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

For this Special Tuesday Movie Night, our usual host, Grebgreb, has asked me to fill in, and has left the last episode of Season 4 of the Sopranos for me to show. Very, we will indulge in our weekly gabagool.

After that, since the people demanded more Soviet sci-fi, we’ll watch Dead Man’s Letters (1986), one of the most highly-regarded sci-fi films from the USSR. Taking place in a future wasteland ravaged by nuclear war, a scholar from the before-times attempts to lead a small band of survivors as they live in the basement of a former history museum. He sends out letters to his son in the vain hope of finding him. Surely this will end well. Nuclear war is bad, OK? Imagine Threads (1984) rewritten by someone who regarded it as too optimistic, and you should have a good idea of the tone of this one. Director is Konstantin Lopushansky, whose similarly-themed A Visitor to a Museum (1989) we previously watched.

Next is Bottle Rocket (1996), the debut feature of auteur Wes Anderson. This one lacks almost all of his usual taemarks, instead being a straightforward crime-comedy farce following three dimwitted, eccentric guys (Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, and Robert Musgrave) who attempt to pull off a robbery and go on the run. Hilarity ensues as their wacky antics spiral out of control. Reviews are solid for this one, so let’s give it a whirl.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Dead Man’s Letters: https://letterboxd.com/film/dead-mans-letters/
• Bottle Rocket: https://letterboxd.com/film/bottle-rocket-1996/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Dead Man’s Letters: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091759/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Bottle Rocket: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/56540

CWs for Dead Man’s Letters:

• Nudity.
• Smoking.
• Blood nnd gore.
• Nuclear explosions.
• Suicide.
• Chronic illness.
• Dismemberment.
• Death of child.

CWs for Bottle Rocket:

• Domestic violence.
• Shaving.
• Heart attack.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scene.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Shaky cam.
• Black guy dies first.
• Kissing.
• Sad ending.
• Blood.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sopranos S4 E13: https://tankie.tube/w/85ULeY6dEWnJXakYLbiKe5
• Dead Man’s Letters: https://tankie.tube/w/6HjEvK13zXuiWKvrLds5G1
• Bottle Rocket: https://tankie.tube/w/cgbChT76TwCU3pMrrNtyaB

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

For this Special Monday Movie Night, our usual host, Grebgreb, has asked to me to fill in, so two more movies are coming your way. First up is Dogtooth (2009), the debut feature of renowned auteur Yorgos Lanthimos, whose films Poor Things (2023), The Lobster (2015), and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2016) we previously watched. A group of grown siblings have grown up in strict isolation under the control of their diabolical parents, who control even their very language, leaving them unable to express any ideas outside the rigid confines of their country home. Will they rebel and escape? I hope so. Great reviews for this one, so let’s check it out.

Next is Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Prrofession (1973), one of the all-time classics of Soviet comedy, a real boomer touchstone in the way that, say, Blazing Saddles (1974) or Caddyshack (1980) is in the Anglosphere. A petty thief who looks like Ivan the Terrible is transported to the sixteenth century, where he actually becomes Ivan the Terrible, because the real tsar has been transported to 1973, where he takes the thief’s place. Hilarity ensues. This is the best-known and arguably best-regarded film of director Leonid Gaidai, who was one of the USSR’s premiere comedy filmmakers. Looks pretty neat.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Dogtooth: https://letterboxd.com/film/dogtooth/
• Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession: https://letterboxd.com/film/ivan-vasilyevich-changes-his-profession/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Dogtooth: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9399
• Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070233/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Dogtooth:

• Sexual assault: the adult children perform sexual acts on each other without knowing what they are doing, so consent is absent.
• Incest.
• Child abuse.
• Abusive parents.
• Gaslightinng.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Blood and gore.
• Domestic violence.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Drug use.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Dead animals.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Body horror.
• Tooth damage.
• Broken bones.
• Torture.
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Claustrophobia.
• Shaky cam.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Someone loses their virginity.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession:

• Slapstick violence.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• Dogtooth: https://tankie.tube/w/hwtMVFfwapqHKuDbhcLceh
• Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession: https://tankie.tube/w/ePNvRfidwWwHYNmE4XFfTU

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 Cache (2005), a thriller about a Parisian TV host who finds himself the recipient of threatening packages, featuring secret footage of his family, among other things. The videos become more personal as the sender reveals the extent of their Jokerfication and reveals that they have known the host for years. Things escalate from there. Director is Austrian auteur Michael Haneke, whose home-invasion thriller Funny Games (2007) we previously watched. Excellent reviews for this one, so let’s check it out.

Next is Monsieur Verdoux (1947), one of Charlie Chaplin’s most-acclaimed films. He plays a banker who has lost his job and decides to cash in on insurance payouts by repeatedly marrying new wives and killing them. Things go well until, uh oh, he marries two who do not fall for his plans. Things spiral out of control from there, and hilarity ensues. One of the few films in which Chaplin plays a character other than the Tramp. Looks pretty neat.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Cache: https://letterboxd.com/film/cache/
• Monsieur Verdoux: https://letterboxd.com/film/monsieur-verdoux/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Cache: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19730
• Monsieur Verdoux: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10575

CWs for Cache:

• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Decapitation.
• Throat-slitting.
• Torture.
• Death of parent.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide.
• Sex.
• Blood and gore.

CWs for Monsieur Verdoux:

• Domestic violence.
• Bugs.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Babies.
• Honking horns.

Links to movies:

• Cache: https://tankie.tube/w/27SRhfjvzCCY9xCsYNncdJ
• Monsieur Verdoux: https://tankie.tube/w/aZahhcMcZ4Tv8ZjeZY8R9B

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 193 through 200 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 series finale. This is finally it! We made it. What a ride.

After that is Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (1979), a Chinese mythological tale about a feminine boy-child warrior who takes on some dragons and kicks some butt. From the same team that made Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven (1961), which we previously watched. One of the highest-ratedd Chinese animations on Letterboxd. Looks neat; let’s give it a whirl.

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
• Nezha Conquers the Dragon King: https://letterboxd.com/film/nezha-conquers-the-dragon-king/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Nezha Conquers the Dragon King: 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 Nezha Conquers the Dragon King:

• Cartoon violence.
• Stabbing.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Deaths of animals.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon ep. 193: https://tankie.tube/w/rYhPoitdYhC6EsYPAtieyy
• Sailor Moon ep. 194: https://tankie.tube/w/sP5We5z8MzZtUZv9EC8BXJ
• Sailor Moon ep. 195: https://tankie.tube/w/pvhawVijP1U5pNLPz3ZZuF
• Sailor Moon ep. 196: https://tankie.tube/w/wrtsbxSJ59BAmBPjjrut33
• Sailor Moon ep. 197: https://tankie.tube/w/kRSwTviyfwEkFZah6sRYb9
• Sailor Moon ep. 198: https://tankie.tube/w/tVuiinMJZqfLPGMi726Wqn
• Sailor Moon ep. 199: https://tankie.tube/w/gCVbjGrZ5RqGcEKpkzY6qB
• Sailor Moon ep. 200: https://tankie.tube/w/auykFaK15SJ2CN7nQovuNF
• Nezha Conquers the Dragon King: Forthcoming. Currently uploading to Tankietube.

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 Mangrove (2020), the first and longest of the “Small Axe” quintology, a collection of five feature films that Steve McQueen (whose Hunger [2008] we previously watched) released simultaneously in 2020. It tells the story of the Mangrove Nine, a group of Black British protesters who got into a street brawl witth the police in 1970. The case goes to trial and becomes a cause celebre, revealing the extent of racism within the police force. God Damn the UKKK: The Movie. High ratings for this across the board, so we’re watching it.

After that is Lady Vengeance (2005), another thriller from Korean maestro Park Chan-wook. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) was so good that, you know what, we’ll watch one more of his. A woman is imprisoned under false charges for 13 years, and her child is taken from her; upon her release, she plots payback against all the shitty men who wronged her. Time for chicks to rock. Excellent reviews for this, so let’s give it a whirl.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Mangrove: https://letterboxd.com/film/mangrove-2020/
• Lady Vengeance: https://letterboxd.com/film/lady-vengeance/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Mangrove: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10551100/
• Lady Vengeance: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11471

CWs for Mangrove:

• British people.
• Racism.
• Police brutality.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Drugs.

CWs for Lady Vengeance:

• Death of dog.
• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Child abuse.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.
• Sad animal.
• Death of pet.
• Bugs.
• Someone is drugged.
• Mention of sexual assault.
• Someone is beaten up by a bully.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Implied sexual assault of female prisoer, though not directly depicted. Another scene depicts a husband having sex with his wife with dubious consent.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Chloroform.
• Cannibalism.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Hanging.
• Unconsciousness.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Infant abduction.
• Death of child.
• Kidnapping.
• Ghosts.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Incarceration.
• Hospital scene.
• Self-harm.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Babies.
• Fat jokes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Dementia.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Mangrove: https://tankie.tube/w/2kLCuMbZGMpnPZAg63grue
• Lady Vengeance: https://tankie.tube/w/tQvWC53qMJhsemNTh4XxHQ

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 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

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, first up is Seven Psychopaths (2012), a British gangster comedy about an Irish screenwriter (Colin Farrell) who goes to Los Angeles in search of work and finds him caught in a web of ruthless and wacky gangster shenanigans, centering around the abduction of a made-man’s dog. Hilarity ensues, along with a whole lot of swearing, sex, and violence. Director is Martin McDonagh, the guy behind In Bruges (2008), which is similar in tone, as well as The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), which we previously watched.

Next up is The Super Inframan (1975), a silly live-action cartoon from Hong Kong about a superhero who foils the plans of a cosmic supervillain and her army of rubber-suited minions, who she sends out one-by-one to menace Earth until the good guys can locate her lair. Although this may look like a ripoff of Super Sentai / Power Rangers, it was actually released the same year as the first Sentai series, so Ultraman is the more likely influence here. This is the best-known work of director Hua Shan, who seems to specialize in this sort of schlock. A cult classic, and a smorgasbord of old-school practical effects.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Seven Psychopaths: https://letterboxd.com/film/seven-psychopaths/
• The Super Inframan: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-super-inframan/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Seven Psychopaths: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14054
• The Super Inframan: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Seven Psychopaths:

• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcoholism.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Throat slitting.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Exploding head.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of child.
• Self-immolation.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Razors.
• Spitting.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scenes.
• Cancer.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• Profanity.
• Fat jokes.
• Homophobia.
• Racial slurs.
• Ableism.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Sad ending.
• Car crash.
• Gun violence.

CWs for The Super Inframan:

• Slapstick violence.
• Punching and kicking.
• Explosions.

Links to movies:

• Seven Psychopaths: https://tankie.tube/w/8RaZFSnAstpbckY8BSGG89
• The Super Inframan: https://tankie.tube/w/9RC3sAzfYk1cTg9MiHXSx1

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 Sympatthy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), a crime thriller from Korean auteur Park Chan-wook (Oldboy [2003], The Handmaiden [2016], Decision to Leave [2022]). A man’s sister needs a kidney transplant; since his boss has just laid him off, the man decides to take his revenge by kidnapping the boss’s daughter and ransoming her to pay for the medical bills. The situation spirals out of control from there. This is one of Park’s best-regarded films, and one of the more popular Korean films in the West, so let’s give it a whirl.

Next is Sing Street (2016), an Irish teen coming-of-age rom-com about a high-schooler in 1980s Dublin who starts playing guitar to impress a girl he likes. Chicks dig guitars, right? Hilarity ensues, as well as some romance and musical numbers. This has a really high rating on Letterboxd, so we’ll give it a try. Director is John Carney, who has made a career out of exactly this sort of music-themed meet-cute stuff, most notably Once (2007) and Begin Again (2013). This one is the best-reviewed of the bunch, though.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance: https://letterboxd.com/film/sympathy-for-mr-vengeance/
• Sing Street: https://letterboxd.com/film/sing-street/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/22876
• Sing Street: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11270

CWs for Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Bugs.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is held underwater.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual assault: a character is implied to have r*ped an unconscious woman, though this act is not directly depicted.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Squashed head.
• Achilles tendon injury.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Torture.
• Blood and gore.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of child.
• Death of parent.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• Flashing lights.
• Ableism.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Chronic illness.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Sing Street:

• Child abuse.
• Drug use.
• Dead animals.
• Cheating.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Flashing lights.
• Homophobic slurs.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Racial slurs.
• “Sexual content”. Seems pretty tame to me, though.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. Tankietube is currently down, so we may have to use Vimeo instead.

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 187 through 192 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 Sailor Stars arc, which features a brand-new theme song and a slew of new sailors.

After that is The Breadwinner (2017), an animated drama from Cartoon Saloon, the Irish studio that made Song of the Sea (2014), which we previously watched, among other films such as The Secret of Kells (2009) and Wolfwalkers (2020). It centers on a girl living in Afghanistan under the Taliban who must disguise herself as a boy to find employment and earn money for her family. Drama ensues. Excellent reviews for this one, so 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
• The Breadwinner: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-breadwinner/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Breadwinner: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14160

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 The Breadwinner:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Amputation.
• Torture.
• Death of child.
• Kidnapping.
• Misogyny.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. Tankietube is currently down; we may have to use Vimeo instead.

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 Silence (2016), a drama from the maestro himself, Martin Scorsese, concerning a pair of 17th-century Portuguese missionaries (played by Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who go to Japan, only to find that the shogunate has banned Christianity and ruthlessly snuffs it out everywhere it appears. Things just get worse from there. A lot of critical acclaim for this one, so let’s check it out.

After that is Hour of the Wolf (1968), one of the better-regarded films of one of the most revered directors of all time, Ingmar Bergman, and arguably his only horror film (you could make a case for Persona [1966].) It takes place at night on an isolated island, when a husband (Max von Sydow) tells his wife about his most painful memories, which begin to send him into throes of insanity and hallucination. Things get weird and creepy; what’s real? What’s not? And so on. Big influence on The Lighthouse (2019). Surprisingly, this is both the first Bergman, and the first Swedish film we will have watched on Hextube. A good place to start.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Silence: https://letterboxd.com/film/silence/
• Hour of the Wolf: https://letterboxd.com/film/hour-of-the-wolf/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Silence: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490215/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Hour of the Wolf: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/44641

CWs for Silence:

• Torture.
• Blood and gore.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Decapitation.
• Crucifixion.
• Drowning.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Catholicism.
• Nervous breakdowns.
• Drunkenness.

CWs for Hour of the Wolf:

• Child abuse.
• Dead animals.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Squashed head.
• Eye mutilation.
• Anxiety attacks.
• “Sexual content”. Seems pretty tame to me, though.

Links to movies:

• Silence: https://tankie.tube/w/29zqqtrk6ASkUgjN6Zgxkd
• Hour of the Wolf: https://tankie.tube/w/w8EuVP2eaASxCAzPxrYCEN

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 Contempt (1963), one of the most famous films from one of the most renowned directors of all time, Jean-Luc Godard. We have watched a few of his films over the past few months (Alphaville [1965], Band of Outsiders [1964], La Chinoise [1967], Vivre Sa Vie [1962]). One of the most iconic French New Wave films, it centers on a dejected film producer who has hired director Fritz Lang (played by Lang himself) to make a movie, and the production soon turns into a nightmare destined to bomb at the box office. He hires a screenwriter to fix the situations, but then starts an affair with his wife (played by Brigitte Bardot.) Yeah, this is pretty much the most French thing ever, but it’s a classic, so let’s watch.

After that is Man on the Moon (1999), a biopic starring Jim Carrey as legendary troll comedian Andy Kaufman, featuring all of his most famous bits as he commits to ever-longer and more-complex pranks. It was the final film of director Milos Forman, best-known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and Amadeus (1984). Great reviews for this one, and a few Oscar nominations.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Contempt: https://letterboxd.com/film/contempt/
• Man on the Moon: https://letterboxd.com/film/man-on-the-moon/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Contempt: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057345/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Man on the Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125664/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Contempt:

• Objectification of female characters .
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• French people.
• Domestic violence.
• Smoking.
• Car crash.
• Blood.

CWs for Man on the Moon:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Self-harm.
• Gaslighting.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Blood.
• Cancer.

Links to movies:

• Contempt: https://tankie.tube/w/fPXJZ3TfxBNFn8iS5TPXLL
• Man on the Moon: https://tankie.tube/w/iGpsxWoLxSbRFqRibFyBvW

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 finally come to this: we’re watching capeshit. First up is The Suicide Squad (2021), James Gunn’s much-better-reviewed sequel to Suicide Squad (2016). As with its predecessor, it follows a twisted team of bad guys who aren’t actually bad guys as they kick some butt. Unlike its predecessor, it is rated R, which means a whole lot of swearing and gore. Many people consider this the best film of the DCEU, which is an exceptionally low bar, but still. Looks fun enough; let’s check it out.

Next up is Megamind (2016), Dreamworks’ tale of a supervillain (voiced by Will Ferrell) who finally succeeds at defeating his square-jawed heroic rival (voiced by Brad Pitt), only to discover that his existence is empty without a good guy to fight. What now? Introspection? Romance? New hobbies? Maybe he could even turn good. A lot of people like this one, and zoomers regard it as a classic of their generation, so we’ll give it a whirl. Director is Tom McGrath, the man who gave us, uhh, Boss Baby (2017). Okay, zoomers, this had better be good.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Suicide Squad: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-suicide-squad/
• Megamind: https://letterboxd.com/film/megamind/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Suicide Squad: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/37403
• Megamind: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/18304

CWs for The Suicide Squad:

• Child abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• The abused becomes the abuser.
• Child abuse.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Deaths of animals.
• Sad animals.
• Death of pet.
• Sharks.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Someone is beaten up by a bully.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitation.
• Cannibalism.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Hanging.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of child.
• Suicide.
• Drug overdose.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Possession.
• Nattural bodies of water.
• Trypophobia.
• Vomiting.
• Someone is eaten alive.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Incarceration.
• Electrotherapy.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• PTSD.
• Mental illness.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Misophonia.
• Claustrophobia.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Chronic illness.
• Homelessness.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Helicopter crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Megamind:

• Stalking.
• Child abuse.
• Spiders.
• Crocodiles.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Unconsciousness.
• Suicide.
• Kidnapping.
• Deaths of parents.
• Crying baby.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Ableism.
• Santa spoiled.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Someone is hit by a car.

Links to movies:

• The Suicide Squad: https://tankie.tube/w/dnVb7KPpoAT6aD5XSGoAKa
• Megamind: https://tankie.tube/w/bXHSahVRRUDGN5imh2fcCU