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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Buffalo ’66 (1998), a road-trip crime film about a convict (Vincent Gallo) who has just been released from a five-year prison sentence, at which point he immediately kidnaps a teenage girl (Christina Ricci) and goes on the run with her, pretending she is his girlfriend. I’m sure this will end well. This is universally considered the magnum opus of director Vincent Gallo, who is otherwise known for his infamously-poorly-received follow-up The Brown Bunny (2003) and his subsequent feud with Roger Ebert.

After that is Journey to the West (2021), a Chinese sci-fi comedy about a magazine editor who goes searching for signs of alien life in search of a scoop. He meets a guy who claims to be in contact with aliens, and starts following him around. Hilarity ensues. Reviews compare this to The Office in its mockumentary feel combined with its depiction of a dysfunctional workplace. Sounds good to me; it is the highest-rated sci-fi film from mainland China on Letterboxd. 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:

• Buffalo ‘66: https://letterboxd.com/film/buffalo-66/
• Journey to the West: https://letterboxd.com/film/journey-to-the-west-2021/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Buffalo ‘66: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12951
• Journey to the West: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Buffalo ‘66:

• Death of dog.
• Child abuse.
• Abusive parents.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Gaslighting.
• Animal abuse.
• Death of pet.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Ableist slurs.
• Kidnapping.
• Shower scene.
• Prison scene.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Meltdown.
• Suicide.
• Profanity.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of women at strip club.
• Homelessness.
• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.

CWs for Journey to the West:

• Panic attacks.
• Shaky cam.

Links to movies:

• Buffalo ‘66: https://tankie.tube/w/bRMzoCAD2KX3JuKL3qbUHf
• Journey to the West: https://tankie.tube/w/5Afmeg9f1mGP5poryi5JFj