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 The Act of Killing (2012), one of the highest-rated documentaries on Letterboxd; it interviews a number of former members of Indonesian death-squads who participated in the mass killing of communists in the 1970s, aided and abetted by the US government. God Damn the West: The Movie. It is, so far, the best-known and best-regarded film of documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer.

After that is Broken Flowers (2005), a comedy from Jim Jarmusch about an aging philanderer (Bill Murray) who discovers that he has a son who seems to be looking for him. Hilarity ensues, in Jarmusch’s signature quiet style, as the guy tries to cope with unexpected fatherhood.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Act of Killing: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-act-of-killing/
• Broken Flowers: https://letterboxd.com/film/broken-flowers/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Act of Killing: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19871
• Broken Flowers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412019/parentalguide

CWs for The Act of Killing:

• Discussion of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Torture.
• War crimes.
• Vomiting.
• Hate speech.

CWs for Broken Flowers:

• Child abandonment.
• Cheating.
• Nudity.
• Someone is punched in the face.
• Alcohol.
• Drugs.
• Profanity.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. I will upload to Tankietube shortly.

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, 8PM EST, it’s come to this: we’re watching a Batman movie. Specifically, we are watching Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012-13), a two-part animated adaptation of one of the most iconic Batman stories, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns (1986). It marke the eact moment that Batman became a brooding edgelord and has set the template for every gritty superhero reboot since. It is also a good look into Miller’s deranged chuddy, Reaganite psyche that views Batman as the most awesome badass ever. This film is widely considered the best of DC Comics’ direct-to-video films, so let’s check it out.

Next up is Killer Bean Forever (2008), a CGI animation about a cop who is a literal coffee bean. He fights crime. The magnu opus of director Jef Lew, who also used the bean character in a few short films beforehand. A cult classic.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1: https://letterboxd.com/film/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1/
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2: https://letterboxd.com/film/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-2/
• Killer Bean Forever: https://letterboxd.com/film/killer-bean-forever/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2313197/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Killer Bean Forever: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340108/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns:

• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.
• Fistfighting.
• Copaganda.
• Violent mentally-ill people.
• Suicide.
• Electrocution.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Drugs.
• Broken bones.

CWs for Killer Bean Forever:

• Gun violence.
• Copaganda.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.

Links to movies:

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1: https://tankie.tube/w/4ywJaLNZxYp2L6TVaTdcu6
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2: https://tankie.tube/w/3jFUsT8bUVDjwbJ65vPLk5
• Killer Bean Forever: https://tankie.tube/w/1JyecyDZD5MusoDr9aZRZB

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 L’avventura (1960), one of the most acclaimed films from one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time, Michelangelo Antonioni. In this tribute to bourgeois ennui, an affluent Italian husband and wife with vacuous lives go on an island vacation, only for the wife to vanish without a trace. Where the hell did she go? The busband searches for her, but then becomes involved with another woman, and uhh, wait a minute, wasn’t there a mystery here? Hope they solve it. This is widely considered one of the best films of the 1960s, so we’ll give it a try.

Next is Walkabout (1971), a survival thriller set in the Australian outback. A man takes his two children out to the middle of nowhere, intending to kill them both, but shoots himself instead, leaving the kids to fend for themselves in the wilderness. They enlist the help of some of the local indigenous people and come to realize what a shithole Australia is. Director is Nicolas Roeg, whose David Bowie vehicle The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and horror film Don’t Look Now (1973) we previously watched. This is one of his best-regarded works.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• L’avventura: https://letterboxd.com/film/lavventura/
• Walkabout: https://letterboxd.com/film/walkabout/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• L’avventura: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053619/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Walkabout: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/13868

CWs for L’avventura:

• A grown woman kisses a teenage boy.
• Implied sex.
• Nudity.
• Smoking
• Alcohol.
• Cheating.

CWs for Walkabout:

• Naked children. Not in a sexual context.
• In a different scene from the above, a man dances while being visibly erect.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Abusive parents.
• Suicide.
• Gun violence.
• Child abandonment.
• Children in peril.
• Blood and gore.
• Deaths of animals.
• Carnism.
• Bugs.
• Snakes.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hanging.
• Death of parent.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Dismemberment.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Corpses.
• Profanity.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• L’avventura: https://tankie.tube/w/5TYiNgvXvwtm3y2ZHd3t13
• Walkabout: https://tankie.tube/w/noz59WTkLupLUZoCtJrTHP

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 7 through 12 tonight.

After that is White Snake (2019), a Chinese CGI animation about a snake hunter who falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a transforming snake. Drama and swordfights ensue. We have already watched two versions of this story, one being the anime Legend of the White Serpent, and the other the live-action Hong Kong version Green Snake (1993). Here is one more to add the pile. This one has also received two sequels, since it was a big hit in China.

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: https://letterboxd.com/film/white-snake-2019/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• White Snake: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9288776/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

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:

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

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 7: https://tankie.tube/w/2z73QGCyJkUAtKrifwxYV9
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 8: https://tankie.tube/w/hoQXzgmrUpXbd5iP99da6e
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 9: https://tankie.tube/w/xgf4ftYAkjKDqiJVnnnuf7
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 10: https://tankie.tube/w/jSJkRNeD3rkpnPubMeq6oa
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 11: https://tankie.tube/w/hKnt5jEEXMMmECDU8ixdij
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 12: https://tankie.tube/w/tZrzM4kZTs4neesN33q3Vj
• White Snake: https://tankie.tube/w/tVYYspcXEbixoPFbjeWuDV

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 Cries and Whispers (1972), one of the best-regarded films of one of the most renowned filmmakers of all time, Ingmar Bergman; we watched his Hour of the Wolf (1968) a few weeks ago, and it was good, so we’re dipping into his filmography again. As witth several of his other films, this one centers on a small group of Swedes gradually going insane. This time, it’s a trio of sisters at the turn of the twentieth century: one who lost her child, one who’s having an affair, and one who’s dying of cancer. Coop them all up in the reddest house of all time and you have a solid recipe for some psychological horror. Do your worst, Bergman.

After that is The Verdict (1982), another entry from 12 Angry Men (1957) director Sidney Lumet in that most well-worn of movie genres, the courtroom drama. Paul Newman stars as a lawyer who just doesn’t give a shit anymore, and sleepwalks his way through the early stages of a trial, only toslowly become convinced that he can actually win it. Will he get his groove back?I guess we’ll find out. Nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 1982 and generally considered one of Lumet’s best films.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Cries and Whispers: https://letterboxd.com/film/cries-and-whispers/
• The Verdict: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-verdict-1982/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Cries and Whispers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/47989
• The Verdict: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084855/parentalguide/?ref_=ttrel_ql_stry_4

CWs for Cries and Whispers:

• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Genital trauma.
• Cheating.
• Ghosts.
• Audio gore.
• Screaming.
• Nervous breakdowns.
• Unstable reality.
• Mental illness.
• Cancer.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Misophonia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Crying baby.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Incest.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Verdict:

• Kissing.
• References to sex.
• Blood.
• A man slaps a woman.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• Cries and Whispers: https://tankie.tube/w/mh8hdTNWJ2HyfDr1nPTh14
• The Verdict: https://tankie.tube/w/s7TT6uAKinZeQgAm4Kg7tn

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 The Bloodettes (2005), a sci-fi thriller from Cameroon set in the cyberpunk near-future of 2025. It follows a pair of female sex workers who kill one of their clients, a powerful politician; they then have to cover up their crime, taking them into the seedy futuristic underbelly of Cameroonian nightlife. This is one of the few African sci-fi films listed on Letterboxd, and it is apparently pretty good, so let’s check it out. It is the best-known work to date of director Jean-Pierre Bekolo.

After that is Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), a romance about a musician vampire couple (Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston) in Detroit. They have been together for centuries, but things become complicated when the lady’s younger sister arrives, and a love triangle begins. Think of it as a slighty higher-brow version of What We Do in the Shadows (2014), following the oft-comic slice-of-life antics of the undead. Director is Jim Jarmusch, whose filmography we have visited several times (Stranger than Paradise [1984], Down by Law [1986], Mystery Train [1989], Ghost Dog [1999].)

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Bloodettes: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-bloodettes/
• Only Lovers Left Alive: https://letterboxd.com/film/only-lovers-left-alive/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Bloodettes: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Only Lovers Left Alive: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10778

CWs for The Bloodettes:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Prostitution.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Blood and gore.
• Drug use.

CWs for Only Lovers Left Alive:

• Stalking.
• Hospital scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• The Bloodettes: https://tankie.tube/w/6h8wWysuCqXkeNzRqgykpA
• Only Lovers Left Alive: https://tankie.tube/w/ws1fDZxGYfpRkMd8aCSpwj

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, 8PM EST, since Gummo (1997) was a hit last week, first up is slop maestro Harmony Korine’s beach-party crime tale Spring Breakers (2012) It concerns a quartet of college girls (Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine) who rob a restaurant to fund their spring-break vacation in Florida, only to manipulated into doing more crime by a weirdo criminal (James Franco). Things spiral out of control from there, but chicks are gonna rock anyway. This polarized critics and audiences alike when first released, with some hailing it as satiric genius, and others denigrating it as dumb trash. We’ll make up our own minds.

Next up is Timecrimes (2007), a Spanish sci-fi thriller about a man who encounters an apparently-kidnapped woman in the woods, only to be suddenly attacked by a psychopath. In his escpe, he stumblese upon a lab that just so happens to contain a prototype time machine, and uses it to go back a few hours to observe the incident in the woods again, and change time. Unfortunately, he also has to eliminate the other versions of himself every time he goes back. This is generally considered the best film of director Nacho Vigalondo, who is otherwise best-known for the horror film Colossal (2016).

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Spring Breakers: http https://letterboxd.com/film/spring-breakers/
• Timecrimes: https://letterboxd.com/film/timecrimes/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Spring Breakers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16720
• Timecrimes: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20633

CWs for Spring Breakers:

• James Franco is a sex pest in real life.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Drug addiction.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Kidnapping.
• Shower scene.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Spitting.
• Shaky cam.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Racist slurs.
• Ableist slurs.
• Nudity.
• Sex
• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Timecrimes:

• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Stalking.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Implied sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Broken bones.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Kidnapping.
• Jump scares.
• Spitting.
• Sex.
• Car crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Spring Breakers: https://tankie.tube/w/iDqw9DQpcGhBVwnaymWhX8
• Timecrimes: https://tankie.tube/w/4bJWp6Mzq9rZ8Efe8RQpbx

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 Happiness (1998), a black comedy from cult director Todd Solondz (and his best-regarded work) about the painfully awkward encounters between various weirdos in suburban America. This one was mentioned over and over again as a great companion piece for Gummo (1997), which we watched and enjoyed a few days ago. Think that, but bourgeois instead of working-class, and you pretty much have what this movie is, in terms of tone. Excellent reviews for this one, so we'll give it a try.

Next is The Double Life of Veronique (1991), a tale of two inexplicably identical women, one in Poland, and one in France, who seem to share each other’s thoughts. Both want to be singers, and Veronique (the French one) lives in a quasi-dream-like state in which she is not quite sure if she is awake or not. Then, she falls in love with a puppeteer. Strange magical-realist stuff follows. Will the two women meet? I guess we’ll find out. This was the first French production of Polish auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski, whose split-timeline drama Blind Chance (1987) we previously watched. This is generally considered one of the best French films of the 90s, 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:

• Happiness: https://letterboxd.com/film/happiness/
• The Double Life of Veronique: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-double-life-of-veronique/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Happiness: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19179
• The Double Life of Veronique: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/51290

CWs for Happiness:

• One of the subplots is about a pedophile. His acts are not directly depicted, but his intentions are obvious.
• Discussion of pedophilia.
• Deaths of animals.
• Abusive parents.
• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Alcoholism.
• Animal abuse.
• Suicide.
• A woman is slapped.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Ableist slurs.
• Cheating.
• Razors.
• Shower scene.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Vomiting.
• Semen.
• Hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Misophonia.
• Suicide.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Fat jokes.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Age gap.
• Nudity.
• Discussion of incest.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Double Life of Veronique:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Unstable reality.
• Hallucinations.
• Nervous breakdowns.
• Shaky cam.

Links to movies:

• Happiness: https://tankie.tube/w/jyd1JYc6NQmwPiUEQSJcqp
• The Double Life of Veronique: https://tankie.tube/w/m1cswdhnqDFUTc3jJ38dAJ

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 1 through 6 tonight.

After that is Inside Out 2 (2024), Pixar’s sequel to their 2015 hit about personified emotions within a teenage girl’s brain. HD rips just appeared for this, so this seems like a good time to watch.

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/
• Inside Out 2: https://letterboxd.com/film/inside-out-2-2024/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• Inside Out 2: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/932175

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 Inside Out 2:

• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Spitting.
• Incarceration.
• Social anxiety.
• Panic attacks.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Claustrophobia.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Underwater scenes.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 1: https://tankie.tube/w/2z73QGCyJkUAtKrifwxYV9
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 2: https://tankie.tube/w/hoQXzgmrUpXbd5iP99da6e
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 3: https://tankie.tube/w/xgf4ftYAkjKDqiJVnnnuf7
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 4: https://tankie.tube/w/jSJkRNeD3rkpnPubMeq6oa
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 5: https://tankie.tube/w/hKnt5jEEXMMmECDU8ixdij
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 6: https://tankie.tube/w/tZrzM4kZTs4neesN33q3Vj
• Inside Out 2: https://tankie.tube/w/j8eb1w8JsJjrxHynqoF5vu

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, it’s come to this: we’re taking the Tarr pill. First up is Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), the second-best-known film of Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr, who is best-known for the seven-hour Satantango (1994), which we have not watched. In this one, a circus comes to a small, spooky Hungarian town, its main attraction being a stuffed whale carcass. The village gradually goes into a frenzy as everyone comes to see the whale. Things just get weird from there, with the whole film being presented in Tarr’s usual style of long takes of stark black-and-white. It is widely considered one of the best films of the 2000s; it currently ranks #131 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Looks cool; let’s check it out.

After that is Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), a rock musical about a trans woman who immigrates to the US from Germany to form a band and then rock. Along the way, she tells the story of her former lover and bandmate who stole her songs. It is the best-known and best-regarded film of director John Cameron Mitchell, who has also made a few other LGBT-themed films, such as Shortbus (2006). A lot of critical acclaim for this, so we’ll give it a whirl.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Werckmeister Harmonies: https://letterboxd.com/film/werckmeister-harmonies/
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch: https://letterboxd.com/film/hedwig-and-the-angry-inch/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Werckmeister Harmonies: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249241/parentalguide/?ref_=ttrel_ql_stry_4
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9907

CWs for Werckmeister Harmonies:

• Kissing.
• Profanity.
• Nudity.
• Alcohol.
• Hospital scene.

CWs for Hedwig and the Angry Inch:

• Sexual assault: a babysitter touches a teenage boy’s private parts.
• Implied pedophilia in character backstory, though not shown.
• Implied incest.
• Genital trauma.
• Cheating.
• Deadnaming.
• Hospital scene.
• PTSD.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysphoria.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Crying baby.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Misgendering.
• Homophobic slurs.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.

Links to movies:

• Werckmeister Harmonies: https://tankie.tube/w/iaBLjtqAXRJ38uRTP4LwAy
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch: https://tankie.tube/w/bm12oruJSh1Q4BAzgNhTM6

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, by request, is Gummo (1997), the debut feature of trashcore-kino wunderkind Harmony Korine, who we have, surprisingly, never watched. A pair of teenagers hang out and get into mischief in their shitty dilapidated Ohio town, which was obliterated by a tornado 20 years beforehand and never recovered. They live in filthy squalor and poverty. Middle America is a shithole. God Damn America: The Movie. This is arguably Korine’s magnum opus, released when he was only 24 years old; a lot of acclaim for this one, so let’s check it out.

After that, since we’ve been on a bit of a sci-fi kick the last few days, we’ll keep the ball rolling tonight with The Hole (1998). In the near-future of 1999, a deadly virus has wiped out most of humanity, with the few survivors holed up in bunkers refashioned from apartment buildings. A pair of neighbors inadvertently poke a hole in the wall separating their rooms, and romance blossoms. And it’s also a musical. Sounds cool; let’s check it out. This is one of the highest-rated sci-fi films on Letterboxd, and is considered one of the best films of renowned auteur Tsai Ming-liang, whose movie-theatre-vibe film Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003) we previously watched.

Bonus! Since both of our features are short, we’ll have a little preshow with The Pier (1962), one of the most acclaimed short films of all time, a 27-minute time-travel sci-fi dystopia from French auteur Chris Marker, who is otherwise best-known for his ethno-documentary Sunless (1983), which we have not yet watched.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Gummo: https://letterboxd.com/film/gummo/
• The Hole: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-hole/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Gummo: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21551
• The Hole: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Gummo:

• Death of dog.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Child abandonment.
• Child abuse.
• Abusive parents.
• Poverty.
• Domestic violence.
• Abused person forgives their abuser.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcoholism.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Sad animals.
• Death of pet.
• Bugs.
• Discussion of pedophilia. Not depicted.
• Someone is beaten up by a bully.
• Dirty bathroom.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Death of child.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Ableist slurs.
• Deaths of parents.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Razors.
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Cancer.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt.
• Meltdown.
• Misophonia.
• Eating disorder.
• Abuse of autistic person.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Misgendering.
• Homophobic slurs.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Misrepresentation of minority.
• N-word.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Chronic illness.
• Homelessness.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Sad ending.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.

CWs for The Hole:

• Pandemic.
• Loneliness.
• Post-apocalypse.
• Panic attacks.
• Bugs.
• Singing and dancing.

Links to movies:

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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, 8PM EST, first up is another of the most acclaimed Soviet sci-fi films, Kin-dza-dza! (1986). Two average Soviet dudes are teleported to an alien planet and must navigate its strange, suspiciously-capitalist society based on the trading of matchsticks. Will they be able to make sense of the aliens’ and social customs and find their way home? We’ll find out, but only after a whole bunch of wacky antics. Director is Georgiy Daneliya, who also made the bloomer rom-com Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964), which we previously watched.

Next up is Dislocation (1986), a Chinese satire about a bureaucrat who makes a robotic duplicate of himself to fill in for him at his job. Hilarity ensues as the robo-twin navigates the labyrinthine world of CPC politics. This is one of the earliest sci-fi films from mainland China, and still one of its best-regarded; it is arguably the best-known film of director Huang Jianxin, who specializes in bureaucratc comedies. 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:

• Kin-dza-dza!: https://letterboxd.com/film/kin-dza-dza/
• Dislocation: https://letterboxd.com/film/dislocation/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Kin-dza-dza!: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091341/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• The Super Inframan: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Kin-dza-dza!:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Fistfighting.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Nervous breakdowns.
• Surrealism.

CWs for Dislocation:

• Death of robot.
• Nervous breakdowns.
• Identity theft.
• Dissociation.
• Bureaucracy.

Links to movies:

• Kin-dza-dza!: https://tankie.tube/w/19uc1pyjXvfXhjXQWpimWH
• Dislocation: https://tankie.tube/w/g4LRKgS96bmKVtzNbj9QL3