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, by request, is Nashville (1975), which is widely considered one of the best films of the 1970s and of the New Hollywood movement generally. If any movie can be described as a slice-of-epic, this would be it: it follows a couple of dozen characters in a series of vignettes revolving around Nashville’s country music scene, ntersecting with American class, race, gender, and political relations along the way. Director is Robert Altman, whose film 3 Women (1977) we watched last week; we have also watched his The Long Goodbye (1973), Popeye (1980), and The Player (1992). He has an excellent track record, so let’s check out what many consider his magnum opus. This was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 1975.

After that is Eternity (2017), the first Peruvian movie we have shown here; another country to cross off the list. It centers on an elderly indigenous couple living alone in an isolated region of the Andes, who must endure all the hardships and dangers of traditional mountain life as they wait for their son to return. Where has he gone? Is he coming back? Who knows? They have only their trusty llama to help out at home. This is the first feature-film entirely in the Aymara language. High praise for this one across the board, so we’ll give it a whirl. It was the only notable work of director Oscar Catacora before his death in 2021 at age 34.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Nashville: https://letterboxd.com/film/nashville/
• Eternity: https://letterboxd.com/film/eternity-2017/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Nashville: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073440/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Eternity: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8260948/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Nashville:

• Sex. Pretty mild, PG-13 stuff, though.
• Nudity.
• A woman is forced to do a striptease.
• Cheating.
• Fistfighting.
• Profanity.
• N-word.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Eternity:

• Slaughter of animals, offscreen.
• Loneliness.
• Struggling elderly people.

Links to movies:

• Nashville: https://tankie.tube/w/rihsNDED4z7x9V5gjphd3D
• Eternity: https://tankie.tube/w/7ykPeWxW5iWFTz17USZU2w

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 French love triangle Jules and Jim (1962), concerning two buds who happen to fall in love with the same woman, just before WW1. Aa rivalry ensues as their lives pass through the tumultuous decades to follow, and the love triangle persists. This is one of the best-known films of Francois Truffaut, who is most famous for The 400 Blows (1959). We’ve watched some French New Wave classics these past few Thursdays, and this is one of the movement’s canonical films, so let’s keep the ball rolling.

After that is Pi (1998), the debut feature of renowned auteur Darren Aronofsky. We haven’t watched anything by him yet, but he is best-known for Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008), and Black Swan (2010). In Pi, he tells the story of a deranged mathematician who believes his understanding of numerical formulae lets him predict the future. He becomes more and more unhinged as he pursues the master number that will allow him to unlock all of the universe’s remaining secrets. Quite a bit of critical acclaim 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:

• Jules and Jim: https://letterboxd.com/film/jules-and-jim/
• Pi: https://letterboxd.com/film/pi/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Jules and Jim: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/77193
• Pi: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21358

CWs for Jules and Jim:

• Cheating.
• Shower scene.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Sad ending.
• Car crash.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Pi:

• Drug use.
• Deaths of animals.
• Bugs.
• Seizure.
• Self-harm.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Shaky cam.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Jules and Jim: https://tankie.tube/w/fR3P5v5Pg95nPhnVUnGpri
• Pi: https://tankie.tube/w/mSHLqDykriU3MSuKnmEe1K

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 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024); we previously watched the whole saga, so of course we’ll watch the new one, too. The ape empire has now taken over Earth for generations, and reduced the remaining free humans to small nomadic bands who live in constant ear that each day could be their last. One ape defects from the empire, meets some humans, and discovers they aren’t so bad after all, and tries to mediate between the two species. Yep, that sounds like a Hollywood screenplay. We’re not leaving this one unwatched, though. Director is Wes Ball, who is otherwise known for, uhh, The Maze Runner (2014).

Next up is Martin (1977), George Romero’s satire of the vampire mythos, centering on a deranged teenage serial killer who uses a razor and syringe to drink the blood of his victims. Upon moving to a small town to live with his cold and distant cousin, he finds himself suffering withdrawal; blood is his drug, and he needs more. Time to go on the prowl. Tension ensues. This is generaly considered the best non-Living-Dead entry in Romero’s filmography, and a precursor to later vampire deconstructions, such as Vampire’s Kiss (1988) and What We Do in the Shadows (2014). 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:

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: https://letterboxd.com/film/dirty-ho/
• Martin: https://letterboxd.com/film/martin/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1071967
• Martin: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/124637

CWs for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes:

• Stalking.
• Child abuse.
• Death of horse.
• Animal abuse.
• Sad animals.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Stabbing.
• Death of parent.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Underwater scenes.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Martin:

• Sexual assault: vampirism is a metaphor for sexual assault. Also, the main character fondles the breast of one of his victims.
• Mention of sexual assault.
• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drugging of women.
• Withdrawal.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Cannibalism.
• Deaths of parents.
• Cheating.
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Cancer.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Misophonia.
• Suicide.
• Ableist language.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Sad ending.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: https://tankie.tube/w/mrFLCCx7857AtCKQXTtMTS
• Martin: https://tankie.tube/w/eaMAqx6H6f7HBJQH8wunLx

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 Revanche (2008), an Austrian crime thriller about an ex-con Vienna man who begins a relationship with a sex worker and decides to rob a bank to relieve their debts. But uh-oh, things go wrong and he is forced to flee to the country house of his elderly grandfather. Will the cops catch up to him? I guess we’ll find out. This is the only notable film to date of director Gotz Spielmann; he is a one-hit wonder. One of the highest-rated Austrian films on Letterboxd.

Next is Chimes at Midnight (1964), which is Orson Welles’ grand comic tribute to Shakespeare, amalgamating elements from his several of his plays into a new narrative, centered around the rotund, boisterous man-at-arms John Falstaff. Hilarity ensues as this large blowhard butts his way into the political machinations of the English nobility, aided by Welles’ scenery-chewing turn as Falstaff himself. This is considered one of Welles’ best films, and so far, we’ve watched only one of his (The Trial [1962]), 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:

• Revanche: https://letterboxd.com/film/revanche/
• Chimes at Midnight: https://letterboxd.com/film/chimes-at-midnight/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revanche: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173745/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Chimes at Midnight: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059012/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4

CWs for Revanche:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Brothel scenes.
• Blood.
• Pictures of dead people.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Cocaine.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Chimes at Midnight:

• Fat jokes.
• Nudity.
• Brothel scenes, though no sex is depicted.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Alcohol abuse.

Links to movies:

• Revanche: https://tankie.tube/w/8BEi8cMjs7uX9RACdCcrJf
• Chimes at Midnight: https://tankie.tube/w/62jYS7x8jEBKaukKUgYSFF

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 163 through 168 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 conclusion of the SuperS arc, after which Chibiusa goes back to her home planet, and Sailor Stars begins, with a brand-new theme song and a slew of new sailors. After that is Mad God (2021), a dark dystopian fantasy about an assassin who makes his way through a twisted underworld full of gnarly creatures that like killing each other in gory fashion. The film progresses in episodic fashion, conjuring various scenarios specifically designed to show off the skills of veteran stop-motion animator and director Phil Tippett, who did much of the puppeteering work on the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the Robocop movies. He also directed, uhh, Starship Troopers 2 (2004). High praise for this one across the board, 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
• Mad God: https://letterboxd.com/film/mad-god/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Mad God: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/795019

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 Mad God:

• Animal abandonment.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Sad animals.
• Death of pet.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Deaths by crushing.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Infant abduction.
• Death of child.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Vomiting.
• Pooping.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Electrotherapy.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Antisemitic caricatures.
• Ableist slurs.
• Sex between non-humans.
• Nudity.
• Screeching tires.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 163: https://tankie.tube/w/1amu3W1fyCLLvxtk6W3uMc
• Sailor Moon episode 164: https://tankie.tube/w/bHNaNC9E9Yaa19z4dVub8v
• Sailor Moon episode 165: https://tankie.tube/w/qDUy7n7gZoni5PMYoDuoHe
• Sailor Moon episode 166: https://tankie.tube/w/1ezvNv7JkzzgQDbHLwe2oi
• Sailor Moon episode 167: https://tankie.tube/w/xhAvpY1LCXQFq7pRYodEXT
• Sailor Moon episode 168: https://tankie.tube/w/orS4yDKZ7KY91FSBiYLucM
• Mad God: https://tankie.tube/w/nMbq39rdJaZkTPATnXqUes

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 Tokyo Sonata (2008), a Japanese drama about a salaryman who is laid off from his job, and then must hide his sudden unemployment from his family. And uh-oh, this elder son secretly wants to join the American military, and his younger sonn pockets his lunch money to pay for piano lessons, and his wife is kidnapped by a robber-home-invader. I don’t even know how all of this will resolve, but probably not wel. Director is iyoshi Kurosawa, who is best-known for the mind-control crime thriller Cure (1997), which we previously watched. Looks neat; let’s check it out.

After that is 3 Women (1977), a surreal character piece about a pair of roommates, one a lonely twenty-something employee at a spa (Shelley Duvall), and the other her wide-eyed teenage co-worker (Sissy Spacek). After moving in together, their friendship becomes muddled to the point that they swap personalities, a phenomenon further thrown into chaos with the addition of the titular third woman (Janice Rule), a middle-aged, pregnant artist married to a cowboy. This is one of the most acclaimed films of renowned auteur Robert Altman, whose films The Long Goodbye (1973), Popeye (1980), and The Player (1992) we have previously watched; apparently, he based the screenplay directly on one of his dreams, so expect weird stuff. RIP Shelley Duvall.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Tokyo Sonata: https://letterboxd.com/film/tokyo-sonata/
• 3 Women: https://letterboxd.com/film/3-women/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Tokyo Sonata: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/82726
• 3 Women: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057163/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Tokyo Sonata:

• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Kidnapping.
• Attempted sexual assault by aforementioned kidnapper, though he does not ultimately do it.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.

CWs for 3 Women:

• Suicide attempt.
• Sexual harassment.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bugs.
• Someone almost drowns.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Hanging.
• Stillbirth.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Hospital scene
• Fat jokes.
• Ableist language.
• “Sexual content”, but no nudity; looks pretty tame to me.
• Blood.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Tokyo Sonata: https://tankie.tube/w/jtUJscrAdrqdvmkeA7sjrg
• 3 Women: https://tankie.tube/w/2DaUuF3TY2RUNg9dHDGuYN

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 crime-comedy Band of Outsiders (1964), centering on a trio of extremely movie-brained French people, to the point of living their lives as if they live inside a Hollywood narrative, pretending to be cowboys sometimes, and musical tap-dancers at others. Their love of crime movies inspires them to rob a suburban villa and to plan the heist according to their romanticized Hollywoodized preconceptions. The director is, once again, the auteur of auteurs Jean-Luc Godard, whose Alphaville (1965) and La Chinoise (1967) we recently watched. This is considered one of his better films.

After that is Naked Lunch (1991), a film-noir inspired by William S. Burroughs’s novel of the same name, set in a surreal city populated by both humans and giant, sentient insects. A human detective, played by Peter Weller of Robocop fame, also serves as a professional bug killer, only to see his life turned upside down when he take a mysterious new drug, which sees him becoming the lackey of a bug while losing his grip on reality. A whole lot of weirdness follows, courtesy of the legend himself, David Cronenberg. Stay away from the drugs, kids.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Band of Outsiders: https://letterboxd.com/film/band-of-outsiders/
• Naked Lunch: https://letterboxd.com/film/naked-lunch/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Band of Outsiders: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057869/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Naked Lunch: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/237131

CWs for Band of Outsiders:

• References to sex.
• Someone is tied up.
• Gun violence.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

CWs for Naked Lunch:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Bugs.
• A man has sex with a giant centipede, with dubious consent.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal cruelty.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Kidnapping.
• Cheating.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Profanity.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Racist slurs.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Sex.
• Sad ending.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Band of Outsiders: https://tankie.tube/w/qebHikBYnjDVaszREWhPsx
• Naked Lunch: https://tankie.tube/w/onipp8ymKNJgBKwUNBLHxa

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, by popular demand, we will continue the legendary superpowered schoolgirl lesbian anime series Project A-ko, with its fourth installment (1989). Unfortunately, this one has not been remastered yet, as far as I am aware, so we will watch the DVD rip. Nevertheless,Ako continues to rock.

After that is Dirty Ho (1979), a Hong Kong kung-fu comedy about an incognito prince who pretends to be a humble jeweller. Despite his martial-arts skills, he is menaced by a gang of thieves, prompting him to hire the titular Ho as his bodyguard. A whole lot of punching, kicking, and hilarity ensue. Director is Kar-leung, whose films The 38th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) and The 8-Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) we already watched. This is considered one of his best films, so let’s check it out.

Last is Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), one of the best-known teen comedies of the 1980s following the episodic exploits of a group of high-schoolers as they navigate the worlds of drugs, work, romance, and rock ‘n’ roll, with various comic antics along the way. Features Sean Penn in his first leading role. Arguably the earliest big mainstream Hollywood hit directed by a woman, Amy Heckerling, who is otherwise known for Clueless (1995) and Look Who’s Talking (1989). It’s a classic, 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:

• Project A-ko 4: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-4-final/
• Dirty Ho: https://letterboxd.com/film/dirty-ho/
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High: https://letterboxd.com/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Project A-ko 4: No DTDD links for the Ako sequel, but it’s the same stuff as the first one, so I will just link to that: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/886553
• Dirty Ho: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079432/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Fast Times at Ridgemontt High: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14827

CWs for Project A-ko 4:

• “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 Dirty Ho:

• Slapstiick violence.
• Fistfights.
• Blood.

CWs for Fast Times at Ridgemont High:

• Drug use.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Spiders.
• Snakes.
• A teenage girl has sex with a twenty-something-year-old man.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Cheating.
• Vomiting.
• Hospital scene.
• Crying baby.
• Profanity.
• Abortion.
• Babies.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Hate speech.
• Age gap.
• Sex.
• Loss of virginity.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Blood.
• Guns.

Links to movies:

• Project A-ko 4: https://tankie.tube/w/vzmiLieFdsYbijGqp71s23
• Dirty Ho: https://tankie.tube/w/mrFLCCx7857AtCKQXTtMTS
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High: https://tankie.tube/w/eaMAqx6H6f7HBJQH8wunLx

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 Fireworks (1997), aka Hana-bi, a police drama about an aging cop who’s had enough of the force and just wants to get out, amidst mounting difficulties in both his personal life and his job. He starts making some rash decisions, and things start going downhill from there. ACAB: The Movie. The film is directed by and stars renowned auteur Takeshi Kitano, whose yakuza story Sonatine (1997) and buddy comedy Kikujiro (1999) we previously watched. This is considered by many to be his magnum opus. Sounds good; let’s watch.

Next is The Train (1964), a WW2 thriller about a ruthless Nazi general who wants to transport a collection of looted artifacts out of France via train during the Allied invasion in 1944. The French Resistance catches wind of the plan, and a small band of them pursues and boards the train to keep it from leaving France, taking out some Nazis along the way. This is a Hollywoodized take on WW2, the kind where the French and German characters all speak English, but it is considered one of tbe best of its kind. Director is John Frankenheimer, who is otherwise best-known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and face-transplant drama Seconds (1966), the latter of which we previously watched.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Fireworks: https://letterboxd.com/film/fireworks-1997/
• The Train: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-train/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Hana-bi: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119250/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Train: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059825/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Fireworks:

• Suicide.
• Terminal illness.
• Beatings.
• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.
• Police brutality.
• Stabbing.
• Eye trauma.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

CWs for The Train:

• War crimes.
• Nazis.
• Explosions.
• Gun violence.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Train crash.
• Leg injury.

Links to movies:

• Fireworks: https://tankie.tube/w/1u9stgoQMF5MDeLQVceVmR
• The Train: https://tankie.tube/w/3iYW7hDEDvkxmNnf5tQ4XP

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 157 through 162 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 SuperS arc, which focuses particularly on Chibiusa and her silly aatics, as well as the bad guy’s various attempts to obtain Pegasus.

After that is A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), the first feature film based on Charles Schulz’s legendary comic strip Peanuts. This one follows Charlie as he fails at life, as usual, facing the relentless derision of his peers. But wait! This time, he has a chance to redeem himself when he advances to the national spelling bee finals. Will he triumph and prove his doubters wrong? I guess we’ll have to watch and find out. This is directed by Bill Melendez, who also helmed most of the Peanuts TV specials, including A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965). Excellent reviews everywhere for this, so we’re giving 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
• A Boy Named Charlie Brown: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-boy-named-charlie-brown/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• A Boy Named Charlie Brown: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064107/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4

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 Boy Named Charlie Brown:

• Bullying.
• Public humiliation.
• Ableism.
• Exisentialism.
• Depression.
• Social anxiety.
• Animal abuse.
• Cartoon violence.
• Bath scene.
• Explosions.
• Gun violence.
• Child nudity.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 157: https://tankie.tube/w/oQVVFBiNbvdKW642FiSGgZ
• Sailor Moon episode 158: https://tankie.tube/w/dcBTHWBJ8eZvuJBUZMa66C
• Sailor Moon episode 159: https://tankie.tube/w/gJyQG5EuzmqGsuoCs6fPYM
• Sailor Moon episode 160: https://tankie.tube/w/cFPU8rKuVcFCTmcDo4wJgP
• Sailor Moon episode 161: https://tankie.tube/w/5qu97r5DzvB5rS1Pp27YYs
• Sailor Moon episode 162: https://tankie.tube/w/5ZWQsjdAZGnXPiJGuZ7XUe
• A Boy Named Charlie Brown: https://tankie.tube/w/siZ4216NxkDJsCVafDvgv4

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 Blind Chance (1987), a Polish drama about a tale told three times, with one point of divergence where the main character runs after a train he is about to miss. The three variations show how his life goes in different directions stemming from this one incident, up to and including a career in the Communist Party. If this premise sounds familiar, that is because the movies Sliding Doors (1998) and Run Lola Run (1998) both lifted from it. This is both our first-ever Polish film, and our first film from renowned auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski, who is best-known for the Three Colors trilogy (1993-4) and the Decalogue (1989) series. This is one of his best-regarded works, so let’s check it out.

After that is Hud (1963), a neo-western starring Paul Newman as a surly, violent, alcoholic, conniving, ruthless asshole cowboy who uses and abuses everyone around him. He pursues his will without regard for rules or the law, straining his relationship with his moral father and his adoring nephew along the way. What will become of this symbol of alienated youth? I guess we’ll have to watch and see. This is considered one of Newman’s best roles, and arguably the magnum opus of director Martin Ritt, who is otherwise best-known for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) and Norma Rae (1979).

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Blind Chance: https://letterboxd.com/film/blind-chance/
• Hud: https://letterboxd.com/film/hud/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Blind Chance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084549/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Hud: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057163/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Blind Chance:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Plane crash.
• Explosion.

CWs for Hud:

• Attempted sexual assault. It’s the 60s, so it doesn’t get very far, but the implications are clear.
• Kissing.
• Profanity.
• Animal cruelty.
• Deaths of animals.
• Alcohol.
• Drunkenness.
• Cheating.
• Fistfight.
• Drunk driving.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• Blind Chance: https://tankie.tube/w/53jnFandrhDasWPCYSkHHM
• Hud: https://tankie.tube/w/vqbLV4iTEm7tq3etPqH6k7

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 Anti-Imperialism Night, 8PM EST, first up is La Chinoise (1967), centering on a group of French students who discover Maoism and move toward direct action in sparking a communist revolution. Cue sectarian struggle. It is generally credited as a major ideological influence on the May 1968 student uprising in France, which more-or-less shut down the country for a few weeks. I’ll respect that. Director is the master himself, Jean-Luc Godard, whose dystopian sci-fi Alphaville (1965) we recently watched. Looks cool; let’s watch.

After that is the zombie horror-comedy The Return of the Living Dead (1985), an alternate sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1968) made without George Romero’s involvement (he directed Day of the Dead [1985] the same year), due to a rights dispute. Instead, its director is Dan O’Bannon, who is better-known as the writer of Alien (1979) and Total Recall (1990); ths is his only directorial effort of note. A strange gas at a warehouse starts reanimating the dead, and they soon start terrorizing America in their quest to eat brains. Hilarity and spookiness ensue. It s considered one of the best zombie films of all time. Uncritical support to the zombies in their heroic struggle to liberate the world from the genocidal Usian empire.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• La Chinoise: https://letterboxd.com/film/la-chinoise/
• The Return of the Living Dead: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• La Chinoise: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061473/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• The Return of the Living Dead: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12141

CWs for La Chinoise:

• Nudity.
• Smoking.
• Gun violence.
• Blood.
• Suicide.

CWs for The Return of the Living Dead:

• Death of dog.
• Drug use.
• Blood and gore.
• Zombies.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Cannibalism.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Broken bones.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Eye mutilation.
• Jump scares.
• Vomiting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Homelessness.
• Car crash.
• Screeching tires.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• La Chinoise: https://tankie.tube/w/a6NY1nkHAc7qfsuHQuyttp
• The Return of the Living Dead: https://tankie.tube/w/d8kyVJmcTdDana8pHbaKtb