Kino Lefter

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. This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episode every week.  

Linh returns from their superstar appearance on the  BvS premium episode to put a bow on our Snyder Cut coverage. This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episode every week.  

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...

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 Jerk Crew, Bob and Mike of From Justin to Kane , Olav Rokne , Jeremy Appel of Big Shiny Takes ,  An...

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 react...

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.  This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episode every week.  

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] L...

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.  This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon t...

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] Supers...

***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&ap...

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. This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episod...

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 ac...

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....

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 YouTu...

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 f...

***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...

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+ [ T...

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...

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 i...

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. This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episode every week.  

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.  This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episode every week.  

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 Join the Kino Lefter Discord Join the Kino Lefter Facebook group " Kino Lefter VIP...

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. ...

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. This is a preview of Primo Lefter, our weekly premium show. You can visit our Patreon to get access to this episode, our archive, and a new episode every week.  

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...