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An Important Programming Note on the Future of Kino Lefter Aug 13, 2020

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

87 - An American Pickle: Pound the Lib Alarm Aug 12, 2020

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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 Aug 05, 2020

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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 Jul 31, 2020

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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 Jul 29, 2020

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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 Jul 27, 2020

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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)
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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 Jul 24, 2020

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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 Jul 15, 2020

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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) Jul 06, 2020

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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 Jul 01, 2020

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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

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