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 Onibaba (1964), a Japanese Sengoku-period folk horror about a woman whose son goes off to war, leaving her to live with her daughter-in-law. The son dies, and the DIL starts an affair with their neighbor; the mom grows jealous and uses an evil demon mask to scare off the DIL, jokerfying herself in the process. Spookiness ensues. This is one of the most acclaimed Japanese horror films of all time, and is considered one of the best films of renowned auteur Kaneto Shindo, who is otherwise best-known for Kuroneko (1968), which we will also have to watch sometime. Looks neat; let’s check it out.

After that is Challengers (2024), the latest from Call Me By Your Name (2017) and Suspiria (2018) director Luca Guadanigno. A young tennis coach (played by Zendaya) seeks to get her tennis-player husband out of his losing rut by enrolling him in a low-level tournament, where he just so happens to be matched against her ex-boyfriend. What’s more, they start woogin’ for each other, and they form a throuple, and the competition heats up in tandem with the romance. Critics are raving about this one; it is one of the top-rated films of the year so far. So, we’ll give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube -- no, wait, scratch that, Hextube is down, so we're meeting on the old Cytube room:

https://cytu.be/r/hexbear

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Onibaba: https://letterboxd.com/film/onibaba/
• Challengers: https://letterboxd.com/film/challengers/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Onibaba: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10777
• Challengers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1071641

CWs for Onibaba:

• Death of dog.
• Eating of dog.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Animal abuse.
• Sexual assault: a man grab’s a woman’s breast without her consent.
• Sex scenes (which all appears to be consensual.)
• Cutting of flesh.
• Squashed head.
• Death by falling.
• Ghosts.
• Audio gore.
• Claustrophobia.
• Shaky cam.
• Objectification of female character.
• Nudity.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.

CWs for Challengers:

• Alcohol.
• Broken bones.
• Cheating.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Hospital scene.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Homelessness.

Links to movies:

• Onibaba: https://tankie.tube/w/xin7n61qHHiEKuKz6GxBy2
• Challengers: https://tankie.tube/w/2UMZaBGsJLEw9dejxrDdRJ

https://cytu.be/r/hexbear

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 one of the all-time classic anime films, Ghost in the Shell (1995), along with its sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004). The first film follows future-cop Motoko Kusanagi’s efforts to stop a hacker from cyber-hijacking other people’s bodies, and the second follows detective Batou investigating a series of murders committed by female androids. Both films are steeped in cyberpunk aesthetics, and the first was one of the foremost influences on The Matrix (1999). These are widely considered the definitive works of Mamoru Oshii, who is otherwise best-known for the first two Urusei Yatsura movies, as well as Angel’s Egg (1985), and Patlabor 2 (1993), all of which we have already watched. Time to finally screen his magnum opus. We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Ghost in the Shell: https://letterboxd.com/film/ghost-in-the-shell/
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: https://letterboxd.com/film/ghost-in-the-shell-2-innocence/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Ghost in the Shell: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/27703
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9737

CWs for both films:

• Body horror.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Existential crises.
• Gaslighting.
• Alcohol.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Broken bones.
• Seizure.
• Kidnapping.
• Possession.
• Nudity.
• Audio gore.
• Copaganda.
• Self-harm.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Suicide.
• Flashing lights.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Car crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Child abuse.

Links to movies:

• Ghost in the Shell: https://tankie.tube/w/mvLNzo4XoZuTcoVkn7oz4r
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: https://tankie.tube/w/v2qhEwUoZriTxo8snteZLw

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, first up is The Thief of Bagdad (1940), a British fairy tale in Technicolor inspired by the Arabian Nights. A evil vizier casts a prince out of his palace and holds a princess hostage; the prince has to team up with a scrappy thief named Abu to get back into the palace and beat the bad guy. Magical adventures ensue. This was the primary influence on Disney’s Aladdin, which ripped off several elements, including a genie (jinn) that grants specifically three wishes, and a villain named Jaffar. Many of the things you think you know about the Arabian Nights actually derive from this movie. Lead director was Michael Powell, who was also behind The Red Shoes (1948) and A Matter of Life and Death (1948), among others. This film was considered a special-effects marvel in its time, even winning an honorary Oscar for its technical innovations.

After that is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), the highly-regarded remake of the classic 1956 paranoia-fuel horror film about a man, played by Donald Sutherland, who finds that everyone around him is suddenly becoming weird, while denying that anything has changed. Oh god! They’re being replaced by evil space aliens! Can the protagonist stop their madness and find someone he can trust? I guess we’ll find out. Director is Philip Kaufman, who is otherwise best-known for the astronaut film The Right Stuff (1983). Oh, and Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Goldblum are in this. 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:

• The Thief of Bagdad: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1940
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers: https://letterboxd.com/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Thief of Bagdad: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033152/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/27821

CWs for The Thief of Bagdad:

• Orientalism.
• Ethnic stereotypes.
• Several brownface characters, though the main character is played by an actual POC, which was unusual for the era.
• Kissing.
• Shirtless men.
• Sword fighting.
• Animal abuse.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Invasion of the Body Snatchers:

• Death of dog.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Dead animals.
• Death of pet.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Cheating.
• Death of family member.
• Jump scares.
• Trypophobia.
• Farting.
• Needles.
• Body horror.
• Claustrophobia.
• Shaky cam.
• Childbirth.
• Fetuses.
• Nudity.
• Homelessness.
• Sad ending.
• Honking horn.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Explosions.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• The Thief of Bagdad: https://tankie.tube/w/duuy6Xy3ytrhZ5KCWQJLd4
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers: https://tankie.tube/w/vtqTNUs11MSYLWW4c9TBu4

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.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting with The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), a Romanian satire about an old working-class man who must navigate a comically hellish health-care system in search of some medical care for his headaches and stomach cramps. Frustration ensues, while his condition deteriorates. This is one of the definitive films of the Romanian New Wave movement, one of the country’s highest-rated films on Letterboxd, and the best-known and best-regarded work of director Cristi Puiu. A good companion piece to I, Daniel Blake (2016), which we watched last week. Looks cool; let’s watch.

After that is Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), a Hollywood period-melodrama-romance set in Austria circa 1900, about a man who intends to skip town to flee a duel, only to receive a letter from a woman confessing her undying love for him, and her years of attempts to get his attention. She may even hold the key to his undoing if he continues to ignore her. Unfortunately, he doesn’t remember her. Aaaaah! How’s he gonna get out of this one? I guess we’ll find out. This is one of the best-regarded films of director Max Ophuls, who specialized in costume melodramas, including the equally-acclaimed The Earrings of Madame de… (1953), which we will also have to watch some time.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-death-of-mr-lazarescu/
• Letter from an Unknown Woman: https://letterboxd.com/film/letter-from-an-unknown-woman/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456149/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Letter from an Unknown Woman: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040536/

CWs for The Death of Mr. Lazarescu:

• Nudity.
• Blood.
• Bodily fluids.
• Hospital scenes.
• Profanity.
• Capitalism.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Letter from an Unknown Woman:

• Smoking.
• Typhus epidemic.
• Pregnancy.
• Implied extramarital sex.
• Single mother.
• Stalking.

Links to movies:

• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: https://tankie.tube/w/19burMZGjtkefXVbH4iHkE
• Letter from an Unknown Woman: https://tankie.tube/w/uU9mSMZkBjHU56GAzkKAW8

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 109 through 114 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, seeing the debut of Hotaru and the introduction of Sailor Saturn's storyline. The stakes are raising.

After that is Mars Express (2023), a French space opera set in 2200 centering on a private detective and her robot sidekick, who must travel to Mars to catch a hacker, who is herself being pursued by assassins. A conspiracy is uncovered, and things escalate from there. Lots of spaceships, space colonies, androids, laser guns, and what have you. Excellent reviews for this one; it is by far the best-known and best-regarded work to date of director Jeremie Perin. Let’s check it out. In case this is giving you deja vu, we were gonna watch this last week, but the rip I had was just the first ten minutes on a loop, so we switched to Tale of the Fox (1937) instead. This time, I have the whole film.

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
• Mars Express: https://letterboxd.com/film/mars-express/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Mars Express: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/527797

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 Mars Express:

• Death of cat.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Amputation.
• Vomiting.
• Audio gore.
• Car crash.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 109: https://tankie.tube/w/avZx4QSpiehDunKeSnf3UV
• Sailor Moon episode 110: https://tankie.tube/w/tVogGtVNFEeSeJbAtBWPwZ
• Sailor Moon episode 111: https://tankie.tube/w/rnJukpgiSjK8kLk4dqeWqx
• Sailor Moon episode 112: https://tankie.tube/w/sMDaNSUasZNfiQEzMzimYb
• Sailor Moon episode 113: https://tankie.tube/w/5pJisDaYjFnnxsGNS3JkJ8
• Sailor Moon episode 114: https://tankie.tube/w/eYbJbCt2setfpDK7st9GBV
• Mars Express: https://tankie.tube/w/cwY86f2V26sHxRxaie96Ug

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 A Touch of Zen (1971), a wuxia epic widely considered to be one of the greatest kung-fu movies of all time; think the Chinese equivalent of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966). A princess flees the clutches of an evil eunuch and seeks refuge from a secluded group of Buddhist monks, who decide to protect her, and proceed to rock. Director is King Hu, whose film Dragon Inn (1967) was previously a hit on Hextube; this one is generally considered his magnum opus, so it seems like a safe bet. It’s gonna be a long one, so we can take an intermission if need be.

After that is Daft Punk’s animated sci-fi romance musical Interstella 5555 (2003), their feature-length, dialogue-free music video that tells the story of a quartet of blue-skinned aliens who are kidnapped and brought to Earth to play cookie-cutter pop music for a faceless corporation, who has erased their memories of their previous lives. Luckily, another blue-skinned space man has tracked down the band and is determined to free them, as he has fallen in love with their female bassist. The directors of this one include a trio of little-known Japanese animators, though one of them, Daisuke Nishio, did also direct several Dragon Ball Z movies. The character designs in this were done by Leiji Matsumoto, which is why they all look like a cross between Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and The Smurfs. Excellent 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:

• A Touch of Zen: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-touch-of-zen/
• Interstella 5555: https://letterboxd.com/film/interstella-5555-the-5tory-of-the-5ecret-5tar-5ystem/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• A Touch of Zen: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064451/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Interstella 5555: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10102

CWs for A Touch of Zen:

• Blood and gore.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Ghosts.
• Implied sex.
• Torture.
• Burning of flesh.

CWs for Interstella 5555:

• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Someone is drugged.
• Unconsciousness.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Someone is shot with a taser.
• Death by falling.
• Kidnapping.
• Ghosts.
• Nudity.
• Hospital scene.
• PTSD.
• Flashing lights.
• Police brutality.
• Homelessness.
• Car crash.
• Spaceship crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence

Links to movies:

• A Touch of Zen: https://tankie.tube/w/sHYzd2cgu5XVyVQhrXk9Cy
• Interstella 5555: https://tankie.tube/w/nMBfzviNTWxtwT6TM5fHNN

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 Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), the famed sci-fi film starring David Bowie as an alien who comes to Earth in search of water to bring back to his home planet. Things get a little complicated when he falls in love with an Earth woman, and then everything goes to hell when the feds capture him. Director is renowned auteur Nicolas Roeg, who is otherwise best-known for Don’t Look Now (1973) and Walkabout (1971). We haven’t watched anything by him yet, but this is a real cult classic, so it’s a good place to start.

After that is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), a musical comedy about a pair of chicks who rock; one of them is a smart brunette, played by Jane Russell, and the other is a dumb blonde, played by Marilyn Monroe. They manipulate the men around them to their advantage, all the while having non-stop fun. This is one of Monroe’s definitive roles, and one of the most famous musicals of the 1950s; let’s check it out. Director is Howard Hawks, maker of classics such as His Girl Friday (1940), Bringing Up Baby (1938), and Only Angels Have Wings (1939), the latter of which we recently watched.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Man Who Fell to Earth: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth/
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: https://letterboxd.com/film/gentlemen-prefer-blondes/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Man Who Fell to Earth: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16835
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/47348

CWs for The Man Who Fell to Earth:

• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Eye mutilation.
• Kidnapping.
• Cheating.
• Nudity.
• Bath scene.
• Someone wets themselves.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Body dysmorpha.
• Flashing lights.
• Sex.
• Sad ending.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Stalking.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Spiked drink.
• Sexual assault: someone is kissed without their consent.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Cheating.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Racist comment about Africans.
• Ableism.
• Age gap.
• Honking horn.

Links to movies:

• The Man Who Fell to Earth: https://tankie.tube/w/duuy6Xy3ytrhZ5KCWQJLd4
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: https://tankie.tube/w/vtqTNUs11MSYLWW4c9TBu4

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 The Heiress (1949), a highly-acclaimed melodrama set in 1840s New York about a lonely, unmarried woman (played by Olivia de Havilland) who stands to inherit a fortune from her stern father. Queue the entrance of a dashing young man (played by Montgomery Clift) who woos her in an attempt to get his hands on the estate. Scheming and manipulation ensue. This is considered one of the best Hollywood studio films of the 1940s, and it was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture. Director is William Wyler, the only person to make three Best Picture winners (Mrs. Miniver [1942], The Best Years of Our Lives [1946], and Ben-Hur [1959].) We previously watched his lesbian drama The Children’s Hour (1961), which was good, so let’s check this one out.

After that is They Don’t Wear Black Tie (1981), a Brazilian labor drama about a union leader trying to organize a factory strike. That would be all good and well, except that his most prominent opponent, aside from the factory owners, is his own adult son, who does not want to risk his job now that his wife is pregnant. Will they resolve their differences? I guess we’ll find out. We haven’t seen that many Brazilian films, and this is supposed to be one of the best, and labor-strike movies are cool, so we’re giving it a whirl. This is the best-known film of director Leon Hirszman, who made a whole career out of working-class dramas. We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Heiress: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-heiress/
• They Don’t Wear Black Tie: https://letterboxd.com/film/they-dont-wear-black-tie/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Heiress: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041452/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• They Don’t Wear Black Tie: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for The Heiress:

• Kissing.
• Alcohol.
• Misogyny.
• Drinking.
• Smoking.

CWs for They Don’t Wear Black Tie:

• Pregnancy.
• Police brutality.
• Capitalism.
• Family members arguing.

Links to movies:

• The Heiress: https://tankie.tube/w/sufTjCuqqJxjpW18suhQ8h
• They Don't Wear Black Tie: https://tankie.tube/w/8YvwjXANMaLUby1JQDnyg1

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 103 through 108 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 the return of Chibiusa. Oh no, has it come to this? At least Uranus and Neptune are still there.

After that is Mars Express (2023), a French space opera set in 2200 centering on a private detective and her robot sidekick, who must travel to Mars to catch a hacker, who is herself being pursued by assassins. A conspiracy is uncovered, and things escalate from there. Lots of spaceships, space colonies, androids, laser guns, and what have you. Excellent reviews for this one; it is by far the best-known and best-regarded work to date of director Jeremie Perin. 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
• 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 Mars Express:

• Death of cat.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Amputation.
• Vomiting.
• Audio gore.
• Car crash.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 103: https://tankie.tube/w/wZBEXzyd83sbRVkGeeLMSS
• Sailor Moon episode 104: https://tankie.tube/w/pgeUNeRgKVKMBe894R2dLK
• Sailor Moon episode 105: https://tankie.tube/w/8tikAHkTLaWVdPW1PC63br
• Sailor Moon episode 106: https://tankie.tube/w/bgayGBmJ4X5uFfoyQGV3xU
• Sailor Moon episode 107: https://tankie.tube/w/ejEVUy1g7xjruwafNRfcQg
• Sailor Moon episode 108: https://tankie.tube/w/1TT7nEC1FqsWiAEoWWGoav
• Mars Express: https://tankie.tube/w/1h6yexpCrGFQscq3pQFthk

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 La Chimera (2023), an adventure film about a supernaturally-talented Br*tish graverobber who reunites with his crew of misfits in 1980s Tuscany in search of a magical door to the underworld. Strange antics ensue. Critics are calling it the film-festival version of Indiana Jones, and indeed, it did win a bunch of awards on the festival circuit; sounds good to me. Director is Alice Rohrwacher, who is otherwise best-known for the similarly magical-realist Happy as Lazzaro (2018). Let’s give it a whirl.

After that is Br*tish working-class slice-of-life I, Daniel Blake (2016), the tale of an aging man who suffers a career-ending injury and has to navigate the hellish state bureaucracy to get his welfare benefits. God Damn the UKKK: The Movie. Director is Ken Loach, whose films Kes (1969) and The Hand That Shakes the Barley (2006) we have already watched; both were hits on Hextube, and this one is also highly-acclaimed, so we’re checking it out.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• La Chimera: https://letterboxd.com/film/la-chimera/
• I, Daniel Blake: https://letterboxd.com/film/i-daniel-blake/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• La Chimera: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/787566
• I, Daniel Blake: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5168192/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for La Chimera:

• Someone is buried alive.
• Destruction of priceless artifact.
• Claustrophobia.
• Crying baby.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Homelessness.

CWs for I, Daniel Blake:

• Implied prostitution.
• References to sex.
• Profanity.
• Heart attack.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• La Chimera: https://tankie.tube/w/pmZgYgPQ24rT8Uv132MwbV
• I, Daniel Blake: https://tankie.tube/w/uJP5ovSbc8NuMBSchZTZ9b