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S4E28: Bicycle Thieves

It's our final heist movie of the year, and it's time to flip the script a little. A union man in immediate postwar Italy is assigned a job putting up posters. The pay is enough to finally give his family some stability, but it requires a bicycle. When his bike is stolen on his first day, he and his remarkable young son search through the markets and back alleys of Rome to find it. ----- Check out friend of the show Mattie's new book Simplicity here [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012/simplicity-by-mattie-lubchansky/], or wherever fine graphic novels are sold! ----- FREE PALESTINE Hey, Devon here. In our home, we talk a lot about how insane everything feels, and agonise constantly over what can be done to best help the Palestinians trapped in Gaza facing the full brunt of genocidal violence. My partner Rebecca has put together a list of four fundraisers you can contribute to- all of them are at work on the ground doing what they can. -Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity [https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity] -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ [https://www.waterislifegaza.org/] -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 [https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848] -Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza] ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ [https://www.tomallen.media/] Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com [https://killjamesbond.com] , as well as on our Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/killjamesbond.bsky.social] and X.com the every app [https://x.com/killjamesbond] account

S4E27.5: The Night Porter

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Find the rest, along with our backlog of hundreds of bonus episodes, on our reasonably-priced Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/posts/145134628]! ------ Rounding out our little tasting course of 3 movies dealing directly with the Holocaust, November brings us what will surely be the easiest movie we've ever had to talk about. The year is 1957. Dirk Bogarde is Max, a former concentration camp officer, living in hiding working as a night porter at a hotel in Vienna. His friends are all also Nazis, obsessed with regaining their former station, conducting private trials on each other to try to finally stop feeling guilty about their acts. Max's solitude is obliterated when a former victim of his checks in to the hotel. CONTENT WARNING: Just about all of them. Maybe give this one a miss if you're not sure ----- Friend of the show Bella, a refugee evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021, is raising money for her gender confirmation surgery! Anything you can give would be hugely appreciated! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella [https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella] ----- FREE PALESTINE Hey, Devon here. In our home, we talk a lot about how insane everything feels, and agonise constantly over what can be done to best help the Palestinians trapped in Gaza facing the full brunt of genocidal violence. My partner Rebecca has put together a list of four fundraisers you can contribute to- all of them are at work on the ground doing what they can. -Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity [https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity] -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ [https://www.waterislifegaza.org/] -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 [https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848] -Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza] ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ [https://www.tomallen.media/] Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com [https://killjamesbond.com/] , as well as on our Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/killjamesbond.bsky.social] and X.com the every app [https://x.com/killjamesbond] account

S4E27: Bob le Flambeur

In this precursor to the French New Wave, an old Gambler in 50s France gets mixed up in a scheme to heist 800 Million Francs from a casino. ----- Friend of the show Bella, a refugee evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021, is raising money for her gender confirmation surgery! Anything you can give would be hugely appreciated! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella [https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella] ----- Check out friend of the show Mattie's new book Simplicity here [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012/simplicity-by-mattie-lubchansky/], or wherever fine graphic novels are sold! ----- FREE PALESTINE Hey, Devon here. In our home, we talk a lot about how insane everything feels, and agonise constantly over what can be done to best help the Palestinians trapped in Gaza facing the full brunt of genocidal violence. My partner Rebecca has put together a list of four fundraisers you can contribute to- all of them are at work on the ground doing what they can. -Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity [https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity] -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ [https://www.waterislifegaza.org/] -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 [https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848] -Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza] ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ [https://www.tomallen.media/] Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com [https://killjamesbond.com/] , as well as on our Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/killjamesbond.bsky.social] and X.com the every app [https://x.com/killjamesbond] account

S4E26.5: The Zone of Interest [PREVIEW]

Some streams come to a head in this episode, as we discuss Jonathan Glazer's film of our time, The Zone of Interest. Rudolph Hoess, the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, lives with his family in a house just off the camp itself. ----- Friend of the show Bella, a refugee evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021, is raising money for her gender confirmation surgery! Anything you can give would be hugely appreciated! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella [https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella] ----- Check out friend of the show Mattie's new book Simplicity here [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012/simplicity-by-mattie-lubchansky/], or wherever fine graphic novels are sold! ----- FREE PALESTINE Hey, Devon here. In our home, we talk a lot about how insane everything feels, and agonise constantly over what can be done to best help the Palestinians trapped in Gaza facing the full brunt of genocidal violence. My partner Rebecca has put together a list of four fundraisers you can contribute to- all of them are at work on the ground doing what they can. -Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity [https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity] -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ [https://www.waterislifegaza.org/] -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 [https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848] -Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza] ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ [https://www.tomallen.media/] Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com [https://killjamesbond.com/] , as well as on our Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/killjamesbond.bsky.social] and X.com the every app [https://x.com/killjamesbond] account

S4E26: Croupier

Picture this. You're a failing writer, you have a girlfriend who isn't great for you but loves and supports you, and a dingy little zone 1 basement flat. What if you threw it all away to become a Sigma Male? What if you became... a Croupier?   ----- Friend of the show Bella, a refugee evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021, is raising money for her gender confirmation surgery! Anything you can give would be hugely appreciated! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella [https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/team-bella] ----- Check out friend of the show Mattie's new book Simplicity here [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012/simplicity-by-mattie-lubchansky/], or wherever fine graphic novels are sold! ----- FREE PALESTINE Hey, Devon here. In our home, we talk a lot about how insane everything feels, and agonise constantly over what can be done to best help the Palestinians trapped in Gaza facing the full brunt of genocidal violence. My partner Rebecca has put together a list of four fundraisers you can contribute to- all of them are at work on the ground doing what they can. -Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity [https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity] -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla https://www.waterislifegaza.org/ [https://www.waterislifegaza.org/] -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 [https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848] -Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza] ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ [https://www.tomallen.media/] Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com [https://killjamesbond.com/] , as well as on our Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/killjamesbond.bsky.social] and X.com the every app [https://x.com/killjamesbond] account