsive investments in crypto currency and try to explain why we can't help but hate those notorious VIPs.

Hear Paris' popular tech critique show Tech Won't Save Us at https://techwontsave.us/ and support his work at https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus

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Find out more about our work building a politically progressive podcast community at https://harbingermedianetwork.com/

This conversation was recorded on November 1st, 2021."

128 - In Conversation with Gillian McKercher: Orphaned and the legacies of oil and gas development

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Watch Orphaned here.

This week Gillian McKercher stops by to discuss her new documentary available now on CBC Gem: Orphaned. Tackling the issue of orphaned wells in Alberta, the film highlights the need to clean up the thousands of idling sites and the people on the ground working towards change.

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PREVIEW - Don't Think Twice (2016) and Improv Comedy with Sophie and Rob [the first ten minutes]

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0600

WARNING: graphic descriptions of the improv comedy scene are found throughout the episode. Listener discretion is advised.

Sophie from Dumb Bitch Media and Rob from Dumb & Awful return to discuss the Mike Birbiglia directed 2016 comedy-drama Don't Think Twice about the trials and tribulations of an NYC improv comedy troupe known as "The Commune." We also discuss their experiences in the improv comedy world and basically just gossip a lot it's very fun.

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127 - GUN BARREL 009: No Time to Die #BringBackJinx

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0600

***Content warning: discussion of sexual violence at 1:42:50 - 1:43:20***

Jeremy, Olav, and Kaden join the expert panel to discuss the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die.

Discussed inside: Jeffrey Wright's Felix Leiter, Ana de Armas thirst, Bond's relationships and interiority, physical deformities, and what should be next for the franchise (being public domain.) As well, we explore two articles from the National Review (one from Armond) bemoaning the "wokeness" of the Bond franchise and how Lizzo could have sex with Bond.

ReComradations:
Jeremy: American Crime Story + Big Shiny Takes and The Forgotten Corner + his new Substack
Kaden: Squid Game + twerking at PetroCan + be nice to service workers + all your parents
Evan: Ma, dir. Tate Taylor (2019)

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BONUS: The Parallax View with Duncan Kinney

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 01:00:00 -0600

This timed Patreon-exclusive episode is now available for free. Enjoy!

Future Canadian Senator and host of The Progress Report Duncan Kinney joins me to discuss the 1974 Alan J. Pakula film The Parallax View. Part of the unofficial "Paranoia Trilogy" with All The President's Men and Klute, this film centres on a journalist shaken into action by a whistleblower's death to find the truth about the Parallax Corporation and their involvement in political assassinations.

On an unrelated note, Duncan and I discuss the upcoming Alberta Senate election, which is dumb and fake.

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126 - "Along came a veterinarian" Reviewing the ads of the 44th federal election

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0600

As heard on the Harbinger Media Network Hellection Telethon, I review twenty ads running from all major Canadian political ads and score them on a 1-5 scale. Who will win? Who will lose? Who is Dr. Stacey Gastis?

And hey! Today is election day in Canada. You should probably vote!

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PREVIEW - Canadian Federal Election Special feat. Dr. Jordan Peterson and Rex Murphy

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Canadians are going to the polls! Justin Trudeau is seeking re-election two years early to secure a majority government, but how will Kino cover this? Fear not. As a podcast focused on the visual arts, I examine the issues of the 44th federal election through a close reading of a conversation between Dr. Jordan Peterson and well-spoken crank Rex Murphy on the Jordan B. Peterson Podcast. I learn a lot about cancel culture, climate change, and the insidious woke agenda thanks to these intellectual titans.

Telethon (Sat. Sept 18th) twitch.tv/robrousseau

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125 - Free Guy: Soy vs Win with Trevor Strunk

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:00:00 -0600

***Remembering Roxanne Tootoosis Wâpiskaw wâpikwanî GoFundMe***

Host of No Cartridge and author of the upcoming Story Mode: Video Games and the Interplay Between Consoles and Culture Trevor Strunk joins me to discuss Free Guy, a film about Ryan Reynolds breaking out of his wagecuck NPC life to become a cool guy who follows the rules on his own terms. Discussed inside: representations of game development, what political art means, and how Fortnite is now all culture.

ReComradations
Trevor: [1] Hades from Supergiant Games [2] The Silver Case on Switch
Evan: Alberta Advantage - TORIES: Lougheed, 1971-1985

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PREVIEW - The Parallax View + Alberta Senate Elections with Duncan Kinney

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Future Canadian Senator and host of The Progress Report Duncan Kinney joins me to discuss the 1974 Alan J. Pakula film The Parallax View. Part of the unofficial "Paranoia Trilogy" with All The President's Men and Klute, this film centres on a journalist shaken into action by a whistleblower's death to find the truth about the Parallax Corporation and their involvement in political assassinations.

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124 - "Operation Cosmic Sin is now a go" with Androids and Assets

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0600

**Please note! I messed up communicating the schedule during this episode a few times. The next Patreon episode will cover The Parallax View, and next week's main episode will cover the Ryan Reynolds film Free Guy**

Marshall and Steven from the Androids and Assets podcast return to discuss the horrible sci-fi genre film which garnered attention thanks to the Netflix algorithm: Cosmic Sin. The film stars a catatonic Bruce Willis alongside Frank Grillo as they commit genocide against some goo-based aliens. We discuss space fascism, gender, the aesthetics of fan films, and colonialism within the context of this notably bad film.

AVP Redemption fan film

ReComradations:
Steven: China, Russia are stage-managing the Taliban (Aug 19) Pepe Escobar for Asia Times
Marshall: Money Shot by Sarah Beattie and Tim Seeley
Evan: Candyman, dir. Bernard Rose (1992)

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PREVIEW - Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes with Shama Rangwala

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Professor Shama Rangwala joins me to discuss Tim Burton's spectacular failure to revitalize the Apes series.

Marky Mark gets lost in space and stranded on a world ruled by apes. Will this movie get racist real fast? Yes. We explore the film's psychosexual politics, white slavery narratives, and every other strange and horrifying aspect of its two hour runtime.

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123 - Batman: The Long Halloween Parts 1 + 2 & The People's Joker Update with Vera Drew

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0600

All-around superstar Vera Drew returns to the show to discuss the newly released two-part animated adaptation of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's landmark 12 issue limited series Batman: The Long Halloween, originally released between 1996 - 1997. Also included: an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the production of The People's Joker (laugh included.)

ReComradations:
Vera: Cutie Honey classic collection
Evan: Misery, dir. Rob Reiner (1990)

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122 - The Green Knight: Manic Peasant Dream Girl with Mav Adecer

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0600

Friend of the show Mav Adecer returns to discuss the new A24 Arthurian epic from director David Lowery The Green Knight. This episode is a cry for help regarding my issues with lactose intolerance and also a celebration of when The Movies are really good!

Here's a photo of The Gambler from Stargirl.

ReComradations:
Mav: The Strength of Strength and the Strength of Weakness by Oliver Bateman
Evan: The Long Goodbye, dir. Robert Altman (1973)

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PREVIEW - National Post Action Movie Month with Big Shiny Takes

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:00:00 -0600

Adrenochrome. Conrad Black. 300. The fall of the Western male.

During July 2021, the National Post (Canada's conservative paper of record) ran a publication event called Action Movie Month. They attempted to highlight the greatest action films of all time, and in classic fashion, some articles are bland and some are deeply damaging on a psychic level. Eric, Marino, and Jeremy from Big Shiny Takes join me.

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121 - In The Heights: Despacito 2 with Juan + Vic

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Friends of the show Juan and Vic return to discuss cultural figure Lin-Manuel Miranda and the film adaptation of his celebrated 2005 musical In The Heights. Set in the NYC community of Washington Heights, the film follows Usnavi, a small business owner with a dream. How does the film approach questions of identity and capital ownership? What changes have been made and why? Will Dascha Polanco DM me? All this and more answered inside.

*Note: there are some mild sound issues that we had due to the recording set-up, but they're small hiccups along the way*

ReComradations:
Juan: [1] Live in Africa - Fania All Stars [2] Loud hosted by Ivy Queen
Vic: Stars Without Number
Evan: [1] Pa'lante - Hurray for the Riff Raff [2] The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

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120 - Space Jam: A New Legacy with The Off Court Podcast - Starring LeFraud "China Money" Shames

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Abdul and Eytan from Harbinger's very own The Off Court Podcast return to learn about playing by the rules, being a good family man, and digitally rapturing millions of people into the Warner Bros. ServerVerse for a high-stakes game of basketball between LeFraud Shames and an AI that appears to be Don Cheadle.

ReComradations:
Eytan: [1] Neo Noir collection on Criterion Channel [2] old Resident Evil games
Abdul: [1] The Fear Street Trilogy [2] Naomi Osaka
Evan: Becoming a Yellowstone guy

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PREVIEW - Battle for the Planet of the Apes with @litwall

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a decidedly lighter film in the franchise set in the early years of Ape society. Caesar's community, now co-existing in apartheid with humans, faces conflict on two fronts: the Mutants living in the burnt-out remains of a city, as well as the gorilla leader Aldo's boiling hatred of humanity. How does the film explore these significant issue in a kid-friendly low-budget way? Mitchell (@litwall) joins.

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118 - Saint Maud: One Night In Jesus with Tristan Turner

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0600

Tristan returns to the show for a spirited conversation on faith, gender, health care work, and getting rawed by Jesus Christ for Rose Glass' film Saint Maud put out by A24 last year, now available digitally.

ReComradations:
Tristan: Shenmue
Evan: Darth Plageuis by James Luceno [Evan's Goodreads review]

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PREVIEW - The Scary of Sixty-First: Dasha's Epstein Movie with Laura

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Kino alumna Laura returns to discuss Dasha Nekrasova's directorial debut The Scary of Sixty-First and Epstein Truth culture.

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117 - Spiral: From the Book of Saw with Faris: Chris Rock's Se7en

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 17:00:00 -0600

The Great Saw Marathon comes to an end as Faris + Evan discuss Spiral: From the Book of Saw. In this second attempt to softly reboot the Saw franchise, we get a story about police corruption, how hard it is to be a cop, and why Forrest Gump 2 was never made.

ReComradations:
Faris: [1] True Romance, dir. Tony Scott (1993) [2] Sweet Pea Cafe and Playhouse in Edmonton
Evan: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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PREVIEW - The Great Saw Marathon Part 3: Saw V - Jigsaw with Faris

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Jigsaw has trapped you in the washing machine and your step son is coming home in 90 mins. Let the games begin.

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116 - Umurangi Generation: In Conversation with Tali Faulkner

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:00:00 -0600

This week I'm joined by game developer Tali Faulkner to discuss his game Umurangi Generation: a photography game set during the death of the world thanks to neoliberalism.

One of the best games of 2020, Umurangi is now available on both PC and the Nintendo Switch eShop. Be warned: this is a deep-dive conversation on the political themes and questions explored by the game, so if you don't want to be spoiled, play the game!

You can also check out the sick merch from the game here.

ReComradations:
Evan: The Blackcoat's Daughter, dir. Oz Perkins (2015)

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PREVIEW - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes with Hammer and Camera

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Phil and Taylor from the Hammer and Camera podcast join me to discuss one of the most interesting films in the Apes franchise: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. A slave class of apes stage a revolt against their human oppressors - a mirror of the state oppression experienced against Black Americans in the late 1960s and early 1970s that the filmmakers drew inspiration from.

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115 - Cruella: Killing Yourself on National Television with Dumb Bitch Media

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Ev and Sophie from Dumb Bitch Media return to discuss the new Disney live action adaptation Cruella which asks if girlbosses also suffer from mental illness or something. Here are some things we talked about:

Christine Chubbuck
disney adults
fashion as inherited mental illness
Paul Walter Hauser
queerbaiting

ReComradations:
Sophie: Sharp Objects on HBO
Ev: Predator, Predator 2, and Predators
Evan: Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto (1992)

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PREVIEW - The Great Saw Marathon Part Two: Saw II - Saw IV with Faris

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 01:00:00 -0600

This continues off from the Saw 101 episode, and will be followed-up with shortly with an episode covering Saw V - Jigsaw over in Patreon feed.

Discover Donnie Wahlberg's role in the sprawling Sawniverse, what Jigsaw thinks about addiction, and the pitfalls of apprenticing for a serial killer/trap artist.

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114 - The Great Saw Marathon Part One: Saw 101 with Faris

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Returning guest from Fighting With My Family and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Faris, host of the Dreamslam! + Lifetime Pals podcasts, is in the digital studio for a big project.

Over the course of a few days, I watched every Saw movie for the first time from 2004's Saw to 2017's Jigsaw to prepare myself for Spiral: From the Book of Saw. This episode is the beginning of a three-part series discussing the cultural relevance and politics of the Saw franchise through every film. The other two parts, covering Saw II through Jigsaw will be available in the Patreon feed soon.

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113 - Those Who Wish Me Dead: Taylor Sheridan Presents Fortnite with Tyler and Sean

Wed, 26 May 2021 01:00:00 -0600

The superstar team of Tyler and Sean from Alberta Advantage, Format: Guardian, and Tyler's Tinker Tailor Podcast Spy reunite with me in a sequel to our Sicario episode from August to cover Taylor Sherdian's next writing and directing venture: Those Who Wish Me Dead.

Angelina Jolie is a traumatized smokejumper-turned-fire lookout who stumbles upon a boy in the woods being hunted by two gritty Wet Bandits. The zone (wildfire) is closing in, can she score a win in this battle royale?

ReComradations
Sean: [1] Sea of Thieves [2] Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Tyler: [1] Pale Swordsman by Këkht Aräkh [2] Excavated Shellac: An Alternative History of the World's Music
Evan: Will Menaker learns how to Cook, Sing, and Love from ChapoFYM

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PREVIEW - Escape from the Planet of the Apes with Jeremy Appel

Fri, 21 May 2021 23:00:00 -0600

Time-travelling apes arrive in 1970s Los Angeles in Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Jeremy Appel, friend of the show from Big Shiny Takes and The Forgotten Corner returns!

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112 - Inside the Syringe: The Sarah Vaccine with Sarah Squirm

Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

This week on Kino, I speak with comedian and auteur Sarah Squirm about her new special The Sarah Vaccine on Means TV. We discuss her inspirations, juicy behind-the-scenes secrets, and our horrible existence devoid of government intervention during COVID.

*Plus* our $5+ Patrons during the month of May will get our first ever piece of merch, a beautiful sticker! Sign up today!

ReComradations:
Sarah: Legend, dir. Ridley Scott (1985)
Evan: Fast & Furious 6, dir. Justin Lin (2013)

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PREVIEW - Beneath the Planet of the Apes with Valerie Faye

Fri, 07 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

The wonderful Valerie Faye joins me in our evaluation of Beneath the Planet of the Apes, a film about war-mongering, religious dogma, and most importantly, looking hot in a fur bikini.

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111 - Oscarbaiting Night 3: My Octopus Teacher & Hillbilly Elegy with Laura Kruse

Wed, 05 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Kino alumna Laura Kruse returns to the show to discuss two Oscar-nominated films that represent the duality of life on Earth. My Octopus Teacher, winner of the Best Documentary award, is a beautifully-told story about one man's connection with the natural world. Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy on the other hand requires surgical intervention to ensure its toxin doesn't spread.

This is an episode about understanding the discourse and how J.D. Vance can serve as Mike Flynn's VP with this one weird trick.

ReComradations:
Laura: [1] Cruel Intentions, dir. Roger Cumble (1999) [2] Dangerous Liaisons, dir. Stephen Frears (1988)
Evan: Freddy Got Fingered, dir. Tom Green (2001)

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110 - Oscarbaiting Night 2: The 93rd Academy Awards: Christmas for Tinseltown & Top 10 Films of 2020

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

The Oscars happened again this year and its slide into cultural irrelevance continues. What happened? What's an NFT? Why are people mad and who should have won? All of this and more are discussed inside. Plus: your questions are answered on-air and Evan's top ten films of last year are revealed.

ReComradations:
Evan: Down the Rabbit Hole: Deep Blue

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The closing music is Arcade Fire - Deep Blue from The Suburbs (2010)

PREVIEW - Planet of the Apes with SRSLY WRONG

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Here it is: the first episode of Takes From the Forbidden Zone: a miniseries covering every film in the storied Planet of the Apes franchise.

Aaron and Shawn from the utopian comedy podcast SRSLY WRONG rejoin Team Kino to discuss the plot and themes of the first film in the series, 1968's Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston. Cornelius! Zira! Dr. Zaius! All your faves are here.

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PREVIEW - Thunder Force: "food gross i go boom boom" - Melissa McCarthy

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Returning guest from the fan-favourite Casino Royale episode, Clinton Hallahan from Alberta Advantage returns to disect the relationship between Melissa McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone and it's latest biproduct: the Netflix original superhero film that was marketed as an empowering film for large women which in reality is stuffed with fat jokes, Thunder Force.

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109 - Ocarbaiting Night 1: Trial of the Chicago 7 & Another Round with Pearson Bolt

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:00:00 -0600

This episode begins with a teaser for the next major Patreon-only miniseries in the style of Gun Barrel, the Kino James Bond series. Enjoy! Get hyped!

Welcome to Oscarbaiting: a miniseries leading up to the 2021 Academy Awards in which Evan and a series of guests discuss the highs and lows of the Oscar-nominated films we, the movie-viewing public, are subjected to.

On this episode, Pearson Bolt of Coffee With Comrades and Macabre Media joins me to discuss Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7, up for six awards, and Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round, nominated twice.

ReComradations
Pearson: Disco Elysium from ZA/UM
Evan: The Third Man, dir. Carol Reed (1949)

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PREVIEW - Kino x Well There's Your Problem take on Joss Whedon

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Justin & Alice from Well There's Your Problem join me for a viewing of one of the worst films of 2017: Joss Whedon's Justice League.

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108 - Godzilla vs. Kong with Rose: Truth in Titan Podcasting

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

The wonderful Rose joins me for a discussion on the kaiju genre and the latest entry in the Legendary MonsterVerse, the highly anticipated Godzilla vs. Kong.

ReComradations

Rose's Guide to Godzilla

Godzilla (1954)
Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)
Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)
Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995)
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Shin Godzilla (2016)

Evan: [1] Joint Security Area, dir. Park Chan-wook (2000) [2] Collective, dir. Alexander Nanau (2019)

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PREVIEW - Evan watched 32 movies at SXSW Online, what happened next will shock you

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 20:00:00 -0600

The long awaited South by Southwest episode is here! Thanks to support of listeners like you on Patreon, I was able to attend SXSW digitally this year to deliver you this hard-earned film wisdom. Enjoy.

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PREVIEW - Snyder Cut Epilogue with Linh Lu

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Linh returns from their superstar appearance on the BvS premium episode to put a bow on our Snyder Cut coverage.

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107b - Evan MacDonald's Justice League Part Two: Enlightened to the Great Darkness

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Here's Part Two of the epic Kino Lefter saga to discover the truth of Zack Snyder's Justice League.

Joining me on this journey of uncovering the hidden beauty of Zack Snyder's Justice League are Andrew Neville, Mattie Washburn of Watchtower Database, Karen Mills, the Drum Circle JerkCrew, Bob and Mike of From Justin to Kane, Olav Rokne, Jeremy Appel of Big Shiny Takes, Andre Goulet of Harbinger Media, and @TompOfficial.

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107a - Evan MacDonald's Justice League Part One: Solving the Anti-Life Equation

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0600

On October 21, 2020 the host of this program tweeted "The Kino Lefter episode on the Snyder Cut will be longer than the movie and that's a promise." This is that promise fulfilled.

Joining me on this journey of uncovering the hidden beauty of Zack Snyder's Justice League are Andrew Neville, Mattie Washburn of Watchtower Database, Karen Mills, the Drum Circle Jerk Crew, Bob and Mike of From Justin to Kane, Olav Rokne, Jeremy Appel of Big Shiny Takes, Andre Goulet of Harbinger Media, and @TompOfficial.

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106 - The Emergency Bigfoot Family Episode with Duncan Kinney

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Duncan Kinney from The Progress Report (a fellow Harbinger Media show) makes his Kino Lefter debut to discuss the new Netflix film Bigfoot Family: a children's animated movie about greenwashing targeted by the Alberta UCP government for its insidious anti-oil propaganda. We examine how the government has been going to war against this evil film, and how IMDb and Facebook users have been reacting.

Mentioned on the show:

David Staples' urinal moment [SB Nation]

ReComradations:
Duncan: subscribing to The Progress Report's newsletter
Evan: attending a film festival, specifically SXSW Online this year

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PREVIEW - Krypton Had Its Chance Ep. 2 - Batman v Superman and true love with Linh Lu

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 03:00:00 -0600

This is a podcast about true love and a clash of titans. My life partner Linh Lu joins me to discuss one of the most important films in my life and the love of DC Comics that helped bring us together.

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105 - Nomadland with Will Sloan and Luke Savage: put me on the Turner Classic Movies cloud and leave me there

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Who will win Oscar? Will Sloan and Luke Savage of the wonderful Michael and Us podcast join me to discuss Chloé Zhao's Nomadland. We also workshop some potentially viral takes and peruse reviews from the average Joes on the Internet Movie Database.

ReComradations
Will: Wanda, dir. Barbara Loden (1970)
Luke: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World , dir. Peter Weir (2003)
Evan: [1] Lost Themes III - Life After Death by John Carpenter [2] Loveless, dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev (2017)

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PREVIEW - Krypton Had Its Chance: Man of Steel Revisited

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Join me on a personal and political revisit of Zack Snyder's polarizing superhero epic from 2013, Man of Steel. This is the first in a Patreon-exclusive series that will revisit the Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Joss Whedon's Justice League in the lead-up to Zack Snyder's Justice League.

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104 - WandaVision with KB Harwood & @brodeep: Sokovian-American Excellence

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700

WandaVision is the first Disney+ show from Marvel Studios and everyone is gathered around the water-cooler discussing their favourite theories. Was the show good or interesting? KB Harwood and @brodeep join me for this long-form conversation on the show.

Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny by RS Benedict | Blood Knife

ReComradations
Evan: Minding the Gap, dir. Bing Liu (2018)
KB: [1] Superstore [2] Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Taz: [1] The Legend of Beavis (YouTube) [2] What If? Vol. 2

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103 - Promising Young Woman with German Villegas & Veronika Ilich: Doomsday for Soft Bois

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700

***content warning for conversations regarding sexual violence throughout the episode***

German Villeagas and Veronika Ilich from the Modern Manhood podcast's Cold Takes join me to discuss Emerald Fennell's much-praised rape-revenge thriller Promising Young Woman starring Carrey Mulligan. We talk about the film's representations of rape culture, the virtues and pitfalls of Cassie's vigilante justice, and explore the film's controversial ending.

We also get into a Washington Post article that both downplays sexual assault and compares it to Capitol Riot hysteria. Great!

Discussed in the episode:

On The Disempowerment of Promising Young Woman by Mary Beth McAndrews | Roger Ebert.com
Biden wants unity and justice. Watching 'Promising Young Woman' could help. | Washington Post

ReComradations
German: Hades from Supergiant Games
Veronika: Taking time on weekends for having elaborate breakfasts
Evan: [1] Dead Cells from Motion Twin [2] Elle, dir. Paul Verhoeven (2016)

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PREVIEW - Adam Curtis CANCELLED??!? [not clickbait]

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0700

Andrew McWhinney, podcast producer for Negation Magazine, joins me to give the Official Socialist Critique of interesting British man Adam Curtis' new documentary series Can't Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World.

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102 - Judas and the Black Messiah with Shima Robinson: COINTEL Pros

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Spoken word poet and activist Shima Robinson joins me this week to discuss Shaka King's new film Judas and the Black Messiah, which focuses on the relationship between Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and the FBI informant Bill O'Neal. We talk about the performances, Fred Hampton's work, COINTELPRO, the film's representation of the Black Panther Party, and activist hero worship.

ReComradations:
Shima: [1] The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, dir. Göran Olsson (2011) [2] Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard
Evan: [1] Nov. 19, 1969: Members of the Black Panthers visit U of A | Edmonton Journal [2] Le samouraï, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville (1967) [3] Andrei Rublev, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky (1966)

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PREVIEW - Dark Mature Winx Club with Victoria Dee

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Genocide. Torture. Fashion.

These are the ingredients that make Fate: The Winx Saga work. Returning guest Victoria DeJong joins me to discuss this dark reimagining of Winx Club, airing on Netflix now. Outside of discussing the themes and characters, we rank the characters of Fate based on hotness, and determine our Winx personalities thanks to Buzzfeed. This show has the most gender of all time.

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Interview: Preserving Worlds with Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil are the creators of Preserving Worlds: a Means TV original series on the preservation of online games and an exploration of the communities formed around them.

We have a conversation about the making of the show, capitalism, marginalization, and online communities, and potential future instalments of the series.

Watch Preserving Worlds for free right now on YouTube and Means TV. If you subscribe to Means TV, you get all six Bonus Expeditions.
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PREVIEW - The Expanse Season Five with Androids and Assets

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:00:00 -0700

Steven and Marshall from the Androids and Assets podcast join me to discuss the fifth season of Amazon Prime's The Expanse. This season, the show deals with questions of revolutionary violence through Marco Inaros and the Free Navy's attacks against the inner planets of Earth and Mars. In this episode, we discuss how the show illustrates exploitation, revolution, and violence. Prepare for Jokerfication.

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101 - The Little Things with Sophie Hayes: The Crime of Being Weird

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

***CW for conversations throughout the episode on sexual violence, murder, and policing***

Comedienne and co-host of Dumb Bitch Media Sophie Hayes joins me to discuss The Little Things, starring Denzel Washington, Jared Leto, and Rami Malek. A string of killings in 90s L.A. recalls killings past which brings Denzel back to his old precinct to solve the case and confront his demons. Did Jared Leto do it? Prepare to enter the mind of a cycle path...

Discussed: cop dramas, true crime podcasts, being stressed at work, policing, representations of victims and offenders, answering your door, sex work, police violence in Canada, being weird.

ReComradations
Sophie: Fundie Fridays on YouTube
Evan: [1] Adventures in Ideology Podcast [2] The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole

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UNLOCKED: The New Mutants with Olav Rokne

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Here's a free sample of some of the episodes behind the paywall!

Back in October Olav Rokne from the Hugo Award Book Club joined me to discuss the widely-panned and long-delayed The New Mutants. There were audio issues with this episode, but it's still listenable and it was a lot of fun!

Read Olav's work on the Hugo Book Club Blog

ReComradations
Olav: Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ [Trailer]
Evan: With Gourley and Rust [Patreon]

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PREVIEW - The High Republic, Light of the Jedi, and the state of Star Wars fandom

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0700

The High Republic is the new interconnected mega story from Lucasfilm Publishing set 200 years before The Phantom Menace. The first book, Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule shows us the Jedi Order as a proactive force for good in a Republic expanding into the Outer Rim.

I look ahead to what's next in this era, and sadly, look to the reactionary elements of the Star Wars fandom that became so toxic during this initiatives launch, it prompted a tweet from the official Star Wars account denouncing the racist abuse from fans. Further, I look to the conspiratorial stories Star Wars fans obsess over in the secret Shadow War happening at Lucasfilm between the forces of evil feminism and cool guy stuff.

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100 - Pixar's Soul with The Off Court Podcast: Here's to One Hundred More

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Founder and former co-host Abdul Malik and returning-guest Eytan Tobin (who together form Harbinger's The Off Court Podcast) join Evan for the 100th episode of Kino Lefter: Canada's #1 socialist movie podcast.

Pixar's Soul follows Joe Gardner through New York City and the afterlife as he attempts to make sense of his time on Earth and appreciate every moment. Of course this is an insidious work full of nasty tropes, as we learn through reading two separate opinion pieces [Polygon / New Yorker] attempting to label Soul as a blackface film, which is fun, and friends from across Kino's run stop by to reflect on this podcast's Very Important Legacy.

ReComradations
Abdul: [1] Sleeping Dogs [2] Persona 5 Royal
Eytan: Tiger on HBO Max
Evan: [1] Hitman III [2] The Expanse Season Four

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PREVIEW - Songbird: Michael Bay's COVID Movie

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0700

The COVID-23 pandemic grips the beautiful city of Los Angeles, and only Riverdale's Archie can deliver packages well enough to save us. Songbird is the COVID movie no one asked for and I watched it. Enjoy.

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PREVIEW - 2021 Netflix Slate Preview

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 01:00:00 -0700

Join Evan on a voyage to preview the 70+ Netflix will release in 2021 including such future classics as A Boy Called Christmas, Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, and the directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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99 - Wonder Woman 1984: I Renounce My Wish

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The 2021 season of Kino Lefter begins here.

Evan explores Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984 and its stances on greed, feminism, and how to end street harassment the right way. You too can become a hottie by taking off your glasses with this one simple wish.

ReComradations
Evan: Hades from Supergiant Games

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98 - A Very Kino Christmas Part One: It's A Wonderful Life with Vaughn Joy

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0700

Merry Christmas, listeners! In this first part of our special Kino episodes, Vaughn Joy from the Impressions of America podcast joins me on my first viewing of Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life to discuss the context and content of this wonderful film.

Part Two of A Very Kino Christmas on the 2020 epic Santa film Fatman starring Mel Gibson can be found on the Patreon feed right now.

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PREVIEW: HBO Max, Disney Investor Day, and the future of The Movies

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:00:00 -0700

Evan takes you through WarnerMedia's decision to move all of their 2021 slate of films to HBO Max, then examines what new content Disney will be providing us for episodes on their wonderful platform that we love to pay for.

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97 - Swingers: I'm a Joker, I'm a Crooner with Dumb & Awful

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Rob and Brett from the Dumb & Awful podcast join to discuss the seminal 1996 cool guy movie Swingers.

Come on this emotional journey with us as we explore the burgeoning pick-up artist movement, male friendship, loneliness, and being a cool guy. This is an episode about healing, growing-up, and being Rated R. This is the heartwarming leftist podcast 2020 needed.

ReComradations:
Rob: [1] stick your dick in the pool filter [2] Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Brett: Mother, dir. Bong Joon-ho (2009)
Evan: Michael Clayton, dir. Tony Gilroy (2007)

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Preview - GUN BARREL 008 // Die Another Day with Karen Mills

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:00:00 -0700

Karen Mills from Alberta Advantage, C.H.A.N.G.E. Agents and Format: Guardian joins for the blockbuster finale of Gun Barrel: a miniseries on modern James Bond.

Pierce Brosnan's fourth and final turn as James Bond 007 is widely regarded as the franchise's worst moment - and it is. We discuss the plot, which revolves around two North Korean guys becoming white through gene therapy. Along the way a space laser is introduced. Also discussed: Madonna, Halle Berry as Jinx, some of writing's worst moments, and how they put Bond in a POW camp so he couldn't stop 9/11.

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GUN BARREL 007 // Spectre: New World Order with German Villegas

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700

German Villegas of the Modern Manhood podcast joins me to discuss Daniel Craig's second-last Bond film Spectre. A shadowy organization led by someone from Bond's past stands poised to consolidate the world's intelligence services under their banner over the course of two and a half sepia toned hours.

We discuss representations of the global south, how Bond's masculinity is captured, and the the highs and lows of this Bond outing.

Part Eight of Gun Barrel on Die Another Day will be available in the premium feed next week.

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Preview - GUN BARREL 006 // The World is Not Enough with Big Shiny Takes

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Marino and Eric from Big Shiny Takes join me in discussing 1999's The World is Not Enough.

Part Seven on Spectre will be in the free feed soon, and Part Eight on Die Another Day will be in the Patron feed next week.

GUN BARREL 005 // Skyfall: our values are under attack with Tyler

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Tyler from Alberta Advantage, format guardian, and several episodes of the Kino Lefter podcast, joins me this week to discuss this critical entry into the James Bond canon.

Sam Mendes' first of two Bond films Skyfall marks the 50th year of the franchise. It's a reflective reinvention of James Bond set against the backdrop of civilian oversight of intelligence agencies, changing gender roles, terrorism, and youngsters using gadgets better than me. Is Skyfall a patriotic ode to institutions in a time of change? How does the film resonate with us today?

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Duran Duran Bond medley - Coachella 2011
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No Visible Trauma: In Conversation with the Filmmakers

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Marc Serpa Francoeur & Robinder Uppal join the program to discuss their new documentary feature on police violence and injustice within the ranks of the Calgary Police Service: No Visible Trauma.

The film "examines a deeply troubled police department and reveals the devastating consequences of unchecked police brutality... From the kidnapping and beating of a young immigrant from Ghana, to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a “wellness check”, the film exposes a criminal justice system that fails to hold police officers accountable for their actions." [from Lost Time Media]

Here's where you can check out the film:

Nov 25th - Dec 1st CUFF.Docs (AB + SK)
Globe Cinema Sunday Dec 29th
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GUN BARREL 003 // Quantum of Solace: Bond vs. the CIA with Kaden Terepocki

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Kaden Terepocki joins the program this week to discuss the twenty-second James Bond film Quantum of Solace directed by Marc Forster.

Hastily reworked during the WGA writers’ strike, Quantum revolves around an international secret society staging a coup in Bolivia while extorting them by controlling their water supply. We get into the film’s production, strengths, weaknesses, themes, and answer your questions. This may be the most thorough examination of this movie put to record.

This is Part Three of Gun Barrel: a miniseries on modern James Bond. Part Four is available now in the Patreon feed, and Part Five on Skyfall will hit this feed next week.

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Preview - GUN BARREL 004 // Tomorrow Never Dies with Adam Johnson

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0700

Adam Johnson from Citations Needed joins me for Part Four of Gun Barrel: a miniseries on modern James Bond. We talk about the media, conflict, and the wonderful cheese of the 18th Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

Part Three on Quantum of Solace will be in the free feed soon, and Part Five on The World is Not Enough will be available next week through the Patreon feed.

Preview - GUN BARREL 002 // GoldenEye with Andrew Neville

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Andrew Neville (Dog Island, Incredible Thoughts, Penhorn Summer) returns to Kino Lefter in part two of GUN BARREL: a miniseries on modern James Bond. We explore Bond at the end of history and how the fall of the Soviet Union and the advent of computers and feminism challenges our hero.

Part Three of Gun Barrel on Quantum of Solace will be in your free feeds this week, and Part Four on Tomorrow Never Dies will be the next episode in the Patreon feed.

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GUN BARREL 001 // Casino Royale and Post-9/11 Realism with Clinton Hallahan

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Gun Barrel: a miniseries on modern James Bond begins here.

Clinton Hallahan from the Alberta Advantage podcast joins me to discuss Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale. How has James Bond transformed after 9/11? The threats he fights range from terrorism to financial malfeasance to getting too horny to finish the mission. We discuss what works about the film, how it reflects post-9/11 cinema, and its legacy.

Part Two of this series will cover GoldenEye on the Patron feed. Part Three will revisit Daniel Craig’s next outing: Quantum of Solace. That will be available next week on this free feed.

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GUN BARREL 000 // Primer

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This is GUN BARREL: a miniseries on the contemporary James Bond films.

For the month of November, I'll be connecting with old friends and new ones to discuss the James Bond films of Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, and how they reflect the political moments they were made in.

From the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of history in GoldenEye through to the Marvelfication of all media in Spectre, this series will use the James Bond franchise to explore power, surveillance, violence, entertainment, and masculinity. There is also a stunner of a Mr. Bean impression early on that you can't miss.

Casino Royale with Clinton Hallahan drops this Wednesday, and GoldenEye with Andrew Neville goes out to Patrons on Friday.

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PREVIEW - Sleepaway Camp with Vera Drew

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

To close out Scream-o Lefter's Shocktober content, celebrated editor, producer, and director Vera Drew joins me for a conversation on the classic slasher Sleepaway Camp to discuss its representations of gender, sexuality, class, and queer identity. As well, we get into all of the hot Tinseltown gossip, what it's like to work for Tim and Eric, and Vera's exciting groundbreaking work of queer cinema: The People's Joker.

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96 - AVP: Alien vs. Predator with We Need to Talk About Kevin

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Ted, Rose, and Trevor from the Kevin Smith analysis podcast We Need to Talk About Kevin join this week to discuss Paul W.S. Anderson's AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004).

Two iconic movie monsters battle it out with the pawns of the tech billionaire Charles Bishop Weyland caught in the middle. Luckily for the Kev crew, they don't have to watch a Kevin Smith film this week. Now we're trapped in the sacrificial chamber ready to get facehugged for the great hunt to begin. ET is there too and so are the Avatar guys, you'll love it.

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Watch Predator: Dark Ages + AVP Redemption.

ReComradations:
Rose: [1] Mortal Kombat 10 [2] Horror Noire: Uncut Podcast
Ted: [1] Speed Racer, dir. Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2008) [2] the music of Joseph Shabason
Trevor: [1] Das Kapital, one of the essential guy books, by Karl Marx [2] doing kratom
Evan: Godzilla, dir. Ishirō Honda (1954)

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PREVIEW: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 With Faris

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:00:00 -0600

One of the best movies done for this show, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 brings to the foreground the comedic notes of the first film to create an unforgettable satire of American life, capitalism, and the nuclear family.

Faris, who joined for Fighting With My Family, rejoins Team Kino to explore one of their favourite films. You can check out Faris on Instagram and listen to Dreamslam! All Womens Wrestling Podcast!

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95 - Fernando: The Formula 1 Episode with Brett Payne

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0600

Brett Payne from Street Fight Radio joins this week to discuss the new docuseries on Amazon Prime about Fernando Alonso: a two-time F1 world champion on a mission for the triple crown of motorsports. We share our love of racing, chat about the 2020 season, and take a glimpse into the ups and downs of Alonoso's time away from the F1 circuit.

Plus, Andre from Harbinger Media Network drops by for a spooky chat about the network of Canadian leftist podcasts that we're joining.

ReComradations:
Brett: Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest
Evan: Her Smell, dir. Alex Ross Perry (2018)

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MINISODE 1 // Rorschach #1 by Tom King and Jorge Fornés

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:00:00 -0600

DC Comics keeps electrifying the corpse of Watchmen and they won't stop until they legally can't print comics anymore.

Following in the footsteps of Before Watchmen and Doomsday Clock, Tom King and Jorge Fornés bring a new vision of the Rorschach character to life. Who's under the mask? What horrible secrets await within the pages of this comic? Tune in to find out.

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94 - The Comey Rule: 300k Email Challenge with Meech Lake Radio

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0600

James Comey, portrayed by the Newsroom guy, faces the twin challenges of the Hillary Clinton email investigation and President Trump's relationship with Russia during his tenure as FBI Director. Travel through the time machine with us to 2016 as we discuss Trump cash-in books, the downfall of liberal institutionalism, and the culture output of la belle province.

I'm joined by Ethan and Charlotte from Meech Lake Radio.

ReComradations:
Charlotte: [1] C’est comme ça que je t’aime [2] Les invincibles
Ethan: Clubhouse Games 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo Switch)
Evan: Bram Stoker's Dracula, dir. Francis Ford Coppola (1992)

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PREVIEW - Pontypool with Will Menaker and Matt Christman

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0600

Welcome to a month of frights from Kino Lefter.

Pontypool, the 2008 Canadian horror film from director Bruce McDonald based on the novel Pontypool Changes Everything by Tong Burgess, takes us to a remote northern Ontario radio station with shock jock Grant Mazzy during the onset of a strange new illness transmitted through the English language.

Will Menaker and Matt Christman from Chapo Trap House join.

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PREVIEW: The New Mutants Postmortem with Olav Rokne

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:00:00 -0600

The audio for this episode was corrupted but our brilliant producer Jamar was able to recover it as much as possible.

Olav Rokne from the Hugo Book Club joins for this episode on The New Mutants, the final Fox X-Men film. The film, which comes straight from the mind of the director of The Fault in our Stars and one of the writers of Jackass, turns out to be a really tepid last gasp of this franchise with a healthy dose of anti-Indigenous prejudice. The movie literally starts with "there are two bears inside you."

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93 - Cuties and #CancelNetflix with Laura Kruse

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0600

Activist, writer, and Kino Lefter alumna Laura Kruse (@_SaturnReturn) joins the program to discuss one of the most controversial films of the year.

Cuties, a French film from director Maïmouna Doucouré is a coming of age story centering on Amy, a young Senegalese girl who becomes fascinated with a dance crew called "The Cuties" and searches for belonging between two models of femininity.

After Netflix tweeted a provocative poster of the young cast, it instantly became the target of a boycott campaign from the #SaveTheChildren, QAnon, and normie crowds alike. In this episode we explore the dimensions of this soon-to-be-forgotten controversy, what it means, and what value the film itself has as a liberal feminist document.

ReComradations:
Laura: Happiness, dir. Todd Solonzd (1998)
Evan: [1] Widows, dir. Steve McQueen (2018) [2] Halloween III: Season of the Witch, dir. Tommy Lee Wallace (1982)

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PREVIEW: The B'ys - A Closer Look at Amazon Prime's The Boys

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0600

damn what if comic books were real?

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92 - The Secret: Dare to Dream with Drum Circle Jerk

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:00:00 -0600

The Secret, a cornerstone of Wal-mart discount bins nationwide is having its philosophy brought to life in the big screen with The Secret: Dare to Dream.

This self-help book has been turned into one of the poorest reviewed films of the year that's essentially a Nicholas Sparks movie about the law of attraction. One down-on-her-luck widow meets a magical thirsty handyman who may have killed her husband throught the power of positive thinking.

Eytan and Brice from the hilarious Drum Circle Jerk podcast join for this episode.

ReComradations:
Evan: The Changeling, dir. Peter Medak (1980)
Eytan: The Vow on HBO
Brice: Quest, dir. Saul Bass (1984)

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PREVIEW: Canada's Next Drag Superstar with Cody Bondarchuk

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Cody Bondarchuk (yes, the very same Robin Hood of McNuggets) joins Team Kino to discuss Ru Paul's gift to Canadians: our very own drag superstar.

Canada's Drag Race Season One is a ten episode journey to find a Canadian queen with enough charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to make it to the top. Cody and I discuss the state of the Ru Paul empire, the judges, the hosts, the queens, and the highlights and controversies of the season. I also reveal that I don't know who JoJo Siwa is.

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91 - Mulan: Disney Premier Access to Hell with Androids and Assets

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:00:00 -0600

Live-action Disney adaptations of their animated fare have become a staple of the modern movie-going experience, and in COVID World we're not going to the theatre. Whatever will the Disney Company do?

With Disney+ Premier Access (available for a $34.99 CAN fee on top of your subscription) you can have the privilege of seeing Mulan (2020) before it becomes widely accessible to Disney+ subscribers. Black Widow will be released in the same fashion. This is the world we live in.

This episode is an exploration of the economics of the premium VOD model Disney is attempting to pioneer, the movie distribution landscape in COVID, the revamped feminism and image Disney wants to project, the boycott and film's relationship to Honk Kong and China, and the grand consumer behaviour experiment that Disney has made us participants in.

Evan is joined by Marshall and Steven from the Androids and Assets Podcast, a show on the political economy of speculative fiction. Listen now and own it "forever" until this episode is sealed away in the Disney vault.

Here is where you can read Musings on Mouse, Julia Alexander's Disney Substack.

ReComradations
Marshall: The Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Steven: [1] Invisible Kingdom by G. Willow WiIson and Christian Ward [2] ALAB Podcast
Evan: The Guest, dir. Adam Wingard (2014)

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PREVIEW: Unhinged, the Russell Crowe road rage movie with Minion Death Cult

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 19:00:00 -0600

America is facing a crisis: a crisis of incivility.

Unhinged, the first wide in-theatres release in the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic began, follows Rachel, a harried single mom suffering from her greedy husband in family court, encounters "The Man" played by Russell Crowe: a recently divorced man addicted to painkillers who decides to systematically ruin Rachel's life to prove a point? To teach her how it feels to be honked at?

Alexander Edward and Tony Boswell from Minion Death Cult join me for a blockbuster conversation on conservative victimhood, the plauge of divorce, suburban psychosis, and yes, we discover what the Facebook user community had to say on this new crucial film.

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90 - Holes (2003) A Bimbophobic Tale with Dumb Bitch Media

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Holes is a key film for many of us. It opened our eyes to the issues in youth corrections, it gave us hope that seemingly intractable battles in climate change could be solved if we carried a boy up a mountain, and yes, it was also an important sexual awakening.

Holes tells the story of Stanley Yelnats IV, an unlucky young man played by a debuting Shia LaBeouf who grapples with his family's curse as he's sent to Camp Green Lake to dig holes all day after a pair of famous shoes end up in his possession.

Ottawa comediennes/fashion influencers and hosts of the hilarious Dumb Bitch Media podcast Ev and Sophie (@bingodaddyy) join for this episode on this crucial film. We discuss the film's representation of youth corrections and the carceral state, as well as class mobility and getting horny for Sigourney Weaver respectfully.

ReComradations:
Ev: [1] The X-Files [2] 100 gecs
Sophie: Scary Stories to Tell on The Pod
Evan: [1] Honey - Robyn (2018) [2] Getting your eyes tested and having insurance

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PREVIEW: The Tax Collector - Shia LaBeouf Cholo Lifestyle

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Love. Honour. Loyalty. Family.

These are the central tenets of David, played by Bobby Soto, and also the didactic opening titles of David Ayer's latest film, The Tax Collector. David and Creeper, played by the magnificent Shia LaBeouf, are tax collectors: middle managers for The Wizard who collect tithes from over forty street gangs in L.A.. When the balance of power in the city shifts, David must make hard choices and question his loyalities in the face of overwhelming odds.

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89 - Boys State: Democracy Dies in an F-35 with Oumar Salifou and Jackson Mirasty

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Every year, 1100 boys descend on Austin, Texas to particpate in the American Legion's Texas Boys State: a week-long experiment in representative government and civil discourse for teenage boys.

Apple TV and A24 have come together to distribute this Sundance winner and bring it to us, the Kinos. Concerned with the polarization of American politics, the filmmakers decided to cover Boys State after the 2017 cohort voted to secede from the union. The film follows four boys (whom we rank) as they vie for political office and learn how to appeal to the most voters while crushing their enemies.

Our conversation captures it all: the use of compromise discourse to weaken the left, how the culture war rhetoric for gun rights and abortion imprints on teens, open carrying in Fortnite, masculinity, racism, the conservative persecution complex, jingoism, and yes, giving F-35s to 17 year olds libertarians.

I'm joined this week by repeat guest from our The Red Pill + TFW No GF episode Jackson Mirasty and journalist/podcaster Oumar Salifou.

You can listen to the actual podcast recorded in Boys State 2018 we referenced here.
+ This great meme from Patia's Fantasy World

ReComradations:
Oumar: Time to Say Goodbye Podcast
Evan: The Miners' Hymns (2010) Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jackson: [1] The Core, dir. John Amiel (2003) [2] Turbo Kid, dir. François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell (2015)

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PREVIEW: DC FanDome - Dawn of Consumption

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 20:00:00 -0600

Evan explores DC FanDome: a new fully digital comic con and finds both the hope and horror within.

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88 - Sicario: Warhammer 2K15 with Tyler and Sean from Alberta Advantage

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Denis Villeneuve's Sicario follows FBI Agent Kate Macer as she joins a task force of U.S. military, intelligence, and police to destabilize the cartels in Juárez, Mexico. Along the way we meet Alejandro, a former prosecutor turned hitman, and Matt, a soldier who will do anything for the empire.

Exploring police militarization, borders, poverty, gendered violence, the drug war, imperial violence, and the degradation of a rules-based system of law and order, Sicario is a stand-out in recent western cinema. How does it thread the needle between depictions of violence with the allure of fascist asthetics? Why do we live in the Warhammer universe now?

I'm joined by Tyler (@georgefrowny) and Sean (@Willetton) from Format: Guardian and Alberta Advantage to have an in-depth discussion on one of the best films of the last decade. Join us in the 10th Prestige Lobby.

ReComradations:
Sean: Warhammer 40K, painting its figurines, playing the games, reading the books (specifically the first three books in The Horace Heresy)
Tyler: [1] Orphée, Jóhann Jóhannsson (2016) [2] Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy [3] Kino Lefter, support this show!
Evan: It Follows (2014) & Under the Silver Lake (2018) dir. David Robert Mitchell

PREVIEW: Host, what if you did a seance over Zoom?

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0600

Some friends get togther on the computer to channel the spirits of the dead, and experience some wacky concequences along the way in the Shudder exlcusive Zoom-based horror flick Host.

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An Important Programming Note on the Future of Kino Lefter

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0600

Here's an important update on the present and future of your favourite podcast: Kino Lefter

87 - An American Pickle: Pound the Lib Alarm

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

HBO Max is proud to present this story of being pickled, what it means to run a small business, and the horrors of cancel culture. Seth Rogen plays Ben and Herschel Greenbaum, two relatives 100 years apart brought together through the magic of being in brine for a century.

We discuss Seth Rogen and the Zionist lobby, the diaspora experience, cancel culture, small business mindset, and the world of travel influencers that we like and despise.

ReComradations:
Evan: [1] Pheobe Bridgers - Punisher [2] The Blair Witch Project, dir. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez (1999)
Abdul: Allegories of the End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times by Milo Sweedler
Laura: The Fight to Save Public Transit | The Walrus by James Wilt (10 Aug 2020)

86 - The Old Guard: Netflix Queers Killology

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Gina Prince-Bythewood's Netflix action movie The Old Guard presents a world of muted tones, boring operators, and a heroic mercenary group who are redeemed through their queer romances. We discuss the film's aesthetics, its Netflixy-approach to everything, queerness and racial politics, Orientalism, dying for a Camaro, immortality, spiritual-seeking, and the hotness of other podcasters we know.

Plus, we have exactly one (1) shocking revelation to share about the making-of The Old Guard in our patented reading series.

ReComradations
Evan: [1] Hitman 2 from IO Interactive (2018) [2] Battle for the Planet of the Apes, dir. J. Lee Thompson (1973)
Laura: The Beguiled, dir. Sofia Coppola (2017)
Abdul: [1] The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins [2] Rise and Kill First: the Secret History of Israel's Tragetted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman

85 - Malcolm X with Dahlia Saint Knives

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 01:00:00 -0600

We have on author, cultural critic, and top 10 great twitter account @saintknives to talk about Spike Lee, Malcolm X, Denzel, and the finer points of making a perfect biopic.

ReComradations
Dahlia: [1] Taylor Swift's Folklore [2] Sabriel by Garth Nix
Abdul: Any Given Sunday/Discord Book Club
Evan: [1] Silence of the Lambs [2] Hanna

The Winds That Scatter: A Conversation with Filmmaker Christopher Bell

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:00:00 -0600

Hey folks! Our Patrons had exclusive access to this interview for two weeks now we're happy to share it with everyone.

The Winds That Scatter (2015) is now available to stream on MEANS TV, and we had the chance to sit down with director Christopher Bell to discuss his latest film, his shorts, and his film-making ethos. For those of you interested in film production, this is an episode for you.

Ahmad is an immigrant from Syria, holding wishes of starting his own taxi service. When he loses his menial employment at a gas station, he attempts to navigate through the current American economy with optimism and faith. Soon, reality begins to set in as consistent work is scarce. It slowly begins to take a toll on his relationships, faith, and sense of self, with his dream slipping quickly from his grasp.

Watch the film here.

BONUS: The Last Dance ft. Tannara Yelland and Rob Rosseau

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0600

Basketball's back and we talk the bubble, the last dance, capitalism, and players unions in this slam dunk of a bonus episode featuring Rob and Tannara from Big Rings (Among others)

ReComradations
Tannara: The Sopranos (hell yeah)
Abdul: The Safdie Brothers' LENNY COOKE
Rob: The Last of Us Part II

84 - First Cow: The Pasteurization of the Western Male

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:00:00 -0600

Kelly Reichardt and A24's latest frontier drama centres on two friends who take a risk stealing from the wealthiest man in Oregon Territory to start a business and experience some hardship along the way.

It's a critical darling that we have some good and bad things to say about, its use of genre and film-making techniques, and its thematic exploration of capitalism, masculinity, and the frontier. And of course Armond White has his say, and by the end we reveal a new character to the show: Antiracist Baby.

ReComradations
Laura: [1] Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975) [2] Crash, dir. David Cronenberg (1996)
Abdul: Diaspora Boy: Comics and Crisis in America and Israel by Eli Valley
Evan: [1] Manhunter, dir. Michael Mann (1986) [2] Harbinger Wars by Joshua Dysart and Duane Swierczynski

83 - Irresistible: God Turns His Face From Us with Elaine Pauls

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Evan's opening monologue was lifted almost entirely from The Immortal Hulk #11 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett. You should read it!

Jon Stewart, formative for many of our politics during the Bush era, returns with his second feature film Irresistible. Theoretically a political satire about how money in politics erodes democracy, how the consultant class fails us, and the entertainment imperative in news media, this film tells us more about the sexual pathology and dated criticism that liberalism has to offer in this time of crisis.

Elaine Pauls, superstar poster and podcaster from Sports Are Gay, Alberta Advantage, and Format: Guardian joins us for this conversation.

ReComradations
Elaine: Night in the Woods from Infinite Fall
Abdul: [1] Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World by Slavoj Žižek [2] Plus Pods Mango pods
Evan: The Passion of Joan of Arc, dir. Carl Dreyer (1928)
Laura: [1] Suspiria, dir. Dario Argento (1977) [2] Suspiria, dir. Luca Guadagnino (2018)

82 - Hamilton (Crossover with Generation Loss)

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:00:00 -0600

This week (You even get the episode early!), our Kinos crossed the potomac to invade Generation Loss and delved into the dark heart of Lin Manuel Miranda's event spectacular, HAMILTON. Riffing abounds.

Big blessings to Bryn and Jeremy for having us on this earth shattering crossover event.

81 - The Twentieth Century: Canada Day Crossover with Unpacking the News

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0600

Canada Day has arrived again, and the occasion has led us to explore the depths of Matthew Rankin's The Twentieth Century: a film Rankin describes as being "one part Canadian Heritage Minute and one part ayahuasca death trip."

The Twentieth Century is a fictionalized and hyper stylized look at the early political career of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's longest-serving Prime Minister. It's a portrait of sexual repression and our relationship to empire, the irreality of Canada, and the idiosyncrasies of this beautiful man.

André Goulet, host of Unpacking the News, joins us for this crossover event discussing Canadian identity, film, and strangeness.

ReComradations:
André: Berlin by Jason Lutes
Abdul: Essex County by Jeff Lemire
Evan: Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1 by Gabriel Hardman & Corrina Bechko
Laura: Blowback Podcast

80 - The King of Staten Island: Bravely Defunding Firefighters

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:00:00 -0600

Truly a saga of an episode. Ostensibly, we discuss the new Judd Apatow film The King of Staten Island, a Pete Davidson semi-autobiographical film about a hot couch guy whose dead dad gives him trauma. It is perhaps the most MacDonald Test movie we have ever covered.

This leads to lengthy conversations on how long the financial crisis lasted for, the step-dad industrial complex, and nearly *twenty minutes* on the merits of funding the fire department. If you make it through, we discuss articles from the brightest minds at National Review: Armond White and Ross Douthat.

ReComradations:
Abdul: The Last of Us Part II (PS4)
Evan: Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 (support your local comic book store)
Laura: The Nova Scotia shooter case has hallmarks of an undercover operation | Maclean's

79 - Da 5 Bloods/Did B*sh do 9/11? [Spike Lee miniseries part two of two]

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:00:00 -0600

We end our Spike Lee spectacular with DA 5 BLOODS, his latest, but is it his greatest?

Lots of tangents on this one, from Scottish foibles to conspiracy after conspiracy.

ReComradations:

Laura: Reading, specifically books from Verso.
Evan: Paris is Burning (1990)
Abdul: Uncle Drew and the ongoing NBA return to play dispute.

78 - Do the Right Thing: Time is a Flat Circle [Spike Lee Miniseries Part One of Two]

Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:00:00 -0600

This week, we revisit Spike Lee’s seminal 1989 film on racism in America and police violence Do The Right Thing.

We discuss the critical response at the time, the film’s connections to the current moment, and eventually get to how the solar cycle is using energy from the Dark Multiverse to make 5G.

This is also Part One of a back-to-back series on Spike Lee, with next week’s review of Da 5 Bloods joining it soon.

ReComradations:
Evan: Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (2018)
Laura: Paris is Burning (1990)
Abdul: RTJ4 + The Game is Not a Game: The Power, Protest and Politics of American Sports by Scoop Jackson

UNLOCKED: Space Jam with Dog Island's Hugh Stewart

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:00:00 -0600

We don't have a new episode for you yet this week, so we've gone back through our premium archive to give you a recent hit!

Hugh Stewart from Dog Island, Atlantic Canada's #1 Cultural Marxist podcast, joined Abdul and Evan in February to examine the 1996 animated classic Space Jam. The American dream, unionization, and Michael Jordan's legacy are all up for discussion in the context of a film where Bugs Bunny is seconds away from indentured servitude.

Great places to support movements for justice in Canada and the U.S.:

77 - Capone: Level 35 Boss with Will Menaker

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 10:00:00 -0600

We recorded this episode before the demonstrations in response to the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police began. We've donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund (which now has a pause on donations), so we ask you to consider giving to some of these great causes:

Will Menaker from Chapo Trap House joins Team Kino this week to explore Josh Trank's Capone: a film where Tom Hardy waddles around in a diaper chomping a carrot and squawking like Danny DeVito's Penguin. It's an odyssey of fake friends, shitting your pants while being interviewed by the FBI, and yes, we get into the Armond White review.

ReComradations:
Will: State of Siege, dir. Costa-Gavras (1971) and Z, dir. Costa-Gavras (1969)
Abdul: Rebels of the Neon God, dir. Tsai Ming-liang (1992)
Evan: Abt dropped by Audi over imposter controversy | Sam Smith, The Race
Laura: The Raid, dir. Gareth Evans (2011)

BONUS - Masameer, Saudi Arabia's First Animated Movie ft. Seamus Malekafzali

Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 -0600

EDIT: There was an issue with the upload, if you're into getting one sided audio, delete the episode and redownload it, it is fixed now!

Abdul is joined by Seamus Malekafzali to look at Saudi Arabia's first, inexplicable, insane animated film, MASAMEER.

You can find Seamus' fantastic writing here

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76 - SCOOB! (Watching Movies is Killing Us)

Wed, 20 May 2020 21:00:00 -0600

Movies. They're still coming out during COVID. There's a lot of them. We picked this one. We don't know why we did, but we did. In the grim darkness of the quar, there is only SCOOB!.

ReComradations:

Laura: Listening to Kate Bush
Abdul: [1] Neighbor Science [2] Fictitious Capital: How Finance is Appropriating our Future
Evan: The Fall of Phoenix Jones

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BONUS: Justice League Dark: Apokolips War with Mattie Washburn

Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 -0600

This is a spiritual sequel to our first collaboration, the Primo Lefter episode on Arctic Dogs, which you can hear in our premium feed.

Evan and friend of the show Mattie Washburn from Watchtower Database are here to give you a comprehensive review of the last installment in the DC Animated Movie Universe, capping off seven years of storytelling.

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War sees the Justice League, John Constantine, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans come together to face an existential threat: Darkseid's conquest of all reality. They quickly learn that all of their strength isn't enough, and are left picking up the pieces in the wake of tragedy.

We discuss our favourite installments of this 15-film series, Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok's Darkseid War Saga (which loosely connects to this film), which DC heroes we would send to Apokolips, and go through the highlights of the story - all the way from a kryptonite-infused Superman to bottoming for King Shark. It's a journey.

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Cane Fire: A Conversation With The Filmmakers

Thu, 14 May 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Director of Third Shift and Pure Flix and Chill: The David A.R. White Story (mentioned on our Unplanned episode) Anthony Banua-Simon and Producer Mike Vass sit down with us in the Socially Isolated Digital Studio to discuss their latest film, Cane Fire, premiering at the 2020 Hot Docs International Film Festival, streaming May 28 - June 24.

Cane Fire tells a story about the exploitation of land, people, and stories in Kauaʻi over several generations. Using archival footage, older films whose propaganda is painfully clear, and personal footage shot in Kaua'i interviewing family, workers, and the powerful, Cane Fire weaves together the exploitation of the sugar industry, declining union power, settler colonialism, and the Hollywood machine to "create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as “extras” in their own story."

There's also a real estate guy named, I shit you not, *Chad Deal* in this movie. You'll want to stick around for that.

Notes:

Check out Anthony's website
Check out Mike's website
Follow Anthony on Twitter (@ABanuaSimon)
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75 - Blood Quantum: exploring colonialism with a katana

Mon, 11 May 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Blood Quantum, Jeff Barnaby's Miꞌkmaq zombie movie is sick and you should watch it:
Shudder // YouTube // Apple TV

Genre fiction has always been home to robust social critique, and this timely movie is no different. Set on the Red Crown reserve, a sheriff, a nurse, and their fractured family need to adapt to a new zombified world. Along the way, conversations on Indigenous-settler relations, decolonization, apocalypse, refugees, and putting a chainsaw through a zombie's head are handled nicely.

Notes:

Is The Crown At War With Us? (2002) [NFB]
Dancing Around the Table Parts 1 + 2 (1987-1988) [NFB]
Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity by Darryl Leroux [Buy]

ReComradations:

Laura: Rewatching Mad Men
Abdul: [1] Inside the Kingdom by Robert Lacey [2] Narmada: A Valley Rises, dir. Ali Kazimi (1994) [more]
Evan: Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States by Audra Simpson

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74 - The Da Vinci Code: NoFap God with QAnon Anonymous' Julian Feeld

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Julian Feeld (@JulianFeeld), author and host of the QAnon Anonymous Podcast joins Team Kino in the crossover of a lifetime.

To fully explore our conspiratorial times, we revisit the 2006 "masterpiece" The Da Vinci Code, adapted from a Dan Brown novel and directed by Ron Howard.

The film centres on a shadow war between two ancient and secret societies, a Great Awakening that will reshape the world, and solving puzzles hidden in the art we take for granted every day. Remarkably similar to the contemporary QAnon conspiracy theory, we discuss the film in relationship to conspiracy movements, the Catholic Church, COVID-19, and the invention of the Langdoncore genre defined almost entirely by whack style and bad cinematography.

THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES.
Where we pray one, we pray all.
K

ReComradations:
Julian: Memories of Murder, dir. Bong Joon-ho (2003) [TRAILER]
Evan Red Sun, dir. Terence Young (1971) [TRAILER]
Laura: Trio - Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt (1987)
Abdul: The Tribe, dir. Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi (2014) [TRAILER]

73 - Trolls World Tour: The Satanic Imagery of Vibes City

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0600

The New World Order is feeding Satanic messages to your children and Tiny Diamond, a small glittery Troll doll, is their mouthpiece.

When kids movies try to tell Important Stories about pluralism vs. "tribalism" they miss more than they hit. In Trolls World Tour, the Pop Trolls learn to process their white guilt and fight the genocidal Rock Trolls to preserve their individuality, and learn the truth about their genre from Queen Essence and King Quincy of the Funk Trolls in a giant UFO. We explore the film's racial archetypes, dad rock and jukebox musicals, the friend zone, and what should be done with James Corden. We also venture into Minion Death Cult-territory by reading a concerned Christian mom's thoughts on the hidden Satanism of Trolls World Tour.

ReComradations:
Abdul: [1] Magnificast [2] Faith and Capital
Evan: Super Metroid (Nintendo Switch Online)
Laura: [1] Grizzly Man (2005) [2] Into The Inferno (2016) [3] Seeking Derangements - The Bernie Postmortem

PREVIEW: Bombshell with Jeremy Appel

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 18:00:00 -0600

The director of the Austin Powers films makes a film about the culture of sexual misconduct at Fox News. I'm sure this will go well.

Host of Big Shiny Takes and journalist Jeremy Appel (@JeremyAppel1025) joins Evan and Laura to discuss this Oscar-winning Adam McKay-esque take on the sexual misdeeds of propagandist Roger Ailes and the prominent women at Fox who suffered and spoke out. Is it good? What does it have to say about Fox News?

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72 - Run This Town: The Rob Ford Saga with Jeremy Appel

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Rob Ford will endure throughout the ages as a beautiful, ghastly tire fire that made the world stop and laugh at the City of Toronto. How do we consider his legacy in the intervening years from his death to his brother’s premiership? The film Run This Town examines the media culture and work environments of millennial journalists, and the chaotic and fearful City Hall ran by Ford. Is it good? What can we learn from Ford Nation? And is Rob Ford more of a Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin? Journalist and podcaster Jeremy Appel (@JeremyAppel1025) joins us this week to look back on the legacy of Rob Ford.

Notes:
1. We didn't get to it on the show, but this Canadaland article is a great read for understanding how the media reacted to the crack scandal.
2. Kevin Spacey refuses to take a photo with Doug Ford.

ReComradations:

Jeremy: [1] Brain Eno and Yanis Varoufakis conversation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awP2BFm8G1g) [2] Another Green World – Brian Eno [3] Windows 95 start-up music

Abdul: [1] Building Free Life: Dialogues with Öcalan [2] Change The World Without Taking Power by John Holloway

Laura: The Wicker Man (1978)

Evan: [1] Bicycle Thieves (1948) [2] Brokeback Mountain (2005)

PREVIEW: Superman: Red Son, now featuring American values!

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:00:00 -0600

This adaptation of the 2003 DC Comics Elseworlds story is an ideologically-poisoned work and Kino Lefter is the cure.

From Mark Millar, the Michael Bay of comics, and the political scientists at Warner Bros. Animation comes a "revamped" telling of this classic Superman tale that ruins much of what made the original an interesting work.

What is Superman landed in Soviet Ukraine and became a hero of the working class? A neat idea that this adaptation fails to capitalize on. Communism is when things are bad, capitalism = freedom, technocracy rules, and anyone who believes in justice is a fool. We had things to say.

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71 - Emma. An Amaryllis Parker Bodice Ripper

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0600

A bawdy scandal is afoot in the Kino Lefter Socially Isolated Digital Studio, and it will take a handsome foreign suitor, a busty maid, and a local eccentric to matchmake the whole of Regency-era England until an uncouth remark is made.

We watched Emma. the 2020 Autumn de Wilde adaption of the Jane Austen novel from 1815. Are we experts? No. Did we watch the movie and have thoughts? Yes.

We discuss the fandom, aesthetics, class structure, and gender roles of this Austen adaptation then detour into the beautiful worlds of one Amaryllis Parker and her steamy bodice rippers. Welcome this week's episode you handsome, clever, and rich bastards.

ReComradations:
Abdul: Tales From The Loop (Amazon Prime) [trailer]
Evan: Amy (2015) [trailer]
Laura: [1] "Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk" by James Wilt (pre-order here) [2] Free Transit Edmonton webinar with James Wilt (watch this space)

PREVIEW: There's Something in the Water

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:00:00 -0600

We're back with a look at the Ellen Page-produced adaptation of Ingrid Waldron's book There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities.

This film chronicles three struggles for justice in Black and Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia against industry and the state in Shelburne, Pictou Landing First Nation, and Sipekne’katik First Nation. We discuss the long history of racism in Canada, regulatory capture, resistance and COVID-19, and of course Tyler Shandro's passionate defense of his wife.

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70 - The Hunt: Manorgate Exposed

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0600

***Pre-order our good friend James Wilt's book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk"***

The culture wars rage on and only a few brave filmmakers are willing to take the piss out of both sides. The Hunt, "the film Donald Trump doesn't want you to see," sees liberal elites hunting Deplorables for sport.

We discuss the intricacies of the liberal mind, conspiracy theory, effective satire, the MAGA response, and every horrifying anti-conservative moment in this godless film.

ReComradations:

Evan: Doom Eternal (PS4)
Laura: You Are Your Own Gym - fitness app
Abdul: [1] Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With The World (1963) [2] Ornette: Made in America (1985)

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69 - Exiting The Javits Center: Hillary on Hulu with Mav Adecer [Part One of Two]

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0600

It's November 8th, 2016. You and your friends await your feminist hero Hillary Rodham Clinton to speak on-stage at the Javits Center to tell you that this election had been a bad dream, and that Cheeto Man won't be President. Instead, John Podesta tells you that the nightmare is just beginning.

What do we do in the face of political crisis? Build worker power? Elect socialists? No. We watch television until the show gets better.

Local comedian and returning guest Mav Adecer joins Team Kino to watch Hillary, a new docu-series on Hulu from director Nanette Burstein. In this free episode, we cover the first two installments, detailing her youth and eventual role as First Lady of Arkansas and the United States.

In Part Two, we cover the last two episodes, which heavily cover the 2016 presidential election, and give our final thoughts. To hear Part Two, consider becoming a $3/month Patron to gain access to this and our entire catalog of bonus content.

ReComradations:
Mav: Playing distance D&D over Discord or Skype
Evan: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Laura: [1] Hypernormalisation (2016) [2] Bitter Lake (2015) [3] The Century of Self (2002)

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68 - The Way Back, or gritty drunk mighty ducks

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:00:00 -0600

The family's back together to tackle fatherhood, alcohol, sports, communities, and other shit idk. We watched Gavin O'Connor's The Way Back, a movie about Ben Affleck being divorced and drunk while coaching high school basketball.

ReComradations:
Evan: Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story (2020) [Trailer]
Abdul: He Got Game (1998) [Trailer]
Laura: [1] Taking a trip to Columbia [2] Chapo's Justin Jackson interview [3] The Thing (1982) [Trailer]

PREVIEW: Love is Blind, a two-hour Kino Lefter experience

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0600

Folks, the world is a cruel and Jokerfied place. However, there's still one place where you can put yourself in a pod, find the love of your life, meet their parents, then leave them at the altar.

That's right: Kino Lefter watched all of the Netflix hit reality show Love is Blind and made two hours of content about it.

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67 - The Invisible Man, or Billionaire Gaslighting Technology

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:00:00 -0700

Grab your tickets for our first ever live show! We're watching Magic Mike with the Modern Manhood Podcast! Saturday March 28th at Metro Cinema in Edmonton (tix here)

CW: there's a lot of talk about gaslighting, mental health, and domestic abuse throughout this episode.

ReComradations:
Abdul: Marbula 1 from Jelle's Marble Runs (https://www.marble-sports.com/series/marbula-one/)
Evan: organizing and taking care of each other

66 - Call of the Wild, or Fake Dogsled ft. Bailey Cameron

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0700

Abdul & Evan are joined by Edmonton organizer and all around funnyperson Bailey Cameron to talk about dogs. Love em or hate em!

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PREVIEW: Space Jam with Hugh Stewart from Dog Island

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:00:00 -0700

Porky Pig has withdrawn the energy of the Looney Tunes from the toxic system of television. What does work stoppage, the fourth wall eroding, and Daffy being horny for Warner Bros. tell us about worker power?

It's Space Jam. And a Dog Island crossover. 🐶🏝️

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65 - Sonic the Hedgehog, or Zero Dark Money ft. The Serfs

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0700

It's late, but is it ever worth it. Abdul & Evan are joined by media empire, THE SERFS to talk the Capitalist Realism of Sonic the Hedgehog.

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PREVIEW: Horse Girl + What Did Jack Do?

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0700

Our tour of the Netflix Construct brings us to Jeff Baena's Sundance-to-Netflix film about mental health: Horse Girl. Then, we weave in-and-out of conversation on mumblecore, the new David Lynch short, and eventually end up at Pandas vs. Aliens.

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UNLOCKED: Crisis on Infinite Earths with Leslie Lee III

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0700

This week's episode will be late, so enjoy this recent hit from behind out paywall for free!

In a case of life imitating art, worlds collide when Evan and Struggle Session's Leslie Lee III discuss the latest and largest Arrowverse crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Discussed inside: our love of Smallville, DC continuity, Brandon Routh's Superman, Kevin Conroy's Batman, 90s Flash, a coda to Tom Welling's Clark Kent, Lex Luthor winning the Democratic primary, NXIVM, and the death of Green Arrow.

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64 - Birds of Prey, or Epstein in Arkham with Dahlia Saint Knives

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This week we're a morally ambiguous girl gang hellbent on stanning queens. We're joined by Chicago-based author and host of Dahlia Saint Knives in...Knives Out! Podcast, Dahlia Saint Knives!

Listen for our conversation on Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn.)

ReComradations:
Evan: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
Abdul: Mr. Robot series finale
Dahlia: the music of Margo Price

PREVIEW: The Goop Lab

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0700

Would your life be improved by a pussy-scented candle?

Join us in the birth canal on a mushroom trip gone wrong.

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63 - Ms. Americana (Taylor Swift's Personal 9/11)

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0700

CW: we discuss Taylor Swift's sexual assault case at 58 minutes until 60 mins in.

We go deep into the documentary that is truly of our time, place, present, and future: The dark heart of Taylor Swift is our oculus, and we are all Kevin Garnett.

Discussed inside: Marg Delahunty and Canadian political satire, Our Cartoon President, the firing of Tanner Z, "The Swift Lift" and the 2018 midterms, celebrities and their personal politics, Kanye West as antagonist, Iowa caucus predictions and Bernie hype [not dates 100% accurate]

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ReComradations:

Evan: Holy Musical B@man by StarKid Productions (2012)
Abdul: Chimes at Midnight (1965) dir. Orson Welles
Laura: Demonrats - True Anon Podcast

62 - The Gentlemen, or, Guy Ritchie Success Posting

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0700

What is a gentleman? What are the secrets of success? This week's Kino has those answers and more as we discuss Guy Ritchie's latest flop The Gentlemen.

Discussed inside: masculinity and gender, class aesthetics, extreme ownership, success posting, sinophobia, south park politics, legalization of marijuana, the police state, and racialization.

ReComradations:
Evan: The Twentieth Century (dir. Matthew Rankin)
Abdul: Beyond the Peasant International (The Anarchist Library)
Laura: [1] Free Transit YEG (twitter) [2] Laura and Paige Gorsak on The Progress Report [3] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (dir. Wes Anderson)

PREVIEW: Crisis on Infinite Earths with Leslie Lee III

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0700

Life imitates art in this special crossover event!

Evan is joined by Struggle Session host Leslie Lee III to discuss Crisis on Infinite Earths, the latest and largest crossover of TV's Arrowverse. We got any Smallville-heads in the building?

61 - 1917 (Treaty of Versailles prequel movie)

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 08:00:00 -0700

This episode was shot as a long take by legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins and the only way to see it is to listen to it.

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60 - Uncut Gems feat. Tyler from Alberta Advantage

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0700

While Abdul is off making a movie, Evan and Laura watched the new Safdie Brothers flick Uncut Gems and it was 100% legal.

Tyler (@georgefrowny) from Alberta Advantage and format_guardian rejoins the show to discuss why we loved this movie so much, the relationship between debt and violence, gambling under neoliberalism, and the one time Laura became Scrooge McDuck at Braden's house.

ReComradations:

Evan: F1 2019 (PS4)
Laura: (1) Upcoming leftist D&D podcast appearance and (2) Revolution Selfie at the Metro Cinema. (Ticket Info here)
Tyler: Pornographic Seizures by Sanguisugabogg

59 - Cats, or Deuteronomy Bottom Surgery

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:00:00 -0700

Welcome to 2020! We watched the pre-patch Cats with the unfinished CGI and our lives will never be the same.

Items discussed: Tom Hooper thinks his movie is about "tribalism", why tribalism is an awful concept, Judi Dench Trans Deuteronomy [FAKE NEWS?], transphobia, body politics, the deserving poor, fetishization and race.

Readings:

Tom Hooper interview (Business Insider)
Judi Dench Says Her Cats Character is Trans (Out)

ReComradations:

Laura: The Golden Compass (HBO)
Abdul: Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage production of Sunset Boulevard
Evan: Pushing your boundaries and celebrating with your loved ones

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58 - The Rise of Skywalker, or Eichmann on Endor ft. Tristan Turner

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:00:00 -0700

Happy new years, Kino! We did the film everyone wanted us to do and inadvertently created the most toxic episode we've ever done.

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57 - A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby ft. Victoria Dee

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:00:00 -0700

Merry Christmas, we're joined by Victoria DeJong @tendergarbage from Heart Half Full, a podcast on kindness and self-care, to bring you our most disgusting episode ever.

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56 - Six Underground, or, Winning Syria with Magnets

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:00:00 -0700

The Michael Bay Defender has logged on.

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UNLOCKED: Blue Milk with Buddies ft. Coffee With Comrades

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0700

In honor(?) of the Skywalker Saga ending, we've unlocked the crossover with one of our favorite podcasts, COFFEE WITH COMRADES, as we discuss the Bush Era Star Wars Extravaganza, REVENGE OF THE SITH.

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55 - Dark Waters, or Fly Like a C8

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:00:00 -0700

We watch Mark Ruffalo (we stan) pretend to be a West Virginian in this environmental drama that's basically designed specifically for the podcast

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Notes:

The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare by Nathaniel Rich
John Sayles on Work and Class in Movies from Film at Lincoln Center
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54 - The Irishman

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:00:00 -0700

You asked for it, we did it. We personally buried Armond White under Giants Stadium.

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53 - 21 Bridges, or Socialist Movie Mom

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:00:00 -0700

We get into the fascism vs authoritarianism discourse and get lost in moviemom's warm embrace

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PRIMO PREVIEW: DISNEY+

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 12:00:00 -0700

Abdul and Laura go off about the end of culture and the porcine qualities of fandom.

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52 - Charlie's Angels, or Angel Jumpsuit Apparatus ft. Emily Leedham

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:00:00 -0700

We are joined by Emily Leedham from Rank and File Radio as we celebrate ONE YEAR OF KINO by watching the WORST MOVIE WE HAVE SEEN

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51 - Doctor Sleep, or, TubSexts

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:00:00 -0700

We talk about everything but the movie and it's pretty cool.

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50 - JoJo Rabbit, or, Organize Lurkers

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:00:00 -0700

In one of our best episodes yet, we take down the deeply misplaced liberalism of JoJo Rabbit

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Works Cited:
Three Arrows: Jordan Peterson Doesn't Understand Nazism (YouTube)
Norman Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (2000)

PREVIEW: Scream-o Lefter Halloween Spooktacular

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0600

Wes Craven's 1996 meta-horror film Scream changed much of today's franchise film landscape, and it's also a beautiful encapsulation of end of history 90s ideology.

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49 - The Lighthouse, or, call me by ye name

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:00:00 -0600

We go mad exploring the depths of Robert Eggers new horror epic.

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UNLOCKED: Inside Bill's Brain ft. Nick Hayes of MEANS TV

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0600

Our Patreon episode this week will be a little late, but if you don't subscribe yet, here's a taste of our content: We explore Bill's guts with Nick Hayes from Means TV.

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48 - Parasite, or Rich Dad Poor Dad ft. Simon Gorsak

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:00:00 -0600

We're putting this one out a day early since our primo's gonna be a little late this week.

Our heroes are joined by comedian Simon Gorsak to discuss the new Bong Joon-ho film, and all of us decide to take up smoking as a result.

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47 - El Camino, or Gilligan's Wake

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:00:00 -0600

NOTE: There's a lot of dead air after we end, we'll fix it tomorrow, but the episode audio is fine, listen away comrades.

Abdul and Evan dissect Breaking bad with numerous digressions while Laura is off on an [REDACTED] in New York.

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PREVIEW: Bill Gates Mind Palace ft. Nick Hayes

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0600

We watched the three-hour Davis Guggenheim Netflix documentary on the mind and works of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Take the Limitless pill with us and release your bowels into the super toilet. A better future is just around the corner.

We're joined by Means TV co-founder and filmmaker Nick Hayes!

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46 - Joker, or, Google Murray Franklin ft. Todd @argumentwinner

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:00:00 -0600

We are joined by Todd, aka @argumentwinner from BEEPBEEPLETTUCE to talk about the most important movie of all time.

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45 - Tall Girl, or Size 13 Feet Pics

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0600

With Laura out of the picture, Abdul and Evan discuss Netflix's next opus, TALL GIRL, a film about the oppressions of being a normal height.

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44 - Ad Astra, or Moon Applebees hits Different

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:00:00 -0600

Where our heroes are torn apart by differing opinions on a baboon in space, and Justin Trudeau can't stop his blackface monologue.

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UNLOCKED: Toxic Masculinity and the Oil Patch ft. Dylan Rhys Howard

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 20:00:00 -0600

Hello! Our regular episode will be a day late, but in honor of the release of DIGGING IN THE DIRT, we're releasing Dylan Rhys Howard's interview from earlier this summer.

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https://dylanrhyshoward.com/

https://vimeo.com/219966231 - Peak Oil

Omar Mouallem, Oil, Heartbreak, And Manhood: Behind The Mental Health Crisis Of Alberta's Oil Workers: https://www.buzzfeed.com/omarmouallem/oil-heartbreak-and-manhood

43 - Hustlers, or, 2008 Financial Crisis Cinematic Universe

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes get hot, do crimes, take drugs, and live a life of unbridled, sexy sexy joy over one of the year's best movies.

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42 - IT: Chapter 2, or, Shadow of the Clownossus

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes make some disgusting tangents in the pursuIT: Chapter 2 of truth.

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41 - Children of Men, the Only Modern Movie ft. SRSLY WRONG

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0600

This week, we go back in time so we can go forward in time, dissecting our favourite dystopia with our favourite utopians, the wrong boys from SRSLY WRONG

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PREVIEW: American Factory, or, damb your job sucks!! :(

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:00:00 -0600

The first of our weekly premium episodes!

We watched the Obama-produced Netflix documentary American Factory, which essentially shows you the horror of global capitalism and says ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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American Factory | A Short Conversation With The Obamas

40 - Angel has Fallen ft. MINION DEATH CULT

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0600

This week, the gang is joined by @flieldy and @wordisbond from MINION DEATH CULT to break open the pathos, power, and metal gear of ANGEL HAS FALLEN.

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39 - Dora and the Lost City of Gold, or, Ancient Inca Group Hug ft. Juan Vargas Alba

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0600

This week, the gang is joined by Juan Alba to talk the colonial violence that lies in the heart of a warm film about family and discovery, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

38 - The Whole Goddamn Atlas Shrugged Trilogy ft. @donoteat01 (Part One)

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0600

You didn't ask for it, we did it. Kino and donoteat sat through 5 hours of Atlas Shrugged to ask, "Why doesn't this movie have more trains?"

The first half of this episode is available to everyone, the second half is patreon exclusive. You can access it here along with all of our other bonus episodes (And more to come) for $3 a month.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

37 - Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw, or F1 with Trains ft. Dan McKechnie.

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes are joined by big leftist car guy Dan McKechnie (@levdir) to talk the latest spectacle from our second favourite mega franchise.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

BONUS: How to Fire Your Boss, presented by Marianne Garneau

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 21:00:00 -0600

UNCONVENTIONAL BONUS EPISODE: Marianne Garneau from Stardust Family United came to Edmonton and gave a talk on the IWW organizing being done in one New York restaurant, and we'd be remiss not to make sure the audio of that isn't available to anyone and everyone who hates their bosses and wants to fire them.

You can learn more about the IWW by reading the preamble HERE

36 - Once... Upon... A... Time... In... Hollywood...

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes try to decode how they were born in the wrong generation, and prognosticate on feet.

We take no responsibility for the factual inaccuracies in our reporting on the 60's.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

PREVIEW: Is this a kissing movie? feat. Dumb Bitch Media

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:00:00 -0600

Evan travelled to another mid-sized Canadian city to watch the Season 8 premier or MTV's dating show Are You The One? with Ev and Sophie: hosts of the stellar comedy podcast Dumb Bitch Media.

Our first crossover episode is in the Dumb Bitch Media feed here.
Support Dumb Bitch Media here.
$3 Patrons can access the full episode here.

35 - Unplanned, sponsored by 1ХБУET.КФM

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0600

In which Abdul tries to parlay a discussion about the year's most abhorrent movie into a conversation about Ottoman siege tactics and is immediately shut down.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

BONUS: Political ads with MEANS TV (Ft. Nick Hayes)

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0600

The Kino gang sits down with Nick Hayes, half the mastermind behind MEANS TV, to talk about scaling a media co-op, and a patented Kino examination of our political advertising.

The ads we watched:
https://youtu.be/iJqQouy27SM
https://youtu.be/q_V76k5xa4c
https://youtu.be/8j5Dso1-4D4
https://twitter.com/NorthPpc/status/1141336308129812480

The Paige Gorsak Campaign Video we reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ1cLXtmszQ&t

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

34 - Stuber, or, Five Star Fascism

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes really get to the heart of the fascism of this year's worst movie and get heartbroken by Kumail Nanjiani.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Cited:

‘Currycels’ and the Unsurprising Racism of the Incel Community by Hussein Kesvani, Mel (July 10, 2019)
How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid? by Alice Hines, The Cut (May 28, 2019)
Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco, The New York Review of Books (June 22, 1995)

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PREVIEW: Oil + Heartbreak feat. Dylan Rhys Howard

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0600

Evan and Abdul have an in-studio interview with Albertan filmmaker Dylan Rhys Howard to discuss his work on capturing the mental health crisis that oil sands workers and their families face in his upcoming CBC documentary Digging in the Dirt.

The full interview can be accessed by our Patrons. Consider donating $3/month here to access every Primo Lefter episode.

See Dylan's work here.
Twitter: @dylanrhyshoward
Omar Mouallem, Oil, Heartbreak, and Manhood: Behind the Mental Health Crisis of Alberta's Oil Workers (Buzzfeed News, 2 Aug 2017)

33 - Midsommar, or, Mr. Smith goes to Sweden ft. Elin Vi

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes talk about how Midsommar is actually about overcoming trauma with your best gals.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

PREVIEW: Awake - The Million Dollar Game

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:00:00 -0600

Laura, Abdul, and Evan delve back into the abyss of Netflix and find a horrific manifestation of our cultural death.

We watched the first two episodes of AWAKE: THE MILLION DOLLAR GAME, and found that our world has turned into a Verhoeven-esque nightmare.

Here's an extending clip of our Primo Lefter conversation.
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32 - Booksmart, or, Superbad 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes apply Manufacturing Consent to the high school party movie and come up a little short.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

PREVIEW: Dark Phoenix - X-Wombyn United

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0600

Evan (@MacDonaldTweets) and special guest Victoria (@tendergarbage) watched the latest (and last) X-Men film to be released by 20th Century Fox, DARK PHOENIX.
It was very bad.

Visit our Patreon and subscribe at $3/month to hear the full episode and get instant access to all of our Primo Lefter episodes.

31 - Toy Story 4, or Respect the Troops (Movie Theatre Employees)

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes try to deconstruct the dialectical materialism that created the world of Toy Story.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

The BW/DR Essay on Boys: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/06/20/a-couple-thousand-words-on-charli-xcx-boys/

30 - I am Mother, or Mommy's Basement 2049

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:00:00 -0600

In which our tired and sick heroes prognosticate on a robotic Tom Hanks

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

29 - Always Be my Maybe, or The Missionary Superposition

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 13:00:00 -0600

NOTE: Abdul fucked up the upload, so if it seems too quiet on Laura's mic, delete and redownload, it's fixed now.

In which our heroes finally give up and become a news of the day podcast after trying to talk the latest Netflix RomCom

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

UNLOCKED: Primo Lefter 6: High Flying Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:00:00 -0600

GO RAPTORS BABAYYYY

Since our regular ep will be a little late and the leftest NBA team is in the finals up against a literal money monoloth, we unlocked a patreon exclusive for all of you.

Evan & Abdul celebrate the Cheranah Raptors playing in the NBA Finals by talking about the intersections of class, athleticism, and being a fake fan in Steven Soderbergh's iPhone-shot Netflix original: High Flying Bird.

Get more Primo episodes at patreon.com/kinolefter

PREVIEW: Primo Lefter 6: High Flying Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:00:00 -0600

Evan & Abdul celebrate the Cheranah Raptors playing in the NBA Finals by talking about the intersections of class, athleticism, and being a fake fan in Steven Soderbergh's iPhone-shot Netflix original: High Flying Bird.

28 - Godzilla, or Big Tiddy Moth GF

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 10:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes debate whether the king of the monsters would be shit without his busty mandibled queen.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

27 - Aladdin, or the Occidental Racist ft. Matt Dolson

Wed, 29 May 2019 20:00:00 -0600

In which our heroes are joined by a special guest from down undah to throw some Genie on the barbie.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 26: Detective Pikachu, or Psycuck ft. Andrew Neville

Wed, 22 May 2019 19:00:00 -0600

In which we're joined by Andrew (@marquisdecod) from Dog Island 🐶🏝️, Atlantic Canada's #1 cultural Marxist podcast, to discuss how Pokemon Yellow led us to QAnon

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

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PREVIEW: Primo Lefter 5: IWW, Art & Organizing ft. Selena PB

Mon, 20 May 2019 12:00:00 -0600

Laura & Abdul are joined by Selena, an artist and IWW organizer from Montreal to talk the intersections of art and political organizing, Very smart discussions follow.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 25: The Wandering Earth, or Ar-Mao-Geddon ft. QC Gu

Tue, 14 May 2019 22:00:00 -0600

In which Abdul and Evan are joined by special guest QC Gu to meander all over THE WANDERING EARTH.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 24: Long Shot ft. Bill Clinton

Wed, 08 May 2019 22:00:00 -0600

In which Abdul, Laura, and Evan go off the fucking rails while trying to talk about the only explicitly political movie we've ever done for this stupid podcast.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

CLIMATE JUSTICE GOFUNDME LINK:
https://www.gofundme.com/war-room-to-beat-kenneys-war-room

PREVIEW: Primo Lefter 4: Nationalize Beyonce

Mon, 06 May 2019 09:00:00 -0600

PREVIEW! Subscribe to the patreon to gettit.

Abdul and Laura are joined by returning guest Kyla Pascal to take a long hard look at Beyonce. Does she belong to the people? Should she be nationalized? Does Abdul love her?

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Avengers: Endgame, or, Women's Caucus Assemble ft. Scott Bourgeois

Wed, 01 May 2019 08:00:00 -0600

NOTE: We uploaded the wrong file to start. If it goes silent after 1:40, please delete and redownload, the proper one is up!

In which Abdul, Laura, and special guest Scott Bourgeois talk Avengers: Endgame, the GDP of small pacific nations, and asteroid fantasia.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

CLIMATE JUSTICE GOFUNDME LINK:
https://www.gofundme.com/war-room-to-beat-kenneys-war-room

Episode 22: Art House Confidential, or, Laura is Missing

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:00:00 -0600

In which Abdul and Evan, unbuoyed by female energy, talk sadly about art movies while trying to figure out class warfare.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

PREVIEW: Primo Lefter 3: The Fifth Element ft. Androids & Assets

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0600

PRIMO LEFTER PREVIEW: In the second of our biweekly patreon only Primo Lefter, Abdul, L̶a̶u̶r̶a̶, and Evan take a long hard look at the sci fi weirdopia of Luc Besson's the FIFTH ELEMENT, joined by amazing folks from the Androids & Assets podcast!

Subscribe at patreon.com/kinolefter

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 21: The Beach Bum, or Horse/Nixon

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0600

In which Abdul, Laura, and Evan try to talk about The Beach Bum but eventually talk about the best way to dead a horse. Apologies in advance, massive depression energy.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 20: Triple Frontier, or Big Ben Szn ft. Bryan Quinby

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0600

This week, Abdul, Laura and Evan double tap the glorious mess of TRIPLE FRONTIER with Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio!

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 19: Us, or Mao in the Mirror

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600

This week, Abdul, Laura & Evan probe the orifices of Jordan Peele's US, a new horror from the new king of fear. Maybe the first ever Marxist one, perhaps?

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 18: Captive State, or (((LEGISLATORS)))

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600

This week, Abdul, Laura & Evan get tied up by CAPTIVE STATE, a slick original sci-fi that gave us a really good amount of stuff to talk about.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 17: Captain Marvel, or American Herstory M

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600

This week, Abdul, Laura & Evan get into the cockpit of CAPTAIN MARVEL, an inelegant but not un-enjoyable USAF propaganda film under a feminized lens.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

What Abdul means when he says genocide isn't part of the human condition: https://libcom.org/library/are-we-good-enough-peter-kropotkin

Captain Marvel and the USAF:
https://lwlies.com/articles/captain-marvel-united-states-air-force-problem/

PREVIEW: Primo Lefter Episode 2: Anthem

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0700

PRIMO LEFTER PREVIEW: In the second of our biweekly patreon only Primo Lefter, Abdul, L̶a̶u̶r̶a̶Tristan, and Evan take a long hard look at the ancap fantasia that is Bioware's ANTHEM.

Subscribe at patreon.com/kinolefter

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 16: Fighting with my Family, or CHAV SUPLEX ft. Psycho Sawyer

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura & Evan take a steel chair to Fighting with my Family, with special guest, wrestler Psycho Sawyer, from the Dreamslam All Women's Wrestling podcast!

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 15: Alita: Battle Angel, or the scifi HOA ft. donoteat01

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura & Evan take a 150 caliber round to the mixed up ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, with special guest, urbanist youtubing god donoteat01!

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 14: Velvet Buzzsaw, or Gyllenhallelujah

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura & Evan take a swab to the mouth of VELVET BUZZSAW, a compelling, but not compelling enough Netflix feature from Dan Gilroy.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 13: The Lego Movie 2, or everything's not normal ft. Bryn Nieboer

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura & Evan hit the back walls of the cunningly mediocre LEGO MOVIE 2 with special guest, Bryn from beepbeeplettuce!

ABDULS NOTE: this is our first time hosting a guest remotely, and I forgot that headphone splitters exist. As a result there is a small delay and Echo throughout the episode, although we hope it doesn't kill your enjoyment of what we think is a great show. It won't happen again.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 12: Can you Ever Forgive Me? or, the depression episode

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura, & Evan take a jacknife into the unexpected depths of Melissa McCarthy's incredibly subtle Oscar vehicle.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

PRIMO LEFTER: Oscars Special, or, a very special Oscar

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0700

BONUS CONTENT: Abdul, Laura, & Evan take an gaping plummet into the Oscar nominations, and how much they suck.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 11: Glass, or Glasslighting

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura, & Evan take an intense plunge into the thin, transparently egocentric GLASS of M. Night Shyamalan's disappointing return to failure.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 10: If Beale Street Could Talk, or Bae-rry Jenkins

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura, & Evan take a deep dive into the beauty and poignancy of Barry Jenkins' latest with a jumbo sized episode 10 of Kino Lefter.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 9: The Mule, or Clint Eastwood's Sicko Mode

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura, & Evan take a deep dive into the remorseless boomer mindset of Clint Eastwood's The Mule, a staggering and hopeful end to his racist grandpa duology. We hated this movie.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 8: Vice, or Thicc Cheney

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Abdul, Laura, & Evan take a deep dive into the confused, epileptic nightmare of Adam McKay's Vice, his disappointing, confused, and snacc heavy follow up to The Big Short.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 7: Princess Switch, or, Sex Scene Fever Dream

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0700

This week, a deep dive into the sugar cane fantasia that is Netflix' Princess Switch, a fempowered remake of Denis Villeneuve's Enemy, but with fewer spiders and more hot daddies.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 6: Mowgli, or 12 Rules for Life (In the Jungle)

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 16:00:00 -0700

This week, a deep dive into the nightmare that is the Angry Serkis adaptation of colonial literature, but this time with NEO-colonialism!

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 5: Cam, or TURF'd'SWERFS'n'TERFS

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0700

This week, a deep dive into the Blumhouse produced CAM, the first Sex Worker Positive Horror Film! It's pretty great, but we forget to be funny.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 4: Bodied, or, performative communism is real

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0700

This week, a deep dive into the surprisingly okay world of the Eminem produced, Joseph Kahn directed Bodied, a battle rap film that taught us about the magic of performative communism.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 3: Green Book, or, Kentucky Fried Racism

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 03:00:00 -0700

This week, a deep dive into the confusing politics of Green Book, a film for...who exactly? We also do really, really great Italian accents, and you should definitely listen for that.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 2: Creed II

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:00:00 -0700

This week, a deep dive into the racial, disability, and class politics of Creed II, with a read into what is says about the new American Red Scare.

Kino Lefter is a movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

Episode 1: Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:00:00 -0700

A movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

This week, Fantastic Beasts 2. It's bad, folks. Really bad.