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 magical girls, and so, we’re going to start what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 25 through 30 tonight.

After that is Felidae (1994), a gritty, R-rated German film-noir murder mystery. The twist is that it is animated and centers on talking cats. Someone has been going around the neighborhood and killing cats in horrifyingly grotesque ways, and one brave feline decides to investigate. Drama ensues, along with a whole lot of blood and gore. Many reviews compare this to Ralph Bakshi’s work. It is the magnum opus of German animator Michael Schaack, who is not known for much otherwise.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• Felidae: https://letterboxd.com/film/felidae/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• Felidae: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9585

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• 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 Felidae:

• Animal abandonment.
• Female character brutalized for spectacle.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Drunkenness.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Death of pet.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitation.
• Body horror.
• Seizure.
• Torture.
• Blood and gore.
• Fetuses.
• Suicide.
• Disembowelment.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Ghosts.
• Razors.
• Electrotherapy.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Cancer.
• PTSD.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill character.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Stillbirth.
• Abortion.
• Death of pregnant character.
• Discussion of religion.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Terminal illness.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 25: https://tankie.tube/w/3sgQv4vrFTkd8qH55AmahW
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 26: https://tankie.tube/w/5EP9WCLd6yFW4C86zetvWQ
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 27: https://tankie.tube/w/8ttt3Kr3Cpfp1tKD9rU6gc
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 28: https://tankie.tube/w/8kLkKbamLyb42UNuv9xmor
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 29: https://tankie.tube/w/upZqbVdkEGDeC7i16dq4Su
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 30: https://tankie.tube/w/ugJPQPptPm3HieUGi5q7NQ
• Felidae: https://tankie.tube/w/eAjix9ov8Lt2F19rYDrSW4

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 Kagemusha (1980), one of the most critically-acclaimed films of one of the most renowned filmmakers of all time, Akira Kurosawa. It is a war epic set in feudal Japan, concerning a petty thief who finds himself enlisted to impersonate a deceased warlord. As he cements his place in his new role, he is torn between his inability to fit in with the social mores of the military-nobility class, and his drive to inhabit the warlord’s life seamlessly, so that he may exert his power to its fullest extent. Universal praise for this one, so let’s check it out.

After that is Lovers Rock (2020), a romance from Steve McQueen, whose films Hunger (2008) and Mangrove (2020) we previously watched. It is part of the “Small Axe” collection of five films (all centering on Black British life, though otherwise unrelated) that he released simultaneously in 2020. The film is set during a wild house party in 1980s London, and sees a dude and a lady meeting and beginning their romance while racial, class, and political tensions threaten to explode around them. Excellent reviews for this one, so we’ll give it a try.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Kagemusha: https://letterboxd.com/film/kagemusha/
• Lovers Rock: https://letterboxd.com/film/lovers-rock-2020/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Kagemusha: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080979/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ov_at_stry_4
• Lovers Rock: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Kagemusha:

• Blood and gore.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Gun violence.
• Infidelity.
• Implied sex.

CWs for Lovers Rock:

• Kissing.
• Grinding on dance floor.
• Racism.
• Alcohol.
• Drugs.
• Shaky cam.
• Fistfighting.
• Implied sexual assault.

Links to movies:

• Kagemusha: https://tankie.tube/w/sTqcSFRMXP7c1KgWWVKV5w
• Lovers Rock: https://tankie.tube/w/7DLkwbJ4Z71b5FyfCdPxjN

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

For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is 25th Hour (2002), a crime drama from renowned auteur Spike Lee, whose work, surprisingly, we have never watched on Hextube. Edward Norton stars as a convicted drug dealer living out his last day before starting his prison sentence, making preparations with his friends and family and walking the post-9/11 urban hellscape known as New York City. Actually, it was the first theatrical feature film to mention 9/11 at all. Highly critically-acclaimed; let’s watch.

After that is Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972), the third installment in the grindhousey Japanese samurai action series starring a rogue swordsman and his increasingly-sickofied child protege. They kill a whole lot of bad guys in creatively gory fashion. We watched the first two films some time ago, but not this one, which is about as well-regarded. As with the others, this one contains some sleazy sex stuff too, which is pretty much par for the course for this sort of film, but be forewarned.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• 25th Hour: https://letterboxd.com/film/25th-hour/
• Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades: https://letterboxd.com/film/lone-wolf-and-cub-baby-cart-to-hades/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• 25th Hour: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/8475
• Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068817/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for 25th Hour:

• Death of dog.
• Animal abuse.
• 9/11.
• Hate speech.
• Flashing lights.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Sexual assault: a bad guy attempts to r*pe a woman, but is stopped.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Blood and gore.
• Dismemberment.
• Child endangerment.

Links to movies:

• 25th Hour: https://tankie.tube/w/1AGujWxfdRMzuJAUs5SRnU
• Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades: https://tankie.tube/w/m7jCuVXrJrVcPywxGtunbW

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 Duel to the Death (1983), a Hong Kong wuxia film set in 16th-century China about a duel between the top swordsmen in China and Japan. Outside forces seek to rig the fight, and the supporters of the respective combatants attempt to intervene. Who will survive? I guess we’ll find out. Director is Tony Ching Siu-Tung, who is otherwise best-known for A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), which we have not yet watched.

After that is Glass Onion (2022), the sequel to Knives Out (2019). As with its predecessor, it is a murder-mystery comedy following the silly adventures of Southern detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) as he tries to uravel a web of intrigue surrounding a rich tech-bro and his douchebag friends. Hilarity and satire ensue. Director is Rian Johnson, the guy behind both the first film, as well as, Looper (2012), and, uhh, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). 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:

• Duel to the Death: https://letterboxd.com/film/duel-to-the-death/
• Glass Onion: https://letterboxd.com/film/glass-onion/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Duel to the Death: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084924/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Glass Onion: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/688430

CWs for Duel to the Death:

• Nudity.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Dismemberment.
• Alcohol.

CWs for Glass Onion:

• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• A woman is slapped.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Drug overdose.
• Cheating.
• Death of family member.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Vomiting.
• Destruction of priceless artifact.
• Needles.
• Suicide.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Antisemitism.
• Age gap.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Duel to the Death: https://tankie.tube/w/usKihAryuXZ2dD6uobjM2x
• Glass Onion: https://tankie.tube/w/ob5Z9NPvMfHVAohwBNXu3c

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, first up is Ritual (2000), the best-known and best-reviewed of Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno’s live-action films. It centers on the attempts of an amateur filmmaker to connect with a teenage girl who he spots wandering the streets and muttering the same phrase every day. Romance ensues, along with Anno’s signature monologues on existentialism and so on. Looks pretty neat, so let’s check it out. Currently ranked #224 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time.

Next is My Darling Clementine (1946), a classic Western from the maestro himself, John Ford, whose work has never been shown on Hextube, until now. It is one of the many retellings of the story of real-life Old West lawman Wyatt Earp (here played by Henry Fonda) and the lead-up to the famous shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Considered one of Ford’s best films and one of the best Westerns ever.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Ritual: https://letterboxd.com/film/ritual-2000/
• My Darling Clementine: https://letterboxd.com/film/my-darling-clementine/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Ritual: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269856/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• My Darling Clementine: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269856/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4

CWs for Ritual:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Panic attacks.
• Hallucinations.
• Depression.
• Suicidal ideation.

CWs for My Darling Clementine:

• Gun violence.
• Kissing.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.

Links to movies:

• Ritual: https://tankie.tube/w/joRg9wSt3sfNPTjUwDFmVb
• My Darling Clementine: https://tankie.tube/w/nqgMKZ1aTja4P168pZGaAa

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 magical girls, and so, we’re going to start what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 19 through 24 tonight.

After that is I Lost My Body (2019), an animated French thriller about a pizza-delivery guy who becomes infatuated with one of his customers. That would be all well and good, except that the hand he previously lost in an accident becomes sentient and escapes from its lab to pursue him. Drama ensues. Will romance blossom anyway? I guess we’ll find out. This is by far the best-known and best-reviewed work to date of director Jeremy Clapin.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• I Lost My Body: https://letterboxd.com/film/i-lost-my-body/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• I Lost My Body: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/28637

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• 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 I Lost My Body:

• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Animal abuse.
• Death of animal.
• Bugs.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Amputation.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Eye mutilation.
• Death of parent.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Self-harm.
• Claustrophobia.
• Flashing lights.
• Implied sex.
• Car crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 19: https://tankie.tube/w/v3MjmWW3EZMj94ARcZ92Qw
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 20: https://tankie.tube/w/eFrRC2aLhks2Bu7AKajYUY
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 21: https://tankie.tube/w/k6JnooUWyf5Ut6D13k4eJE
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 22: https://tankie.tube/w/fLKmM5hwT9Yayka3aBryM9
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 23: https://tankie.tube/w/855uTpNEbsxtjCmx9VopHU
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 24: https://tankie.tube/w/cX76BWGDAFhbN9UetsXAtJ
• I Lost My Body: https://tankie.tube/w/iimYDPXV1DC1EgBEbMZJUH

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 Better Days (2019), a Chinese thriller about a bullied schoolgirl who enlists the aid of a bodyguard with a mysterious past to ward off her assailants. Meanwhile, she tries to pass her final exams, and uh oh, what’s this? Could romance be blossoming? I guess we’ll find out. One of the highest-rated Chinese films on Letterboxd, and by the best-known and best-reviewed work to date of director Derek Tsang.

After that, since Fury (1936) was a hit last night, we will delve again into the filmography of renowned director Fritz Lang, with The Big Heat (1953), another highly-regarded entry in his Hollywood phase. A classic film-noir, it follows the one good cop in a corrupt police force as he tries to take down a sadistic mob boss, as revenge for the suicide of his friend. A whole lot of shooting and other bloodshed ensues, to a greater extent than pretty much any movie that preceded it. This is considered one of the best crime films of the 1950s, 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:

• Better Days: https://letterboxd.com/film/better-days-2019/
• The Big Heat: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-big-heat/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Better Days: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9586294/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Big Heat: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045555/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Better Days:

• Bullying.
• Implied nudity.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Beatings.
• Torture.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.

CWs for The Big Heat:

• Infidelity.
• Police brutality.
• Copaganda.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Kissing.
• Gun violence.
• Suicide.
• Alcohol.
• Fistfighting.
• Choking.
• Misogyny.
• A man throws hot coffee into a woman’s face.
• Blood.
• Dead bodies.

Links to movies:

• Better Days: https://tankie.tube/w/2jXTTq6F3jG15PgzMo7M65
• The Big Heat: https://tankie.tube/w/qWirmQkqCKq2sg1LVtHSUF

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

For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Climax (2018), which centers on the worst party ever, a French dance-rave that turns into a nightmare after everyone’s drinks are spiked with LSD. A whole lot of drug-addled revelry and excess follows while some of the partiers try to find the culprit. Oh, and did I mention there’s dancing? Director is French auteur Gaspar Noe, whose films we have not watched yet, but he is a good buddy of Harmony Korine, whose Gummo (1997) was a hit on Hextube.

After that is Fury (1936), a crime drama from renowned director Fritz Lang, the guy behind Metropolis (1927) and M (1931). In this, the most-acclaimed film of his Hollywood phase, a man (Spencr Tracy) goes to visit his girlfriend in a small town, at which point he is arrested and accused of being a fugitive kidnapper. Drama ensues as he tries to secure justice and avoid being lynched by the irate townspeople.

BONUS: We will also watch the 22-minute short The Private Life of a Cat (1947), an up-close-and-personal look at a cat’s birth and upbringing from avant-garde duo Alexander Hammid and Maya Deren. It looks adorable.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Private Life of a Cat: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-private-life-of-a-cat/
• Climax: https://letterboxd.com/film/climax-2018/
• Fury: https://letterboxd.com/film/fury/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Climax: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16370
• Fury: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027652/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Climax:

• Abusive parents.
• Child abandonment.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Sexual assault: everyone s is on drugs when they have sex, so consent is compromised.
• Drugs.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug addiction.
• Unstable reality.
• Flashing lights.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Slapping of woman.
• Spiked drinks.
• Mention of sexual assault.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone’s hair is burned.
• Body horror.
• Unconsciousness.
• Seizure.
• Torture.
• Stabbing.
• Death of child.
• Drug overdose.
• Cheating.
• Death of parent.
• Shower scene.
• Someone pees on themselves.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Bisexual cheating.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide attempt.
• Meltdown.
• Misophonia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Abortion.
• Miscarriage.
• Swastika.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Incest.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Fury:

• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Racial slur.
• Lynching.
• Someone is burned alive.

Links to movies:

• The Private Life of a Cat: https://youtu.be/_6e1O_NtK24
• Climax: https://tankie.tube/w/m7jCuVXrJrVcPywxGtunbW
• Fury: https://tankie.tube/w/gXC2yvpGXXkRHmShH4Y15m

For this 9/11 edition of Super Slop Night, by popular demand, it’s the long-awaited screening of the fifth and six Project A-ko movies, the final entries in the series, which transplant the characters into a completely new setting and otherwise have nothing to do with the previous installments. They’re still fun.

After that is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), the latest version of the neverending franchise. It follows a quartet of four anthropomorphic turtle brothers who emerge from the sewers of New York City at 15 years old and interact with humans for the first time. Also, they fight stuff. This is animated in a style similar to Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). Many are calling it the best version of TMNT ever. I guess we’ll find out. It is the debut feature of director Jeff Rowe, who was previously a writer for The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021).

BONUS: we will also watch The Red Balloon (1956), a short film about a French boy searching for his beloved balloon on the streets of Paris. It is widely considered one of the best short films of all time, even winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It is the only film of note by director Albert Lamorisse, who is better-known as the creator of the board game Risk. Small world.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Project A-ko 5: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-versus-battle-1-grey-side/
• Project A-ko 6: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-versus-battle-2-blue-side/
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: https://letterboxd.com/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem/
• The Red Balloon: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-red-balloon/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Project A-ko 5 & 6: Look, I’m just gonna leave the DTDD link for Ako 1 here, because these contain similar stuff: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/886553
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1036917

CWs for Project A-ko 5 & 6:

• “Man in a dress” jokes. The aliens look like men who dress as women. The characters barely acknowledge this fact directly, but the depiction is still problematic.
• Bugs.
• Stalking.
• Mention of sexual assault (but no depiction).
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Kidnapping.
• Bath scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Plane crash.
• Gun violence.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Objectification of female characters. -Panty shots of high-school-aged girls.

CWs for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Abusive parents.
• Stalking.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.
• Sad animals.
• Alligators.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Choking.
• Body horror.
• Tooth damage.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Trypophobia.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Electrotherapy.
• Needles.
• PTSD.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Car crash.
• Screeching tires.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• The Red Balloon: Forthcoming.
• Project A-ko 5: https://tankie.tube/w/fG9svtTita8W2pnRKwvjnP
• Project A-ko 6: https://tankie.tube/w/am5RHZT1sSzfs1ixkjjDnT
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: https://tankie.tube/w/1pJVt2Gbs2vuLemrH7zMPu

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, first up is The Chaser (2008), a Korean crime thriller about a corrupt cop who has become a pimp and finds his prositutes sddenly disappearing without a trace, only to realize tht they had all seen the same client beforehand. Cue a cat-and-mouse game between the two shitty guys as each attempts to take down the other. Director is Na Hong-jin, whose horror film The Wailing (2016) we previously watched; this is debut, and one of the highest-rated Korean films on Letterboxd. Let’s check it out.

Next is Breaker Morant (1980), an Australian drama set during the Boer War (1899-1902) and concerning a cout-martial of three Australian soldiers for executing prisoners. The trouble is that their British commanding officers ordered them to do so, and are now pinning the blame on their underlings to save the reputation of the general staff. God Damn the UKKK:The Movie. Director is Bruce Beresford, who is better known for, uhh, Driving Miss Daisy (1989); this is by a pretty wide margin his most critically-acclaimed film.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Chaser: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-chaser/
• Breaker Morant: https://letterboxd.com/film/breaker-morant/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Chaser: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Breaker Morant: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080310/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for The Chaser:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Prostitution.
• Blood and gore.
• Beatings.
• Stabbing.
• Dismemberment.
• Decapitation.
• Death of dog.
• Hospital scene.

CWs for Breaker Morant:

• British people.
• War crimes.
• Gun violence.
• Imperialism.
• Kissing.
• Implied sex.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Profanity.

Links to movies:

• The Chaser: https://tankie.tube/w/5TYiNgvXvwtm3y2ZHd3t13
• Breaker Morant: https://tankie.tube/w/3ebo8AbjFti2Gd9cXVbjcD

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 magical girls, and so, we’re going to start what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 13 through 18 tonight.

After that is White Snake 2 (2021), a Chinese CGI animation and sequel to White Snake (2019), which we watched last week. This time, the plot centers on the green snake lady, who while rescuing her sister, travels though time to a futuristic cyberpunk city and takes part in a battle-royale-style competition. In other words, it isn’t like the first film at all. But hey, we enjoyed White Snake, so let’s continue with the saga. A third film was released this year, too.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• White Snake 2: https://letterboxd.com/film/green-snake-2021

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• White Snake 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15000314/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• 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 White Snake 2:

• Nudity.
• Kissing.
• Implied sex.
• Stabbing.
• Swordfighting.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Bestiality.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Drunkenness.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 13: https://tankie.tube/w/nNMv3a5KFLpAkqsmosnx3n
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 14: https://tankie.tube/w/eTnsR558eyRck9NpjbNGBR
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 15: https://tankie.tube/w/vu8z29uPEqbQakzrvzTiQ8
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 16: https://tankie.tube/w/pwDrNVGjJFx9aTfBvNT2wT
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 17: https://tankie.tube/w/2rHeoEQ65s9LHFN35JR8LU
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 18: https://tankie.tube/w/rkoHz9RGDQPmvqTaWFJ3Dj
• White Snake 2: https://tankie.tube/w/jnbZ2Pf3gL5DTqxWa8mDB4

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 Passenger (1975), a thriller about an American journalist (Jack Nicholson) covering a war in Africa; he discovers the body of his doppelganger, and decides to assume the dead guy’s identity. Uh-oh, turns out the guy was an arms dealer with a lot of enemies, and now both the warring factions and the police are after him. This is considered one of the best films of Italian auteur Michelangelo Antonioni, whose L’avventura (1960) we watched a few days ago.

After that is All About My Mother (1999), one of the most acclaimed films of one of Spain’s most celebrated directors, Pedro Almmodovar, whose Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) we previously watched. Following her son’s death, a mother searches for the father he never knew, befriending a motley crew along the way, including a trans actress, a nun, and jealous lover. Hilarity ensues, along with some heartwarming. This is one of the highest-rated Spanish films on Letterboxd, 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:

• The Passenger: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-passenger/
• All About My Mother: https://letterboxd.com/film/all-about-my-mother/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Passenger: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073580/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• All About My Mother: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15041

CWs for The Passenger:

• Implied sex.
• Blood.
• Gun violence.
• Beatings.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.

CWs for All About My Mother:

• Sexual assault: a man makes non-consensual advances on a woman, but he is stopped.
• Drug use.
• Death of child.
• Death of parent.
• Vomiting.
• Hospital scene.
• Smoking.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Car crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.

Links to movies:

• The Passenger: https://tankie.tube/w/oTvoM2Gp8bB64G61C46P87
• All About My Mother: https://tankie.tube/w/9hgCCV8mKuuqvDoKgDxuG7