It’s election day in the US, and while I am pretty confident that Kamala Harris will beat Donald Trump very soundly on Dobbs alone, one can never be sure. But it’s good to hope for things. It’s literally all we can do at this point.

So this week, because it’s the perfect episode to pull out of the archives and because Lauren Collins has a new show on Crave, My Dead Mom — which is written and produced by Wendy Litner and directed by Chandler Levack — I’m reposting Lauren’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie, in which we discussed Gillian Robespierre’s 2014 dramedy Obvious Child and Jenny Slate’s breakout performance as a standup trying to plan her abortion around her gigs.

It’s a really fun episode, and I’m happy to have a reason to put it back into circulation. If you missed it nine years ago, enjoy it! And try not to think about how the timbre of my voice has changed. That’s weird.

Subscribe to the show at Apple, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts or on your podcatcher of choice, or download the episode directly from the web and listen to it while you’re sitting in your bathroom waiting for life-changing news. I hope you get the answer you want.

If you’re in need of further distraction, there’s always Shiny Things; last week I wrote about Arrow’s 4K release of Trick ‘R Treat and their J-Horror Rising Blu-ray box, and Severin Films’ resurrections of The Red Light Bandit, The Mad Bomber and Don’t Change Hands, so that’s a lot of weird stuff to go through. It’ll take your mind of some of this, at least.

We’ve done what we can. See you on the other side.

Oh, and also! Tickets are still available for next Tuesday’s free See The North screening of David Secter’s seminal queer drama Winter Kept Us Warm, which we’re presenting in a new 4K restoration from Canadian International Pictures.

It’s a lovely, quietly observed picture and a fascinating time capsule of what downtown Toronto looked and sounded like sixty years ago. You should join us! November 12th at the Lightbox, 6:30 pm.