
250 episodes

Kino Lefter Evan MacDonald
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- TV & Film
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4.4 • 62 Ratings
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A socialist podcast about movies and culture based in Edmonton, Alberta. New releases, throwbacks, TV and more get covered here and on our Patron-only feed. Host | Evan MacDonald Editor | Jamar Powell
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PREVIEW - Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark with Ava and Anna
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
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
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
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
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
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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Customer Reviews
i have been left no choice but to subscribe to the Patreon
Dreading the day I run out of backlogged content
Pretty bad
I’d love to like it and I listen fairly often (I’m starved for film talk, what can I say?), but it’s not very good at all. Some truly abysmal takes. Don’t listen to the episode on The Mule unless you have a baby’s brain.
The Mule
I appreciate the interpretation of the film in the context of being liberal. Couldn’t stant the girl guest hysterically laughing throughout the show! She just took all the attention. Unfortunately.