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PREVIEW - Sleepaway Camp with Vera Drew Oct 30, 2020

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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 Oct 28, 2020

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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.

You can check out Edmonton's Avatar guy here.
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 Oct 23, 2020

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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 Oct 23, 2020

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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 Oct 15, 2020

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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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Jim Campbell on Unauthorized Watchmen Sequel: "F*** you, Tom King" | Bleeding Cool
New Watchmen spinoff Rorschach explores "what's happening to us" in the real world, according to Tom King | Newsarama
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94 - The Comey Rule: 300k Email Challenge with Meech Lake Radio Oct 09, 2020

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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)
On another note, we just hit 100 ratings across every podcast platform! Thank you so much for your vocal support, and make sure to write a review so you can have it read on the show!

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PREVIEW - Pontypool with Will Menaker and Matt Christman Oct 07, 2020

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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 Oct 01, 2020

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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 Sep 22, 2020

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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)

Read Laura's column on the Progress Report, The Red String, here.
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PREVIEW: The B'ys - A Closer Look at Amazon Prime's The Boys Sep 20, 2020

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damn what if comic books were real?
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