Friends of the show Juan and Vic return to discuss cultural figure Lin-Manuel Miranda and the film adaptation of his celebrated 2005 musical In The Heights. Set in the NYC community of Washington Heights, the film follows Usnavi, a small business owner with a dream. How does the film approach questions of identity and capital ownership? What changes have been made and why? Will Dascha Polanco DM me? All this and more answered inside. *Note: there are some mild sound issues that we had due to the recording set-up, but they&apos;re small hiccups along the way*ReComradations:Juan: [1] Live in Africa - Fania All Stars [2] Loud hosted by Ivy QueenVic: Stars Without NumberEvan: [1] Pa&apos;lante - Hurray for the Riff Raff [2] The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieRate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

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121 - In The Heights: Despacito 2 with Juan + Vic

Abdul and Eytan from Harbinger&apos;s very own The Off Court Podcast return to learn about playing by the rules, being a good family man, and digitally rapturing millions of people into the Warner Bros. ServerVerse for a high-stakes game of basketball between LeFraud Shames and an AI that appears to be Don Cheadle. ReComradations:Eytan: [1] Neo Noir collection on Criterion Channel [2] old Resident Evil gamesAbdul:  [1] The Fear Street Trilogy [2] Naomi OsakaEvan:  Becoming a Yellowstone guyRate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

120 - Space Jam: A New Legacy with The Off Court Podcast - Starring LeFraud "China Money" Shames

***Spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki in the opening minutes of the episode.***KB Harwood (Insta/TikTok) returns to voice her important and correct opinions on the 24th feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow  directed by Cate Shortland. ReComradations:KB: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr | Ram V & Filipe Andrade (BOOM! Studios) Evan: Star Wars: The High Republic - The Rising Storm by Cavan ScottRate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

119 - Black Widow: Assassins Supporting Assassins and Marvel Catch-Up with KB Harwood

Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a decidedly lighter film in the franchise set in the early years of Ape society. Caesar&apos;s community, now co-existing in apartheid with humans, faces conflict on two fronts: the Mutants living in the burnt-out remains of a city, as well as the gorilla leader Aldo&apos;s boiling hatred of humanity. How does the film explore these significant issue in a kid-friendly low-budget way? Mitchell (@litwall) joins. 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. 

PREVIEW - Battle for the Planet of the Apes with @litwall

Tristan returns to the show for a spirited conversation on faith, gender, health care work, and getting rawed by Jesus Christ for Rose Glass&apos; film Saint Maud put out by A24 last year, now available digitally. ReComradations:Tristan: Shenmue Evan: Darth Plageuis by James Luceno [Evan&apos;s Goodreads review] Rate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

118 - Saint Maud: One Night In Jesus with Tristan Turner

Kino alumna Laura returns to discuss Dasha Nekrasova&apos;s directorial debut The Scary of Sixty-First and Epstein Truth culture. 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. 

PREVIEW - The Scary of Sixty-First: Dasha's Epstein Movie with Laura

The Great Saw Marathon comes to an end as Faris + Evan discuss Spiral: From the Book of Saw. In this second attempt to softly reboot the Saw franchise, we get a story about police corruption, how hard it is to be a cop, and why Forrest Gump 2 was never made. ReComradations:Faris: [1] True Romance, dir. Tony Scott (1993) [2] Sweet Pea Cafe and Playhouse in EdmontonEvan: Hellblade: Senua&apos;s Sacrifice Rate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

117 - Spiral: From the Book of Saw with Faris: Chris Rock's Se7en

Jigsaw has trapped you in the washing machine and your step son is coming home in 90 mins. Let the games begin. 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. 

PREVIEW - The Great Saw Marathon Part 3: Saw V - Jigsaw with Faris

This week I&apos;m joined by game developer Tali Faulkner to discuss his game Umurangi Generation: a photography game set during the death of the world thanks to neoliberalism. One of the best games of 2020, Umurangi is now available on both PC and the Nintendo Switch eShop. Be warned: this is a deep-dive conversation on the political themes and questions explored by the game, so if you don&apos;t want to be spoiled, play the game! You can also check out the sick merch from the game here.ReComradations:Evan: The Blackcoat&apos;s Daughter, dir. Oz Perkins (2015)Rate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

116 - Umurangi Generation: In Conversation with Tali Faulkner

Phil and Taylor from the Hammer and Camera podcast join me to discuss one of the most interesting films in the Apes franchise: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. A slave class of apes stage a revolt against their human oppressors - a mirror of the state oppression experienced against Black Americans in the late 1960s and early 1970s that the filmmakers drew inspiration from.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. 

PREVIEW - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes with Hammer and Camera

Ev and Sophie from Dumb Bitch Media return to discuss the new Disney live action adaptation Cruella which asks if girlbosses also suffer from mental illness or something. Here are some things we talked about:Christine Chubbuckdisney adultsfashion as inherited mental illness Paul Walter Hauserqueerbaiting ReComradations:Sophie: Sharp Objects on HBOEv: Predator, Predator 2, and PredatorsEvan: Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto (1992)Rate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

115 - Cruella: Killing Yourself on National Television with Dumb Bitch Media

This continues off from the Saw 101 episode, and will be followed-up with shortly with an episode covering Saw V - Jigsaw  over in Patreon feed. Discover Donnie Wahlberg&apos;s role in the sprawling Sawniverse, what Jigsaw thinks about addiction, and the pitfalls of apprenticing for a serial killer/trap artist. 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. 

PREVIEW - The Great Saw Marathon Part Two: Saw II - Saw IV with Faris

Returning guest from Fighting With My Family and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Faris, host of the Dreamslam! + Lifetime Pals podcasts, is in the digital studio for a big project. Over the course of a few days, I watched every Saw movie for the first time from 2004&apos;s Saw to 2017&apos;s Jigsaw to prepare myself for Spiral: From the Book of Saw. This episode is the beginning of a three-part series discussing the cultural relevance and politics of the Saw franchise through every film. The other two parts, covering Saw II through Jigsaw will be available in the Patreon feed soon. Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

114 - The Great Saw Marathon Part One: Saw 101 with Faris

The superstar team of Tyler and Sean from Alberta Advantage, Format: Guardian, and Tyler&apos;s Tinker Tailor Podcast Spy reunite with me in a sequel to our Sicario episode from August to cover Taylor Sherdian&apos;s next writing and directing venture: Those Who Wish Me Dead. Angelina Jolie is a traumatized smokejumper-turned-fire lookout who stumbles upon a boy in the woods being hunted by two gritty Wet Bandits. The zone (wildfire) is closing in, can she score a win in this battle royale? ReComradationsSean: [1] Sea of Thieves [2] Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonTyler: [1] Pale Swordsman by Këkht Aräkh [2] Excavated Shellac: An Alternative History of the World&apos;s MusicEvan: Will Menaker learns how to Cook, Sing, and Love from ChapoFYMJoin the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

113 - Those Who Wish Me Dead: Taylor Sheridan Presents Fortnite with Tyler and Sean

Time-travelling apes arrive in 1970s Los Angeles in Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Jeremy Appel, friend of the show from Big Shiny Takes and The Forgotten Corner returns! 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. 

PREVIEW - Escape from the Planet of the Apes with Jeremy Appel

A movie review podcast where we (allegedly) watch whatever movie is hot this week and break it down from a pointedly left perspective, looking at what it says about our culture, and a society, which is something we live in.

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