IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

Our Tuesday Sopranos host, Grebgreb, is sick today, and has asked me to fill in for tonight. Doing Sopranos without them felt wrong, so I’m fulfilling a request instead, for one of the all-time classic Hollywood comedies, Some Like It Hot (1959)! One of Billy Wilder’s most beloved films, it follows a pair of men (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) in the 1920s who are witnesses to a mob massacre, and decide to avoid the gangsters’ ire by skipping town to a beach resort, disguised as women. While there, they meet Marilyn Monroe, and woogin’ commences. Currently ranked #201 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time.

After that is Cat People (1942), a classic gothic horror-romance about a woman and a man who fall in love, only to be unable to consummate their relationship, due to the lady’s fear that having sex will turn her into a cat and kill her lover. Turns out her home village is filled with weirdos who all believe the same thing. Will she be able to beat the curse? Is it even real? I guess we’ll have to find out. Director is Jacques Tourneur, who is otherwise best-known for Out of the Past (1947) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). This is one of the best-regarded horror films of the 1940s, so let’s check it out.

Special thanks to Grebgreb for uploading Some Like It Hot in advance.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Some Like It Hot: https://letterboxd.com/film/some-like-it-hot/
• Cat People: https://letterboxd.com/film/cat-people/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Some Like It Hot: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16936
• Cat People: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9102

CWs for Some Like It Hot:

• Alcoholism.
• Drunkenness.
• Sexual harassment of men while disguised as women.
• Cheating.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Shower scene.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Claustrophobia.
• Misgendering. -“Man in dress” jokes.
• Homophobia.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Cat People:

• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Animal abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Death of cat.
• Death of pet.
• Sexual harassment of female character by men.
• Cheating.
• Jump scares.
• Bath scene.
• Sad ending.
• Honking horn.

Links to movies:

• Some Like It Hot: https://tankie.tube/w/wBuEqBziYaRmZuZgRBbVQF
• Cat People: https://tankie.tube/w/uo8xLFKfmk2hJDQhin5VkV

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

By popular demand, for this special Thursday edition of Anime Night, we’re watching the whole Wallace & Gromit saga, a series of four claymation short films about a strange British man obsessed with cheese, who invents unwieldy machines and tries to clean up messes they cause with the help of his trusty dog. Then, we’ll watch the feature film of the series, Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), which puts them in the role of exterminators who must face off against a shape-shifting rabbit monster. All five of these films are highly-acclaimed, so let’s give ‘em a whirl.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• A Grand Day Out: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-grand-day-out/
• The Wrong Trousers: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-wrong-trousers/
• A Close Shave: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-close-shave-1995/
• A Matter of Loaf and Death: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-matter-of-loaf-and-death/
• Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit: https://letterboxd.com/film/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11682

CWs for all Wallace & Gromit stuff:

• PTSD.
• Domestic violence.
• Slapstick violence.
• Animal abuse.
• Cheese addiction.
• Deaths of animals.
• Sad animal.
• Cruelty to rabbits.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Body horror.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Mind control.
• Electrotherapy.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Claustrophobia.
• Eating disorder.
• Humor at expense of autism-coded character (Wallace).
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Ableism,
• Sexual innuendos.
• Nudity.
• Car crash.
• Screeching tires.
• Plane crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• A Grand Day Out: https://tankie.tube/w/sy87dRhjqMxrhZJZQzjp4G
• The Wrong Trousers: https://tankie.tube/w/6KC8CBgEa5ZkMTjK3nAb8R
• A Close Shave: https://tankie.tube/w/7FBmfZbuVLz6D9JeGvfpHb
• A Matter of Loaf and Death: https://tankie.tube/w/eDGZnjQFCwLvgMSstg3mzC
• Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit: https://tankie.tube/w/1Wx4v7A8uh2EyQo8pG3aRL

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting with Dreams (1990), an eight-part anthology film by the master himself, Akira Kurosawa, featuring re-creations of dreams he said he actually had. Expect a whole lot of surreal imagery and bizarre non-sequiturs; this is not a linear narrative. Nevertheless, it is considered one of his best films, and is one of the highest-rated Japanese films on Letterboxd.

After that is Only Angels Have Wings (1939), a romance-adventure starring Cary Grant as a wisecracking, sarcastic bush pilot based in South America who also runs a freight service; to make a crucial delivery on time, he has to hire another pilot, who arrives with his ex-girlfriend (played by Rita Hayworth.) Meanwhile, another lady, played by Jean Arthur, starts woogin’ for him. Will romance? Will the delivery be made on time? I guess we’ll find out. This is one of the top-rated films of the 1930s on Letterboxd, and one of the best-regarded works of director Howard Hawks (also known for His Girl Friday [1940], Bringing Up Baby [1938], and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953], among others.) Looks good, let’s watch.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Dreams: https://letterboxd.com/film/dreams/
• Only Angels Have Wings: https://letterboxd.com/film/only-angels-have-wings/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Dreams: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100998/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Only Angels Have Wings: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15044

CWs for Dreams:

• Surrealism.
• Nuclear war.
• Cold weather.
• Extinction of humanity.
• Unstable reality.

CWs for Only Angels Have Wings:

• Death of bird.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Plane crash.
• Broken neck.

Links to movies:

• Dreams: https://tankie.tube/w/srdzCrZCQ9dmWTywdja6MT
• Only Angels Have Wings: https://tankie.tube/w/gqVnQUuoaQDTy3DDu7bgsT

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 97 through 102 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the S arc, focusing particularly on Sailors Uranus and Neptune, and the revelation of their true identities. You’ll never guess who they are.

After that is is No Dogs or Italians Allowed (2022), an Italian stop-motion animation about a poor family in the early 20th century who immigrates to France in search of a better life. Hilarity ensues as the family endures hardship, as well as prejudice from the local population. This is, so far, the best-known and best-regarded work of animator Alain Ughetto, who based the narrative on the history of his own family. Excellent reviews for this one, and the aesthetic looks cool, so let’s watch.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• No Dogs or Italians Allowed: https://letterboxd.com/film/no-dogs-or-italians-allowed/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• No Dogs or Italians Allowed: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for No Dogs or Italians Allowed:

• Racism.
• Animal abuse.
• Cartoon violence.
• Poverty.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 97: https://tankie.tube/w/tFB3YKfkPgoyWvXbj1VK3B
• Sailor Moon episode 98: https://tankie.tube/w/9B6nDjDWDXUCeWrESf5DTt
• Sailor Moon episode 99: https://tankie.tube/w/1Uogk2vuqzbybo4Tp79AKr
• Sailor Moon episode 100: https://tankie.tube/w/vSVB4DtEqkrr1ScvTw4op8
• Sailor Moon episode 101: https://tankie.tube/w/pb9gC36gyHjzApR6k1Au9g
• Sailor Moon episode 102: https://tankie.tube/w/u51wVsoX87eZvrvDNPG4tN
• No Dogs or Italians Allowed: https://tankie.tube/w/hZ2uU1BnoV6okJ5LzKq9Mo

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, first up is one of the great Hollywood musicals, and arguably the last of the classic era: Fiddler on the Roof (1971)! Enter the shitty world of 19th-century tsarist Russia as a Jewish peasant arranges the marriages of his three daughters, all the while having to deal with government-sanctioned persecution, up to and including pogroms. The stage version was a sensation in its day, and this film adaptation was up for a bunch of awards, scoring a Best Picture Oscar nomination, among others. Director is Norman Jewison, who also did Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), which we previously watched, as well as In the Heat of the Night (1967) and Moonstruck (1987). Strap in, it’s gonna be a long one; at least it has an intermission.

After that is Czech absurdist comedy Happy End (1967), the simple tale of a man’s execution for murdering his wife. Well, it would be simple, except that the entire movie is shown in reverse, including the dialogue, leading to some brain-melting twists and turns. It pretty much did Tenet (2020) over 50 years beforehand and with tongue placed firmly in cheek. This is the best-known and best-regarded film of director Oldrich Lipsky, and is considered one of the best films of the Czech New Wave. Looks cool; let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Fiddler on the Roof: https://letterboxd.com/film/fiddler-on-the-roof/
• Happy End: https://letterboxd.com/film/happy-end-1967/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Fiddler on the Roof: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9589
• Happy End: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061029/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Fiddler on the Roof:

• Domestic violence.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Injured horse.
• Dead animal.
• A woman is surrounded by men who intend to r*pe her, but someone intervenes before anything happens.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Antisemitism.
• Pogroms.
• Ghosts.
• Spitting.
• Crying baby.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Fat jokes.
• Age gap.
• Arranged marriage.
• Homelessness.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Happy End:

• Cheating.
• Sex (offscreen).
• Dismemberment.
• Decapitation.
• Blood and gore.
• Guillotine.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Drunkenness.
• Domestic violence; the film is about a man who murders his wife.
• Suicide attempt.

Links to movies:

• Fiddler on the Roof: https://tankie.tube/w/5vaWzXFbgdSgZYjYMhWPRc
• Happy End: https://tankie.tube/w/wRqorUEwzegMKWeYgaUu5u

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

By popular demand, for this special Thursday edition of Anime Night, we’re watching the last 6 episodes (i.e., 7 through 12) of the highly-acclaimed high-school student-band comedy anime Bocchi the Rock (2022)! I expect that chicks will continue to rock.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Bocchi the Rock: https://letterboxd.com/film/bocchi-the-rock/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Bocchi the Rock: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/969758

CWs for Bocchi the Rock:

• Alcoholism.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Vomiting.
• Anxiety attacks.

Links to movies:

• Bocchi the Rock episode 7: https://tankie.tube/w/jZu85vj6FBLD9toKaDLRgi
• Bocchi the Rock episode 8: https://tankie.tube/w/guWw663yTmfL7n7KFu6DaN
• Bocchi the Rock episode 9: https://tankie.tube/w/ea31M6mG8sArRY1EnrEgKj
• Bocchi the Rock episode 10: https://tankie.tube/w/gnMLfG4yaxneDH1MDaA2zz
• Bocchi the Rock episode 11: https://tankie.tube/w/nFZwhM4gPZuTFH9jn5bLoF
• Bocchi the Rock episode 12: https://tankie.tube/w/pK15BTtjffMAFnhv3WJiJL

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, we’re reuniting the directors of the two Conan movies with a special double feature. First up is Red Sonja (1985), the unofficial third Conan movie, which follows the quest of Sonja (played by Brigitte Nielsen) to avenge her family by slaying an evil overlord, with the help of a magic talisman. Along the way, Conan substitute Prince Kalidor, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, gives her a hand. One user review says this film “makes Conan the Destroyer look like Citizen Kane”, which is good enough for me. Expect a lot of stabbing and lobbed-off heads etc. Director is Richard Fleischer, who made the aforementioned Conan the Destroyer (1984), as well as Soylent Green (1973) and Fantastic Voyage (1974).

After that is Red Dawn (1984), the legendary Reaganite WW3 wet dream about a full-scale invasion of the US by the Soviet Union. A group of teens form a band of guerrilla fighters to wage war on the occupation. Despite the obvious anti-communist narrative here, some have suggested that the film is easily read as an anti-imperalist, pro-communist film. Director is John Milius, who also did Conan the Barbarian (1982); while he’s pretty chuddy, he has also voiced his respect for the bravery of the Vietcong and other left-wing resistance fighters, which arguably bleeds into the depiction here. I guess we’ll find out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Red Sonja: https://letterboxd.com/film/red-sonja/
• Red Dawn: https://letterboxd.com/film/red-dawn/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Red Sonja: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Red Dawn: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/236923

CWs for Red Sonja:

• Implied sexual assault as part of protagonist’s backstory. However, since the movie is rated PG-13, nothing is really shown.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Nudity.
• Kissing.
• Dismemberment.
• Decapitation.
• Blood and gore.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Cutting of flesh.

CWs for Red Dawn:

• Anti-communist propaganda.
• Death of horse.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Implied (but not shown) sexual assault of woman by Soviet soldiers.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Black guy dies first.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Red Sonja: https://tankie.tube/w/xoZCVcMgHy94eJAKX5vuCp
• Red Dawn: https://tankie.tube/w/kHpsKgfWnaYUgzQXnJCRh3

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting with Perfect Days (2023), a slice-of-life from Wim Wenders (Paris Texas [1984], Wings of Desire [1987]) about a Japanese janitor who is passionate about music, books, and cleaning toilets. He meets some people, and more of his past is revealed. Just a warm, gentle, simple narrative. Wenders says he made the film as an homage to the works of Yasujiro Ozu, and yeah, that sounds about right. It was one of the most critically-acclaimed films of 2023, being currently ranked #181 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Looks good; let’s watch.

After that is Pride (2014), a British dramedy set during the miners’ strike of 1984, when a gay-rights group decides to raise some money to support the picketing workers; they struggle to achieve full solidarity with their comrades, who are at first reluctant to embrace them as allies, but eventually learn the errors of their ways. God Damn the UKKK: The Movie. This is by far the best-known and best-regarded film of director Matthew Warchus, who has otherwise only filmed stage plays. Excellent reviews for this one across the board, so we’re watching it.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• In Cold Blood: https://letterboxd.com/film/in-cold-blood/
• A Matter of Life and Death: https://letterboxd.com/film/welcome-back-mr-mcdonald/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Perfect Days: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1069653
• Pride: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/35605

CWs for Perfect Days:

• Shaving.
• Cancer.
• Mental illness.
• Homelessness.
• Misophonia.
• Baby.
• Classism.
• Nudity.
• Bath scene.
• Terminal illness.
• End credits scenes.

CWs for Pride:

• Abusive parents.
• Homophobia.
• Stalking.
• Abused person forgives their abuser.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bullying.
• Cheating.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Incarceration.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Outing of LGBT person.
• Hospital scene.
• Misophonia.
• Firecrackers.
• Profanity.
• Baby.
• “Man in dress” joke.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Discussion of religion.
• Porno mag briefly shown.
• Loss of virginity.
• AIDS.
• Homelessness.
• Honking horns.
• Blood.

Links to movies:

• Perfect Days: https://tankie.tube/w/jSApqtxJimnLJA7WVi49W4
• Pride: https://tankie.tube/w/8kuHGP2RyWQbyfJntwZWnc

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 91 through 96 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see beginning of the S arc, focusing particularly on the long-awaited debuts of Sailors Uranus and Neptune; they’re here at last.

After that is is Pokemon Concierge (2023); yes, it’s come to this, we’re watching Pokemon. But wait! We’re not watching the regular anime, but rather, a four-part stop-motion Netflix series abot a irl who takes a job at a Pokemon resort, aad her various encounters with the people and Pokemon there. This is pretty much the most gentle, bright, and adorable animation you’ll ever see, and the aesthetic is beautiful, so let’s check it out. The whole series is only 70 minutes long, so we’ll do the whole thing tonight.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Pokemon Concierge: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-concierge/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokemon Concierge: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26916286/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Pokemon Concierge:

• A character uses the word “suck”. Yes, that’s the only thing listed on DTDD and IMDB.
• Pokemon are basically slaves.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 91: https://tankie.tube/w/hTvMCsKXkFVNzYiVyMnXYs
• Sailor Moon episode 92: https://tankie.tube/w/jmZxHGUN7zF19mCqHmYBij
• Sailor Moon episode 93: https://tankie.tube/w/csXb3ydNv4ZXdbmBPrBjNL
• Sailor Moon episode 94: https://tankie.tube/w/cYLZoJSf2HJ7xCnYUh7YMZ
• Sailor Moon episode 95: https://tankie.tube/w/i6axUHPkeiMXpHMh6gqifv
• Sailor Moon episode 96: https://tankie.tube/w/m6DfhaWMg7EwiQfXCDRjsR
• Pokemon Concierge episode 1: https://tankie.tube/w/burAQGGaSASj1V1fzvw1cW
• Pokemon Concierge episode 2: https://tankie.tube/w/akXWnq5qLmSTviCzcn4vHH
• Pokemon Concierge episode 3: https://tankie.tube/w/rsbwFsX7XcCdu4RMNWJQGj
• Pokemon Concierge episode 4: https://tankie.tube/w/sG8GpBNeo1Qt6L74tTYGMa

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, since the people demanded more Indian cinema, first up is Anbe Sivam (2003), a buddy comedy about a commercial producer who becomes stranded at an airport and is forced to go on a road-trip with a socialist street performer. Dudes proceed to rock, and discover how cool communism is, with some musical numbers along the way. I saw some chuds give this negative reviews for being commie propaganda, which means it’s probably awesome. This is one of the highest-rated Indian films on Letterboxd, and is the best-known and most highly-regarded film of director Sundar C.

After that is Czech fantasy/fairy-tale The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962), the magnum opus of director Karel Zeman; last Christmas, we watched his film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1978), which was cool, so let’s check out his best-known work. This is another take on the tall-tale exploits of the 18th-century German aristocrat Munchausen, filled with all sorts of fancy effects and animation as he makes his way around the world, under the sea, and to the moon. We previously watched Terry Gilliam’s version, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and many say this one is even better, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Anbe Sivam: https://letterboxd.com/film/anbe-sivam/
• The Fabulous Baron Munchausen: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-fabulous-baron-munchausen/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Anbe Sivam: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367495/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Fabulous Baron Munchausen: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/202633

CWs for Anbe Sivam:

• Bus crash.
• Death of child.
• Ambulance scene.

CWs for The Fabulous Baron Munchausen:

• Drug use.
• Death of horse.
• Animal cruelty.
• Spiders.
• Snakes.
• Bugs.
• Death by falling.
• Kidnapping.
• Flashing lights.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Anbe Sivam: https://tankie.tube/w/iD7zTWabNLyhhsnfzbq12e
• The Fabulous Baron Munchausen: https://tankie.tube/w/hgGBEskE15E7HwmaWrm6mQ

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

(Also, AFAIK, nothing else is scheduled for tonight, but if you were already planning something, please let me know and I'll move this to another night.)

By popular demand, for this special Thursday edition of Anime Night, we’re watching the first 6 episodes (of 12) of the highly-acclaimed high-school student-band comedy anime Bocchi the Rock (2022)! For real this time. Chicks are gonna rock.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Bocchi the Rock: https://letterboxd.com/film/bocchi-the-rock/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Bocchi the Rock: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/969758

CWs for Bocchi the Rock:

• Alcoholism.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Vomiting.
• Anxiety attacks.

Links to movies:

• Bocchi the Rock episode 1: https://tankie.tube/w/iT1tNvpwkhqpUYPnL2jFKr
• Bocchi the Rock episode 2: https://tankie.tube/w/dtiUebms8csr8Pki2vKNxb
• Bocchi the Rock episode 3: https://tankie.tube/w/jjbxW7vxjoNJ7HecsYL874
• Bocchi the Rock episode 4: https://tankie.tube/w/6crRsf6Y4k6z4PjfB3gTuv
• Bocchi the Rock episode 5: https://tankie.tube/w/kthmUdCSW63WryKHJUicVY
• Bocchi the Rock episode 6: https://tankie.tube/w/5ZhBsVmNFnTJabXU31qoy4

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting with Departures (2008), a Japanese drama about a struggling cello player who applies to a local job, delighted to have finally found work, only to find that the position is actually a mortician for a funeral home. He decides to make the best of it, and finds he has a passion for it. His friends and family don’t like his new position, and drama ensues. This one won the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar back in 2008, and received excellent reviews from pretty much everywhere; it is by far the best-known and best-regarded film of director Yojiro Takita. Looks good; let’s watch.

After that is A Matter of Life and Death (1946), a fantasy rom-com about a British WW2 pilot who jumps from his plane without a parachute, and miraculously survives. The heavens believe they have made a mistake, and send an angel to get him. Uh oh. Meanwhile, he’s fallen in love with an American radio operator. Hilarity ensues; some drama too. The directors are Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who also did the ballet film The Red Shoes (1948), which we previously watched and enjoyed. This is considered one of their best films, and is currently ranked #221 on Letterboxd's Top 250 films of all time, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Departures: https://letterboxd.com/film/departures/
• A Matter of Life and Death: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Departures: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21447
• A Matter of Life and Death: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15979

CWs for Departures:

• Stalking.
• Domestic argument.
• Deaths of animals.
• Bugs.
• Shaving.
• Corpses.
• Hanging.
• Death of child.
• Death of parent.
• Bath scene.
• Vomiting.
• Misophonia.
• Suicide.
• Misgendering.
• Death of LGBT person.
• “Sexual content”. It is tame, as the movie is rated PG-13.
• Honking horn.
• Blood.
• Sad ending.

CWs for A Matter of Life and Death:

• British people.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Plane crash.
• Unconsciousness.
• Hallucinations.
• Death by falling.
• Ghosts.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Unstable reality.
• Misophonia.
• Flashing lights.
• Chronic illness.
• Car crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood.

Links to movies:

• Departures: https://tankie.tube/w/9B8aDdpnwmU1fDQB129nCi
• A Matter of Life and Death: https://tankie.tube/w/uvgFKaidnq85N8NDG1M4YM

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 85 through 90 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the conclusion of the Black Moon Clan arc, including the series’s only clip show; we will finish off with the first episode of season 3, which features the long-awaited debuts of Sailors Uranus and Neptune.

After that is The Illusionist (2010), a French cartoon directed by Sylvain Chomet of Triplets of Belleville (2003) fame, based on an unproduced 1950s script by filmmaker Jacques Tati (known for Mon Oncle [1958] and Play Time [1967], among other films.) A French magician goes to Scotland in search of fame and glory, and meets a young woman who thinks his magic is real. Can he keep up the masquerade? I guess we’ll find out. Excellent reviews for this one across the board, and Belleville was a hit, so we’re watching it.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• The Illusionist: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-illusionist-2010/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Illusionist: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/71287

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for The Illusionist:

• Animal abuse.
• Alcoholism.
• Shaving.
• Hanging.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Clowns.
• Suicide attempt.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 85: https://tankie.tube/w/72aLscnZdPjc7dDSNqGp44
• Sailor Moon episode 86: https://tankie.tube/w/ot2tA9U6x3eNBtFRzieFTe
• Sailor Moon episode 87: https://tankie.tube/w/vVYf8UJbMVnXz8cwkchya3
• Sailor Moon episode 88: https://tankie.tube/w/9Kwq9JgouEtStFNt8voSvN
• Sailor Moon episode 89: https://tankie.tube/w/jD8J6H5rBfW8fv32rjsXkE
• Sailor Moon episode 90: https://tankie.tube/w/aq9Jo6sHY8yK5HPfXq4pEC
• The Illusionist: https://tankie.tube/w/21xNcYZuG1ZJpBjZYode7i

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), an A24 drama from director Joe Talbot (his only feature film to date) about a black man who wants to reclaim his grandparents’ old Victorian home in the heart of San Fran following their deaths, only to discover that the world around it has been transformed into pure Burgerland. God Damn America: The Movie. High acclaim for this one across the board, so we’re watching it

After that is Argentinian black comedy Wild Tales (2014), an anthology of wacky situations involving people in various types of distress: an unhinged wedding, a plane crash, road rage, loan sharks, a trip to the DMV, it’s got it all. It is by far the best-known and best-regarded film to date of director Damian Szifron, and was nominated for a bunch of awards at the time, including the Best Foreign-Language Oscar. Let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Last Black Man in San Francisco: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-last-black-man-in-san-francisco/
• Wild Tales: https://letterboxd.com/film/wild-tales/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Last Black Man in San Francisco: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19564
• Wild Tales: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12613

CWs for The Last Black Man in San Francisco:

• The deuteragonist is played by convicted girlfriend-beater Jonathan Majors.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Drug use.
• Death of animal.
• Death of parent.
• Shaky cam.
• Black character dies first.
• Homophobia.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Wild Tales:

• Domestic violence.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Reference to sexual assault (not depicted, nor is anyone assaulted.)
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Explosion.
• Hanging.
• Torture.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Death of pregnant woman.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Cheating.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Vomiting.
• Audio gore.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Flashing lights.
• Sex.
• Incest subtext.
• Plane crash.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• The Last Black Man in San Francisco: https://tankie.tube/w/42FsxamHAJyjhwVmhvojoN
• Wild Tales: https://tankie.tube/w/u7cYvtf3RVr6639eNAqYbF

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting with In Cold Blood (1967), the highly-acclaimed film adaptation of Truman Capote’s novel of the same name, which was pretty much the launchpad for the entire genre we now know as “true crime”. A pair of thieves botch a house robbery and end up committing murder; they then go on the run and must come to terms with what they have done. Will they get away with their crimes? No, no they won’t. This is generally considered the best film of director Richard Brooks, who is otherwise best-known for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958).

After that is Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997), a Japanese screwball comedy about a housewife who manages to get her radio play performed on a national station; everything looks like it’s going great, until the star demands to change the name of her character, at which point everyone else starts altering their parts, too. Chaos and hilarity ensue. Will they still manage to perform the play successfully? I guess we’ll find out. This is the best-known and best-regarded work of director Koki Mitani, and was nominated for a bunch of awards in Japan at the time. Looks cool; let’s watch.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• In Cold Blood: https://letterboxd.com/film/in-cold-blood/
• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald: https://letterboxd.com/film/welcome-back-mr-mcdonald/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• In Cold Blood: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061809/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for In Cold Blood:

• Prostitution.
• Hanging.
• Implied sex.
• Reference to sexual assault (not depicted.)
• Blood.
• Gun violence.
• A man hits a woman with a belt.
• Hanging.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Child abuse.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Profanity.

CWs for Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald:

• Anxiety.
• High-pressure situations.
• Shouting.

Links to movies:

• In Cold Blood: https://tankie.tube/w/fDKapwrJ4LnszV9Hvn4Y2e
• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald: https://tankie.tube/w/w14pGAXP836bekq4yDgsjN

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 79 through 84 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Black Moon Clan arc, including the demise of third-in-command Esmeraude, and the formal introduction of Sailor Pluto.

After that is The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975), a stop-motion Norwegian racing film about a bicycle repairman who decides to beat a former friend in a car race after said friend steals his plans for a new vehicle. Hilarity ensues. It remains, to this day, the most-attended movie of all time in Norway measured by number of tickets sold, and is considered one of the best Norwegian films ever, being endlessly replayed on TV and such; it is director Ivo Caprino’s only feature-length movie. Rave reviews for this one across the board, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-pinchcliffe-grand-prix/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/470254

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix:

• Car crashes.
• Cartoon violence.
• Ethnic stereotypes.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 79: https://tankie.tube/w/ttzjKnNpdMHfsV1vRNihVC
• Sailor Moon episode 80: https://tankie.tube/w/pTTtENUAU18Eyj5XsHNEu4
• Sailor Moon episode 81: https://tankie.tube/w/1MZRcaZYdupwqAKWittHQF
• Sailor Moon episode 82: https://tankie.tube/w/bh5tZptvozq9pPVNS4aGNo
• Sailor Moon episode 83: https://tankie.tube/w/hrkbvouTSJfHZFT6T5CkS7
• Sailor Moon episode 84: https://tankie.tube/w/rswx2MN7YUsRjRsa6eSpnK
• The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix: https://tankie.tube/w/pZPpsadaNzNs9UakrJEidk

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, the people demanded more Chinese films, and so, we’ll watch one of the all-time classics of Chinese cinema: Farewell, My Concubine (1992), the magnum opus of Chen Kaige, who is otherwise best-known for The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021). It centers on a boy raied to play female parts in Chinese operas, and his rise and fall from the 1930s through the 1960s, as well as his romantic entanglements with both men and women. It won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1993 and is currently ranked #154 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time.

After that is German stop-motion fairy tale The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), the oldest surviving animated feature film, as well as the earliest feature of note directed by a woman (Lotte Reiniger). Inspired by the Arabian Nights, it tells the story of a young prince with a flying horse who battles an army of demons to win the heart of a princess. The entire movie unfolds via silhouettes of paper cutouts, a style rarely used since. This film is pretty much universally acclaimed and considered the apex of silent-era animation, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Farewell, My Concubine: https://letterboxd.com/film/farewell-my-concubine/
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-adventures-of-prince-achmed/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Farewell, My Concubine: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12819
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015532/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Farewell, My Concubine:

• Death of dog.
• Child abandonment.
• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Opium abuse.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual assault: at about 40 minutes in, a perverted older man wrestles a young boy onto a bed. No sex acts are shown and the scene cuts away, but the implication is clear.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Finger mutilation.
• Hanging,
• Suicide.
• Genital trauma.
• Torture.
• Infant abduction.
• Death of child.
• Sexualization of minor (by other characters.)
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Crying baby.
• Obscene language.
• Babies.
• Miscarriage.
• Misgendering.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Male character ridiculed for crying.
• Homelessness.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Adventures of Prince Achmed:

• Silhouetted nudity.
• Kidnapping.
• Bath scene.
• Orientalism.

Links to movies:

• Farewell, My Concubine: https://tankie.tube/w/7ntGtMS8Fa6v6k9Tv92qNr
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed: https://tankie.tube/w/k6jh1L3gydZfpuQ7jXBeJQ

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting with Monster (2023), the most recent film of renowned Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters [2018], Nobody Knows [2004]), and one of the most-acclaimed movies of 2023, currently ranked #142 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. A mom discovers her kid is acting strangely, and suspects something happened at school; she interrogates his teacher, and a Rashomon-esque tangled web of truth emerges, wherein different characters remember events in differing ways. Who is correct? I guess we’ll find out. Sounds cool; let’s watch.

After that is The Fall (2006), a surreal fantasy about a guy in a hospital who tells a tale of an island of heroes, villains, and magic to a little girl in the bed next to his, to cajole her into retrieving pills for him. She lets her imagination runs wild, and soon, the tale starts to bleed into her reality. This film is by far the best-regarded work of Tarsem Singh, who is otherwise known for The Cell (2000) and Mirror Mirror (2012). Rave reviews across the board for this one, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Monster: https://letterboxd.com/film/monster-2023/
• The Fall: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-fall/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Monster: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1070186
• The Fall: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/22750

CWs for Monster:

• Dead animals.
• Death of cat.
• Death of child.
• Self-harm.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood.

CWs for The Fall:

• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Old film clips showing cruelty to animals.
• Deaths of animals.
• Death of pet.
• Bugs.
• Someone is held underwater.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Tooth damage.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Death of child.
• Someone wets themselves.
• Suicide.
• Drug overdose.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide attempt.
• Crying baby.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Black character dies first.
• Blood.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Monster: https://tankie.tube/w/h65PhqsbhyKvsSFxeGvWNm
• The Fall: https://tankie.tube/w/1eF4155Z5JbxxC3URokE9e

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 73 through 78 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Black Moon Clan arc, including a two-part showdown with clan ringleader Rubeus, and the debut of Sailor Pluto.

After that is Alice (1988), a Czech stop-motion fairy tale that asks, “What if Alice in Wonderland was a little…twisted?” It reimagines the tale into a creepy dark fantasy full of unsettling imagery (though nothing R-rated) and spooky situations. It is generally considered the magnum opus of animator Jan Svankmajer, and is his best-known work, as well as one of the most famous animated films from the Eastern Bloc.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Alice: https://letterboxd.com/film/alice-1988/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Alice: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/450159

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Alice:

• Child abuse.
• Child endangerment.
• Dead animals.
• Someone wets themselves.
• Claustrophobia.
• Crying baby.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 73: https://tankie.tube/w/wZwfd9f2zyDFJQAaQUgKHo
• Sailor Moon episode 74: https://tankie.tube/w/h6tkvNvPTsVaWGi1xNoi7f
• Sailor Moon episode 75: https://tankie.tube/w/bqfv3x8i6QDeNKc6x9UwQU
• Sailor Moon episode 76: https://tankie.tube/w/5Hp8upTMnbPt5AKvQ6xsxY
• Sailor Moon episode 77: https://tankie.tube/w/ryeGDiSmvp4TnwJziPsvym
• Sailor Moon episode 78: https://tankie.tube/w/cNZ6WFGEuLDsneRFzcWFYa
• Alice: https://tankie.tube/w/o3S8Qp2m11dEcpu8FzRhKt

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, we’re starting off with The Ascent (1977), one of the most highly-acclaimed of all Soviet films, and the magnum opus of director Larisa Shipetko (wife of Elem Klimov of Come and See [1985] fame.) Wow, Soviet women’s cinema, and it’s the 88th-highest-rated film on Letterboxd’s Top 250? We should check this out. The story concerns a pair of partisans who have to go behind enemy lines to retrieve supplies for their comrades. Things get dicey from there. War is hell etc.

After that is Being There (1979), a magical-realist tale of a simple, sheltered gardener (played by Peter Sellers of Pink Panther / Dr. Stranglelove fame) who wanders into the wider world after the death of his boss, and quickly finds himself moving up the ranks of the business and political elite using nothing but his homespun advice and naïve charm. I have been told this is “Forrest Gump, but good”. Okay, we’ll give it a shot. Director is Hal Ashby, who is otherwise best-known for Harold and Maude (1971).

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Ascent: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-ascent/
• Being There: https://letterboxd.com/film/being-there/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Ascent: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/107702
• Being There: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/25079

CWs for The Ascent:

• Deaths of animals.
• Carnism.
• Hanging.
• Torture.
• Nazis.
• Gun violence.
• Blood.
• War crimes.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Being There:

• A character is heard masturbating.
• References to sex.
• Smoking.
• Someone dies of illness.
• Unstable reality.

Links to movies:

• The Ascent: https://tankie.tube/w/wkGHK3KbgYD18hRyt3vGq1
• Being There: https://tankie.tube/w/d5LVA56ief7X5ATAfuzduE

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting with Samurai Rebellion (1967), one of the best-regarded jidaigeki films of all time and one of the foremost works of renowned Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi (who is best-known for Harakiri [1962]). A feudal lord grows tired of his mistress and demands she wed the son of one of his samurai retainers (played by Kurosawa regular Toshiro Mifune.) The son and the mistress fall in love, but then, the lord decides he wants her back, and takes her. The samurai then decides to rebel against his master and rescue her. Dudes are gonna have to rock. Currently ranked #215 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time.

After that is All of Us Strangers (1983), a gay romance-fantasy about a pair of London dudes who start woogin’, only for one of them to discover, upon returning to their childhood home, that his dead parents have come back to life and have not aged a day in decades. What’s going on here? I guess we’ll just have to watch and find out. This one has received rave reviews, and it is, so far, it is the most popular work of director Andrew Haigh, who is otherwise best-known for Weekend (2011).

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Samurai Rebellion: https://letterboxd.com/film/samurai-rebellion/
• All of Us Strangers: https://letterboxd.com/film/all-of-us-strangers/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Samurai Rebellion: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061847/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• All of Us Strangers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1048937

CWs for Samurai Rebellion:

• Brief nudity.
• Blood.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Gun violence.

CWs for All of Us Strangers:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Unconsciousness.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Ghosts.
• Bath scene.
• PTSD.
• Mental illness.
• Hallucinations.
• Suicide.
• Unstable reality.
• Someone has a meltdown.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Jump scares.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Obscene language.
• Flashing lights.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Age-gap romance.
• Discussion of religion.
• Car crash.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Samurai Rebellion: https://tankie.tube/w/qoTBTRrEq45o6YZXpYTt9q
• All of Us Strangers: https://tankie.tube/w/5r78nPUiwshL28NoFFnr3u

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 67 through 72 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Black Moon Clan arc, along with the infamous beach episode where the girls fight dinosaurs.

After that is Marona’s Fantastic Tale (2019), a French cartoon about a heckin’ pupperino’s surreal journey through life, spanning several masters and all sorts of bizarre, impressionistic adventures. Thus far, it is the magnum opus of director Anca Damian; animated features directed by women are rare enough, and this one is highly acclaimed, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Marona’s Fantastic Tale: https://letterboxd.com/film/maronas-fantastic-tale/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Marona’s Fantastic Tale: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/47653

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Marona’s Fantastic Tale:

• Deaths of dog.
• Animal abuse.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 67: https://tankie.tube/w/i2nXaPoQEFSAWoQgVDdTzL
• Sailor Moon episode 68: https://tankie.tube/w/dUcBNGa9mgttomcXUdoMwm
• Sailor Moon episode 69: https://tankie.tube/w/v3UmH96Kvtv1AX2xAEWZwV
• Sailor Moon episode 70: https://tankie.tube/w/v92XEjrJXkpxYpNg8NfCUj
• Sailor Moon episode 71: https://tankie.tube/w/uSbYHbiXxfAWZLNBAuRNSm
• Sailor Moon episode 72: https://tankie.tube/w/oveArREhC3PAWBDmYmiv6K
• Marona's Fantastic Tale: https://tankie.tube/w/jdcUXQhoizgBSnmmfmZMRy

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, we’re starting off with The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), a Western starring Brad Pitt as the famous outlaw, and Casey Affleck as the wide-eyed recruit into his gang who comes to resent him. For an idea of where the plot goes, please refer to the title. Director Andrew Dominik is otherwise a mixed bag, having done the crappy Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde (2023) and cult crime thriller Killing Them Softly (2012); this is his critical and commercial peak so far. One of the highest-rated Westerns on Letterboxd.

After that is Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964), one of the most optimistic Soviet films ever, and one of the highest-rated on Letterboxd. Imagine a world where communism won, and the proletariat all cooperated with each other for the greater good, and everything was clean, welcoming, and awesome. A young man walks the idyllic streets over the course of a day, meets nice people, and helps a friend get married. That’s it. One of the gentlest movies ever. It is Communism Rocks: The Movie. Stalin shouldn’t have stopped at Berlin. This is one of the best-known and best-regarded films of director Georgiy Daneliya, who is otherwise known for the sci-fi satire Kin-dza-dza! (1986).

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford/
• Walking the Streets of Moscow: https://letterboxd.com/film/walking-the-streets-of-moscow/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/36531
• Walking the Streets of Moscow: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford:

• A grown man looks up a young girl’s skirt.
• Child abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Snakes.
• Torture.
• Death of parent.
• Suicide.
• N-word.
• Racism.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Walking the Streets of Moscow:

• Absolutely nothing listed on DTDD or IMDB. It’s just that pleasant.
• Sad ending, in the sense that this is what we lost.

Links to movies:

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: https://tankie.tube/w/gHHLpdmLUA8LkiSSorsgbp
• Walking the Streets of Moscow: https://tankie.tube/w/ucUPBbjTQJLSMUnTfGd6S9

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re giving some African cinema a try, with the highly-acclaimed Senegalese WW2 film Camp de Thiaroye (1988). It concerns the real-life story of a platoon of West African soldiers who fought for the French during the Battle of France in 1940. Upon their release from German POW camps in 1944, they return to Africa, and the French thank them by locking them up in another prison camp, this time in Dakar. The prisoners mutiny against poor conditions, resulting in the Thiaroye massacre, one of France’s worst colonial atrocities. God Damn the French: The Movie. This is one of the highest-rated African films on Letterboxd, and a classic of Third World cinema in general. The director, Ousmane Sembene, is otherwise best-known for Black Girl (1966), which we should also watch sometime.

After that is The Boxer’s Omen (1983), one of the most renowned cult classics of Hong Kong cinema, an off-the-walls fantasy-action-horror film about a boxer’s quest into a sinister underworld filled with monsters and magic to free his family from an evil curse. Can he punch his way to a happy ending? I guess we’ll find out. This is generally seen as one of the best classic Hong Kong effects films, being particularly noted for its ridiculous amount of gore. It is also the best-known and best-regarded work of director Kuei Chih-Hung, who specialized in this sort of thing.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Camp de Thiaroye: https://letterboxd.com/film/camp-de-thiaroye/
• The Boxer’s Omen: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-boxers-omen/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Camp de Thiaroye: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092716/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Boxer’s Omen: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/135500

CWs for Camp de Thiaroye:

• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.
• Smoking.
• Colonialism.
• Blood and gore.
• References to sex. Not depicted.
• Alcohol.
• War crimes.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Boxer’s Omen:

• Nudity.
• Sex scene about 7 minutes in.
• Sexual assault: the aforementioned sex scene, between the protagonist and his love interest, is rather rough. It isn’t explicitly non-consensual, but I’ll put a CW here just to be safe.
• Deaths of animals.
• Vomiting.
• Bodily fluids all over the place.
• Blood and gore.
• Decapitation.
• Spiders.
• Animal abuse.
• Snakes.
• Bugs.

Links to movies:

• Camp de Thiaroye: https://tankie.tube/w/7j3zpjeyGQa6jyTSqhuR4L
• The Boxer’s Omen: https://tankie.tube/w/aZKBGUR1bjGnPbiR88jrR5

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 61 through 66 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the beginning of Usagi and Mamoru’s breakup arc, as well as the revelation of Chibiusa’s origins.

After that is Robot Dreams (2023), a dialogue-free French/Spanish sci-fi story about a dog living in 1980s New York who decides to solve his loneliness by creating a robot buddy. They become the best of friends, but then, oh no, what happens when they have to separate? This one received rave reviews, and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars this year. Director Pablo Berger has not done anything else of note so far. It looks neat, so let’s watch.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Robot Dreams: https://letterboxd.com/film/robot-dreams/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Robot Dreams: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/788220

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Robot Dreams:

• Deaths of animals.
• Sad animal.
• Bugs.
• Decapitation.
• Broken bones.
• Toe mutilation.
• Flashing lights.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 61: https://tankie.tube/w/o5aZq2AYBcUrMNH1m4NfB7
• Sailor Moon episode 62: https://tankie.tube/w/ufzyJQRMTU2V9hKrp7chQc
• Sailor Moon episode 63: https://tankie.tube/w/8hCxAawazZbTLZFVP6EHTK
• Sailor Moon episode 64: https://tankie.tube/w/3YMavVeLmghpffJvwNs66u
• Sailor Moon episode 65: https://tankie.tube/w/hoU1VEHz3R3vYwX9jTxUgb
• Sailor Moon episode 66: https://tankie.tube/w/xi1MQWEm3GZqefzDB1mF9o
• Robot Dreams: https://tankie.tube/w/iCVBevE94kSE8UxGzmB3cX