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140 - Everything Everywhere All At Once with Dylan McKeever: taxes can be fun Apr 16, 2022

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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 Apr 08, 2022

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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)? Apr 06, 2022

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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" Mar 30, 2022

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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 Mar 29, 2022

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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 Mar 22, 2022

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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 Mar 15, 2022

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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] Mar 01, 2022

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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 Feb 23, 2022

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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 Feb 06, 2022

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

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