Join Film Lady at her impressions on Leviticus & its SPOILERFIFIC discussion, as seen first-hand at Sydney Film Fest. 10/10 evil doppelgängers.

Content Warning: discussions of religion & politics, swearing (lots).

Links:

Extended show notes: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/leviticus

Find me: @filmladyroyal on Letterboxd, Bsky & Insta.

Email: [email protected]

Music - Free Music Archive — CC BY:

• Amarent - Never Let Go (Instrumental) 

• Amarent - To The Moon (Instrumental) 

• Amarent - Caught In The Middle (Instrumental) - Remastered

• Jake Hunter - Gentle Documentary Background

• Jake Hunter - Ambient Documentary Background

• Mindseye - Orion - Instrumental

• Mindseye - Spores - Instrumental

Events:

• Dracula Ballet in Syd: https://bigliveco.com/performances/dracula/

• Bloodsuckers - Nature Vampires exhibition: https://australian.museum/exhibition/bloodsuckers/

• NSW State Library turns 200: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/200

Russian anti-LGBTQ:

• Meduza. "'What Even Is Propaganda?' How Russia's Murky Anti-LGBTQ Laws Fuel a Repressive Campaign." June 20, 2025. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/19/what-even-is-propaganda

• Human Rights Watch. "Russia: Rising Toll of LGBT 'Extremism' Designation." June 30, 2025. https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/30/russia-rising-toll-of-lgbt-extremism-designation

• Human Rights Watch. "Russia: Supreme Court Bans 'LGBT Movement' as 'Extremist.'" November 30, 2023. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/30/russia-supreme-court-bans-lgbt-movement-extremist

• Amnesty International. "Russia: Russian LGBT Network Is Labelled 'Extremist' in Escalating Crackdown on LGBTI Rights." April 2026. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/04/russia-russian-lgbt-network-is-labelled-extremist-in-escalating-crackdown-on-lgbti-rights/

• The Moscow Times. "Russian Court Outlaws Top LGBTQ+ Rights Group as 'Extremist.'" April 27, 2026. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/27/russian-court-outlaws-top-lgbtq-rights-group-as-extremist-a92617

• Washington Blade / Uncloseted Media. "Under New Extremism Laws, LGBTQ Russians Must Fight to Survive." May 4, 2026. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/04/under-new-extremism-laws-lgbtq-russians-must-fight-to-survive/

• PinkNews. "Russian Boy, 13, Charged Under 'LGBT Propaganda' Law." May 26, 2026. https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/26/russia-lgbt-propaganda-2026/

Book Recs:

• Red Notice by Bill Browder: Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

• Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women – A Feminist Investigation of Sexual Violence, Genocide, and Threats to Democracy by Sofi Oksanen

• Virillion: Outbreak by AJ Ville

• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

• Codename Villanelle (Book 1) by Luke Jennings

Pod Recs

• Emsolation podcast ep: https://open.spotify.com/episode/15qllagrmJdfkNzVfaRzoP?si=615f02a92cbb4eb6

• Halloweenies ep on Backrooms & Obsession: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UTv9YAVnZ8tpvSuPo3v9R?si=df1dde753ff84174

Tv shows:

Parks & Rec, 2009–15

Killing Eve, 2018–22

Movies:

Hokum (2026)

Chapters:

(00:00) Acknowledgement of Country

(00:21) FL reads from the Book of Leviticus

(01:23) What is Leviticus?

(02:25) Content Warnings

(03:30) Proper Welcome & Intro

(06:26) July Schedule Changes

(08:26) News

(14:09) NSW State Library Turns 200

(17:58) Upcoming in FL's Universe

(20:03) SPOILER WARNING for this ep

(20:58) My attitude towards spoilers

(21:40) Agenda

(23:54) My ratings

(24:21) Brief synopsis

(25:48) My Letterboxd review

(28:15) Where & why I watched Leviticus

(33:37) Aspirations for next year fest

(42:13) Where to find me

(42:48) Themes - book of Leviticus: why does religion hate queer people?

(48:23) Homophobia globally & recent anti-LGBTQ propaganda of Russian authorities

(1:06:35) Adding some Levity to Leviticus - talking Young Love

(1:15:17) FL's first crushes - real & fictional

(1:28:45) Leviticus in Australiana context

(1:30:39) Notes from the viewing

(1:47:16) Recs

(1:51:18) Upcoming on KR

(1:53:04) Warm Close