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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Twilight Samurai (2002), a jidaigeki set at the end of the Edo Period, with the feudal system beginning to unravel. A single-father samurai has to navigate the changing political situation while also taking care of his children and elderly mother, and dealing with the return of an old flame, as his financial situation becomes ever more precarious. It is considered one of the best jidaigeki films of the 21st century, and the magnum opus of director Yoji Yamada. Looks neat; let’s watch.

After that is C’mon C’mon (2021), a slice-of-life about a documentary filmmaker (played by Joaquin Phoenix) who is forced to go on a road-trip with his nephew after the boy’s father succumbs to a manic episode. The uncle doesn’t like kids, and the kid finds him a grouchy bore, but will they become friends? We’ll have to watch to find out. It features some real interviews with children along the way, which are incorporated into the narrative in a docudrama style. Reviews refer to it as a “mumblecore Uncle Buck”. Well, it has a really high rating on Letterboxd, and is one of director Mike Mills’ best-reviewed films thus far (his other well-known one being 20th Century Women [2016]); good enough for me.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Twilight Samurai: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-twilight-samurai/
• C’mon C’mon: https://letterboxd.com/film/cmon-cmon/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Twilight Samurai: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• C’mon C’mon: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/28642

CWs for The Twilight Samurai:

• Nudity.
• Blood and gore.
• Domestic violence.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Cutting of flesh.

CWs for C’mon C’mon:

• Unconsciousness.
• Death of parent.
• Mental hospital scene.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Abortion.

Links to movies:

• The Twilight Samurai: https://tankie.tube/w/jphZjjDj21zscXgEuA67LR
• C’mon C’mon: https://tankie.tube/w/amRLsDG1fM7wEHeXXf5qdG