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 Woman in the Dunes (1964), which is widely regarded as one of the best Japanese films of all time, being currently ranked #31 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. A man and a woman are trapped in a pit in a seaside village by some sadistic villagers; they endure great hardship as they attempt to survive and escape. A bunch of surreal and impressionistic events follow. It is considered the magnum opus of director Hiroshi Teshigahara, whose face-transplant drama The Face of Another (1966) we previously watched. It’s a classic, so let’s check it out.

Next is The Farewell (2019), the story of a Chinese-American woman who must attend a family reunion back in China hen her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer. But there’s a twist: everyone decides to conceal the diagnosis from grandma herself, and must pretend everything is just fine. In fact, they decide to stage a wedding just to keep the masquerade going. Both comedy and drama ensue. This is the only notable directing credit to date of director Lulu Wang; it received rave reviews, 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:

• Woman in the Dunes: https://letterboxd.com/film/woman-in-the-dunes/
• The Farewell: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-farewell-2019/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Woman in the Dunes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058625/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Farewell: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19970

CWs for Woman in the Dunes:

• Sexual assault: at about 62 minutes, the villagers encourage the man to have sex with the woman, who is not in much of a position to refuse. A rather long, though not-very-graphic sex scene follows; pretty much just close-ups of their faces.
• Nudity.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Farewell:

• Alcoholism.
• Drunkenness.
• Senility.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Hospital scene.
• Cancer.
• Fat jokes.

Links to movies:

• Woman in the Dunes: https://tankie.tube/w/aPVm13oNhWMEeRokKGPHaw
• The Farewell: https://tankie.tube/w/kVukU8uGpkZoQsaPHzXDka

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 181 through 186 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 A Scanner Darkly (2006), a rotoscoped sci-fi thriller from Richard Linklater, based on the Philip K. Dick story of the same name and made in similar style to Linklater’s earlier Waking Life (2001), which we previously watched. A future cop, played by Keanu Reeves, takes a new drug that causes him to lose his grip on reality. A whole bunch of weird and surreal encounters ensue, largely involving one-sided conversations with various eccentric characters. Looks cool; let’s watch.

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
• A Scanner Darkly: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-scanner-darkly/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• A Scanner Darkly: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/17452

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 A Scanner Darkly:

• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bugs.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Mental institution scene.
• Sex.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 181: https://tankie.tube/w/aiLfYcZ3X3vziY5GgVusj7
• Sailor Moon episode 182: https://tankie.tube/w/cadcb7XTSvTwGu3QQe3kfQ
• Sailor Moon episode 183: https://tankie.tube/w/dAFdSJ3SbuMCMVYPunDhoS
• Sailor Moon episode 184: https://tankie.tube/w/aycxsHEy3MpXPJBXGfzC9q
• Sailor Moon episode 185: https://tankie.tube/w/hC5mmJvCqEqcoUoVsMN9eB
• Sailor Moon episode 186: https://tankie.tube/w/s3i3Jc1y7Tmnj8syVCfkhW
• A Scanner Darkly: https://tankie.tube/w/5o8q2uFfB3shbGA15f6jjm

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 Amarcord (1973), a series of comic vignettes set in a cartoonish, farcical version of 1930s Italy, in a sleepy seaside town at the height of the Fascist regime. A whole bunch of strange characters and sometimes-fantastical scenarios occur. The director is the maestro himself, Federico Fellini, one of the most renowned Italian filmmakers of all time, responsible for classics such as 8 1/2 (1963), La Strada (1954), and La Dolce Vita (1960). Surprisingly, this will be the first time we’ve watched any of his work. This is supposed to be one of his best, so it seems like a good place to start.

After that is Aftersun (2022), the debut feature of British director Charlotte Wells, who is not known for anything else yet. A father takes his daughter on vacation to Turkey and they do a bunch of fun vacation-y stuff. But wait, could dad be hiding some inner torment behind his outward cheer? Twenty years later, the daughter reminisces on her relationship with her father and realizes what she did not as a child. A simple plot, but one that has garnered widespread critical acclaim; it is currently ranked #221 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Let’s give it a whirl.

BONUS! We will also watch Maya Deren’s 14-minute dreamscape Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), one of the most acclaimed short films of all time, and a landmark in avant-garde cinema. Major influence on David Lynch and about a million other directors.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Amarcord: https://letterboxd.com/film/amarcord/
• Aftersun: https://letterboxd.com/film/aftersun/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Amarcord: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071129/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Aftersun: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/887247

CWs for Amarcord:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Nude child in a non-sexual context.
• Domestic violence.
• Fascism.
• Torture.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

CWs for Aftersun:

• Child abandonment.
• Death of parent.
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Suicide attempt.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• Crying baby.
• Shaky cam.
• Profanity.
• Obscene gestures.
• Flashing lights.
• Nudity.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Meshes of the Afternoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF9oAbOn2og
• Amarcord: https://tankie.tube/w/web1nEovb3NTzSV6Fx63Vr
• Aftersun: https://tankie.tube/w/dQaf5AkDuDM2X7jwPYrNuZ

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 Holy Motors (2012), a French surrealist fantasy about a Parisian man who is supernaturally able to disguise himself, changing his age, gender, and even species at will; a limo takes him to nine different appointments in one night, and he assumes the identity of a different person each time, observing and influencing events as he sees fit, in episodic fashion. Director is Leos Carax, who is otherwise best-known for The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), which we have not yet watched. This received a whole bunch of accolades when it came out, so let’s watch.

After that is The Road (2009), an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name. A dad (played by Viggo Mortensen) treks through a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic wasteland, trying to survive with his son. Surely this will end happily. This was one of the chief influences on The Last of Us, as well as the rest of the “sad dad” genre of video games. It is the best-known film to date of director John Hillcoat.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Holy Motors: https://letterboxd.com/film/holy-motors/
• The Road: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-road/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Holy Motors: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/18976
• The Road: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/18174

CWs for Holy Motors:

• Shaving.
• Finger mutilation.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Blood and gore.
• Kidnapping.
• Spitting.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Homelessness.
• Gun violence.

CWs for The Road:

• Death of dog.
• Child abandonment.
• Stalking.
• Child abuse.
• Dead animals.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Shaving.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Cannibalism.
• Amputation.
• Hanging.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Childbirth.
• Babies.
• Nudity.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Holy Motors: https://tankie.tube/w/fMRAzYjsahARBk1G9rqs9n
• The Road: https://tankie.tube/w/g2J15Qn75BW2awTESdiZoU

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 A Hero Never Dies (1998), which centers on a pair of underlings to rival kingpins, who at first are pitted against each other, but then decide to join forces against their bosses. Dudes then proceed to rock. A whole lot of shootouts ensue, in a stylish manner that will be familiar to anyone who has seen the likes of John Woo’s Hard-Boiled (1992). This is one of the best-regarded works of fellow action director Johnnie To, whose film Exiled (2006) we previously watched. Looks cool; let’s check it out.

Next up is The People’s Joker (2022), which is, at long last, available digitally. It centers on a trans woman working in comedy in the Batman universe, coming to terms with her gender identity while attempting to resist the overbearing influence of a fascist superhero. It uses actual clips from Joker (2019), as well as footage of prior Jokers, to illustrate her journey into full Jokerification. Almost the entire crew on the movie was LGBT; it was made on a shoestring budget, most of the contributors working for free. It has already attained a cult following, 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:

• A Hero Never Dies: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-hero-never-dies/
• The People’s Joker: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-peoples-joker/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• A Hero Never Dies: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• The People’s Joker: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/762952

CWs for A Hero Never Dies:

• Sex.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

CWs for The People’s Joker:

• Abusive parents.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Gaslighting
• Child abuse.
• Drug use.
• Dead animals.
• Carnism.
• Implied pedophilia.
• Hanging.
• Clowns.
• Characters eaten by carnivorous plant.
• Deadnaming.
• Mental institution.
• PTSD.
• Mental illness.
• Suicide.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Misgendering.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Sex.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• A Hero Never Dies: https://tankie.tube/w/9BQxHYqdFjfZKS73UMFYJR
• The People’s Joker: https://tankie.tube/w/1pyu5pjfZ1eFhL7gcig13S

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 A Woman Under the Influence (1974), the magnum opus of renowned auteur John Cassavetes, whose Opening Night (1978) we previously watched. Gena Rowlands stars as the eponymous woman, a mentally-unstable housewife whose husband (played by Columbo himself, Peter Falk) decides to check her into a mental hospital. She comes back after a few months, and then they live happily ever after. Not! It’s Cassavetes, so expect a whole lot of domestic melodrama. This is considered one of the best films of the 1970s and one of the definitive entries in the New Hollywood canon; it is currently ranked #62 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Time to finally cross this one off the list.

Next is The Color of Pomegranates (1969), a surreal Soviet biopic of 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, presenting his life and his various romances through a series of bizarre, impressionistic scenes, intended to evoke a sensation of “visual poetry”. I’ve seen the screenshots, and they look pretty neat, so let’s watch. In the words of one Letterboxd reviewer, “watching this movie made me feel like I was high.” It is the best-known and best-regarded work of director Sergei Parajanov, and one of the most critically-acclaimed of all Soviet films.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• A Woman Under the Influence: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-woman-under-the-influence/
• The Color of Pomegranates: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-color-of-pomegranates/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• A Woman Under the Influence: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/17235
• The Color of Pomegranates: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/37039

CWs for A Woman Under the Influence:

• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Alcoholism.
• Drunkenness.
• Sexual assault: a man forcefully kisses a woman. Nothing else is depicted, though.
• Self-harm.
• Cheating.
• Electrotherapy.
• Needles.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Misophonia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Shaky cam.
• Fat jokes.
• Hate speech.
• Ableism.
• Blood.

CWs for The Color of Pomegranates:

• Animal cruelty.
• Deaths of animals.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• A Woman Under the Influence: https://tankie.tube/w/dyC2UpEUQwrvbAUt17ektH
• The Color of Pomegranates: https://tankie.tube/w/ogqrvMttMXbtDAS7uTMny1

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 175 through 180 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 Persepolis (2007), a French coming-of-age tale based on the autobiographical graphic novel of the same name by Marjane Satrapi; she also directed the film, in her only notable directing credit to date. It follows a teenage girl in the last days of the much-hated shah’s regime, followed by his ouster and replacement by Islamist fundamentalists, followed by Iraq’s invasion of Iran. Drama ensues as sociopolitical conditions worsen. It won a bunch of awards, and was nominated for both the Best Animated Feature Oscar and the Palme d’Or at Cannes; it is one of the highest-rated animated films on Letterboxd, also. 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
• Persepolis: https://letterboxd.com/film/persepolis/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Persepolis: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/39515

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 Persepolis:

• Drug use.
• Smoking.
• Implied sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Hanging.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Death of child.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Vomiting.
• Incarceration.
• Hospital scene.
• PTSD.
• Suicide attempt.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Racism against Japanese people.
• Ableism.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Someone loses their virginity.
• Homelessness.
• Existentialism.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 175: https://tankie.tube/w/4W8v8Qzi6DMhuC9ZmXqk1H
• Sailor Moon episode 176: https://tankie.tube/w/b1g9JgQRcVG2dXG3kfJjuY
• Sailor Moon episode 177: https://tankie.tube/w/7nEp5DLzvDFtNaRUuYdoop
• Sailor Moon episode 178: https://tankie.tube/w/5Go7sNHa58u3TVGX87V2MP
• Sailor Moon episode 179: https://tankie.tube/w/tyyXtmXsLcxZbpNX9qzHdF
• Sailor Moon episode 180: https://tankie.tube/w/kjYGk3hCqxKME3SZAVS2UD
• Persepolis: https://tankie.tube/w/mNM7qthsmXed9rjmCegNbe

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 Thin Red Line (1998), the WW2 epic of 1998 that isn’t Saving Private Ryan. It follows a regiment of US soldiers during the Guadalcanal campaign of WW2 and their various struggles in the battle against Japan there. This film marked Terence Malick’s return to filmmaking after a twenty-year hiatus, and, as is usual for him, focuses more on dreamlike cinematography and the character’s mental states than on action. Surprisingly, we haven’t watched any Malick yet, but he is otherwise known for Badlands (1973), Days of Heaven (1978), and The Tree of Life (2011). He won a whole bunch of awards for this in ‘98, and got a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Let’s check it out.

After that is Vivre Sa Vie (1962), considered by many to be the magnum opus of one of the most renowned filmmakers of all time, Jean-Luc Godard, whose filmography we have mined a few times (Alphaville [1965], La Chinoise [1967], Band of Outsiders [1964]). He famously did not write a full script for this, instead producing only a single page listing twelve episodes in the life of a young woman (played by Anna Karina) as she descends into prostitution, letting the actors improvise the details until they produced something he liked. This is considered one of the definitive entries in the French New Wave canon. Sounds cool; let’s watch. In case you are wondering, the title is typically translated as “My Life to Live”.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Thin Red Line: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-thin-red-line/
• Vivre Sa Vie: https://letterboxd.com/film/vivre-sa-vie/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Thin Red Line: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/25270
• Vivre Sa Vie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056663/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for The Thin Red Line:

• Drug use.
• Animal cruelty.
• Deaths of animals.
• Snakes.
• Bugs.
• Broken bones.
• Genital trauma.
• Finger mutilation.
• Explosions.
• Gun violence.
• Cheating.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Shaky cam.
• Misgendering.
• Racist slurs.
• “Sexual content”. Seems pretty tame to me, but there you go.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Vivre Sa Vie:

• Nudity.
• Prostitution. Sex is not directly depicted, though.
• Poverty.
• Gun violence.
• Smoking.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• The Thin Red Line: https://tankie.tube/w/bTDCEZr6wjwvYtWTH5k5oB
• Vivre Sa Vie: https://tankie.tube/w/1PZKYvREs1hx1at7J4bUcU

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 Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), a Western anthology from the Hextue-favorite Coen Bros. The six stories include a whole bunch of wacky Wild West antics, including gunslingers, bank robbers, prospectors, prostitutes, and a migrating wagon party. This is the Coens’ most popular film we haven’t watched yet, so let’s give it a whirl.

After that is High Fidelity (2000), a rom-com about a pair of record-store employees (John Cusack and Jack Black) who try to compensate for the emptiness of their lives with pedantic audiophile nerd-dom. After one of them is dumped for being boring, he seeks out his exes to find out where it all went wrong. Will he find love again, or be doomed to a life of vinyl pedantry? We’ll find out soon enough. Director is Stephen Frears, who is otherwise known for Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and, uhh, The Queen (2006). A lot of people like this one; hope they’re right.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/
• High Fidelity: https://letterboxd.com/film/high-fidelity/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16761
• High Fidelity: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/28781

CWs for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs:

• Animal abandonment.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Death of horse.
• Dead animals.
• Death of pet.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Finger mutilation.
• Hanging.
• Asphyxiation.
• Choking.
• Body horror.
• Tooth damage.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Death by falling.
• Death of family member.
• Jump scares.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Spitting.
• Smoking.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicide.
• Jump scares.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Babies.
• Ableism.
• Implied sex.
• Prostitution.
• Homelessness.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

CWs for High Fidelity:

• Stalking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Tooth damage.
• Ableist slurs.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Abortion.
• Babies.
• “Sexual content”. Looks pretty tame to me, though.

Links to movies:

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: https://tankie.tube/w/bfLRvatFweXAcTGKWRcorN
• High Fidelity: https://tankie.tube/w/6eeNfw3xRmzb7eUQBqSjzd

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, we are fulfilling two long-standing requests. First up is Shaolin Soccer (2001), a Hong Kong kung-fu/sports hybrid from martial-arts maestro Stephen Chow, who is better-known for Kung Fu Hustle (2004), which we previously watched. A group of brothers, all Shaolin monks, decide to form a soccer team after discovering that their martial-arts skills could give them an advantage. Hilarity ensues. Yep, that’s the whole premise. A lot of people like this one, though, so let’s watch.

Next up is Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010), a horror-comedy about the titular pair of rednecks, who a group of college kids suspect of being murderers, only to discover that no, a zombie outbreak is underway, and the duo is the best chance they have to even the odds. A whole lot of gore and dismemberment follows from there. This is by far the best-known and best-regarded film of director Eli Craig, who is not known for much of anything otherwise.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Shaolin Soccer: https://letterboxd.com/film/shaolin-soccer/
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil: https://letterboxd.com/film/tucker-and-dale-vs-evil/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Shaolin Soccer: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20644
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12445

CWs for Shaolin Soccer:

• Drug use.
• Broken bones.
• Spitting.
• Fat jokes.

CWs for Tucker and Dale vs. Evil:

• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bugs.
• Mention of sexual assault.
• Sexual assault: a drunk man kisses a sober woman after she wants him to stop.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Shaving.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Dismemberment.
• Hand damage.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Amputation.
• Hanging.
• Unconsciousness.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Stabbing.
• Death of child.
• Kidnapping.
• Jump scares.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Hospital scene.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Screaming.
• Obscene language.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Shaolin Soccer: https://tankie.tube/w/38kDua8fQjDhkQ1YFmpW6p
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil: https://tankie.tube/w/sViPESvmW4PK52oGahZDPG

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 Voyage to Cythera (1984), a Greek drama about an old communist who returns home after spending 32 years in the Soviet Union. He wanders around listlessly thinking, “wtf is this shit?” Did Greece really get this bad in his absence? Apparently so. God Damn the West: The Movie. This is one of the best-regarded films of Greece’s most renowned filmmaker, Theo Angelopoulos. He is his country’s version of, say, Wim Wenders; many reviews compare this film to Paris, Texas (1984) in its depiction of a directionless old man, out of place in the modern world. Expect a lot of long takes and quiet contemplation. Excellent reviews for this one, so we’ll give it a watch.

Next is Saving Face (2004), a rom-com centered around an Asian-American woman, who is secretly a lesbian, and her mother, who is secretly having an extramarital affair. Will their secrets be revealed to each other? Probably. Hilarity ensues along the way, along with identity struggles and attempts to meet family expectations, and so on. This is the best-regarded film of director Alice Wu, and it has an extremely high rating 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:

• Voyage to Cythera: https://letterboxd.com/film/voyage-to-cythera/
• Saving Face: https://letterboxd.com/film/saving-face/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Voyage to Cythera: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Saving Face: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15209

CWs for Voyage to Cythera:

• Capitalism.
• Depression.
• Homelessness.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Saving Face:

• Carnism.
• Death of parent.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Discussion of abortion.
• Fat jokes.
• Homophobia.
• Racist parent.
• “Sexual content”. Seems pretty mild to me, though.

Links to movies:

• Voyage to Cythera: https://tankie.tube/w/rs88AiXFAHTY4YwrNoCbPo
• Saving Face: https://tankie.tube/w/88wWnZhvM7cnmZCxB3qbH6

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 169 through 174 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 Mind Game (2004), widely considered the magnum opus of renowned auteur Masaki Yuasa. This is the only one of his features that we have yet to watch, so let’s cross it off the list, finally. A loser pines after his childhood girlfriend, and is then killed by the yakuza; to get back to Earth, he must journey through heaven, hell, and back. A whole bunch of weird yet stylish stuff happens from there. This is one of the best-reviewed anime films of all time, 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
• Mind Game: https://letterboxd.com/film/mind-game/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Mind Game: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/39515

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 Mind Game:

• A skeevy sexual assault scene about 16 minutes in; a man climbs on top of a woman and tears her clothes, and is then foiled. For added yikes factor, the scene is blocked as a POV shot, i.e., from the assaulter’s perspective. This scene is why I felt cagey about showing this film until now, despite frequent requests, but eh, enough people want to watch, and I’ll put a CW in chat before it happens.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Carnism.
• Deaths of animals.
• Bugs.
• Squashed head.
• Broken bones.
• Cheating.
• Shower scene.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Audio gore.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Flashing lights.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Sex.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 169: https://tankie.tube/w/7fivfVranAYutMdiqBmxLU
• Sailor Moon episode 170: https://tankie.tube/w/tMw2WEKrTufD7DSJeVaApi
• Sailor Moon episode 171: https://tankie.tube/w/1onKghrW3WuTeyh2Gt74r3
• Sailor Moon episode 172: https://tankie.tube/w/tFtp8UpQVnxHpg93NVweMd
• Sailor Moon episode 173: https://tankie.tube/w/gf2XHCUBtytFbAZ9En18L6
• Sailor Moon episode 174: https://tankie.tube/w/qp1qroaCJFHh3r3rsqaUni
• Mind Game: https://tankie.tube/w/rP8RDNVuZqkzPjf25Go7Dr