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 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

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 19 through 24 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 Nephrite arc, including his doomed romance with Naru. After that is Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron (2023), since a decent-quality camrip has finally appeared. In this latest highly-acclaimed addition to the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki, a yonng boy loses his mother, and attempts to cope as he deals with his stepmother, who looks just like his mom, and a mysterious talking bird who heckles him. Drama ensues. Great reviews for this one, so we’re giving it a whirl.

We’ll start at 9PM 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 Boy and the Heron: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-boy-and-the-heron/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Boy and the Heron: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/46347

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 Boy and the Heron:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Stalking.
• Smoking.
• Death of parent.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.
• Blood and gore.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Bugs.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Deaths by crushing.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Deaths by falling.
• Stabbing.
• Suicide.
• Kidnapping.
• Jump scares.
• Ghosts.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Razors.
• Poop.
• Destruction of priceless artifact.
• PTSD.
• Self-harm.
• Unstable reality.
• Misophonia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Underwater scenes.
• Screaming.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Pregnancy.
• Debate over existentialism.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. I have the files, but the most convenient way to upload them is to replace one of the earlier videos while a later video is playing.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 7 through 12 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 downfall of Jadeite and the beginning of the Nephrite arc. After that is French slapstick fairy-tale cartoon The King and the Mockingbird (1952/1980), concerning a bird that uses all of his wits to end the reign of terror of a tyrannical king. It originally released in incomplete form in 1952, and, in that form, was a major influence on the work of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Director Paul Grimault eventually completed it, and the whole film was released in 1980; this is by far his best-known work, and his only feature. It is often considered the best animated French film of all time, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 9PM 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 King and the Mockingbird: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-king-and-the-mockingbird/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The King and the Mockingbird: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/46347

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 King and the Mockingbird:

• Cartoon violence.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. I have the files, but the most convenient way to upload them is to replace one of the earlier videos while a later video is playing.

For this Friday Movie Night, we’re watching two of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year. First up is the best-reviewed Pakistani film of any kind to date: Joyland (2022), a romance about a young man from a conservative family who gets into dance theatre and starts woogin’ for a trans actor. Romance and struggle ensue. Pretty much universal acclaim for this one since its Western premiere earlier this year, and really, how often does a Pakistani gay romance come along? Let’s watch. After that will be the first of our Christmas-themed films this month, with the highly-acclaimed new dramedy The Holdovers (2023), the latest film of Oscar darling Alexander Payne (Election [1999], Sideways [2004], Nebraska [2013]). Some students at a prep school are too poor to go home for Christmas break, so a curmudgeonly professor (played by Paul Giamatti) has to look after them. Hilarity and feel-good antics ensue. Will they learn to understand each toher? Who can say? Anyway, this is likely to be up for some awards, and has received extremely good reviews, so we’re checking it out.

We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Joyland: https://letterboxd.com/film/joyland-2022/
• The Holdovers: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-holdovers/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Joyland: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/885225
• The Holdovers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/789816

CWs for Joyland:

• Alcohol abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Someone wets themselves.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide.
• Flashing lights.
• Pregnancy.
• Death of pregnant person.
• Childbirth.
• Homophobia.
• Homophobic slurs.
• “Man in a dress” joke.
• Sex.
• Sad ending.
• Blood and gore.

CWs for The Holdovers:

• Child abandonment.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Dislocated shoulder.
• Death of child.
• Someone wets themselves.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Depression.
• Black character dies first.
• Sex jokes. No sex decpicted.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Joyland: https://vimeo.com/892786863
• The Holdovers: https://vimeo.com/892789373

For this Sunday Slop Night, first up is, by request, Hoot (2006), a family film about a trio of kids who team up to stop some evil developers from plowing over the habitat of an endangered owl population. Kids rock? I guess we’ll find out. This is the only film of director Wil Shriner; he is a one-hit wonder. Second is the highly-acclaimed Italian union drama-comedy, The Organizer, about a well-read socialist professor at the turn of the 20th century who tries to organize a strike of textile workers, and has to deal with false consciousness and liberalism every step of the way. Director is Mario Monicelli, who also did the anti-Rififi film Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), which was a hit when we watched it a month ago. Superb reviews across the board for this one, so let’s give it a shot. Last for the night is Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train (1989), a comedy following several storylines of odd characters during a night in Memphis, Tennessee, including a ditzy bellboy, a Japanese tourist couple, and a trio of bumbling thieves. Steve Buscemi is in it. The previous Jarmusch movies we’ve watched (Down By Low, Ghost Dog) have been great, and this is supposed to be one of his best. Let’s watch.

We’ll start early this evening, at 7:15PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Hoot: https://letterboxd.com/film/hoot/
• The Organizer: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-organizer/
• Mystery Train: https://letterboxd.com/film/mystery-train/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Hoot: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/17240
• The Organizer: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Mystery Train: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/32043

CWs for Hoot:

• Animal abuse.
• Comic violence.
• Sexual innuendos.

CWs for The Organizer:

• Someone is hit and killed by a train.
• Worker abuse.
• Poverty.
• Angry mobs.
• Capitalism.

CWs for Mystery Train:

• Alcohol abuse.
• Smoking.
• Bugs.
• Ghosts.
• Suicidal ideation.
• N-words.
• “Sexual content”. Seems pretty tame to me, though.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. I have the files, but the most convenient way to upload them is to replace one of the earlier videos while a later video is playing.

For this Friday Movie Night, we’re watching one of the all-time classics of Indian cinema: Nayakan (1987)! Imagine The Godfather, but in Tamil, and with the melodrama cranked to max, and a bunch of song-and-dance numbers thrown in. Dude gets too far in with the mob, and then he becomes the mob. We have not watched much from India, despite the size of its film industry, so we may as well start with one of its most critically-acclaimed, canonical works; nothing but praise for this one from pretty much all corners. It is considered the magnum opus of director Mani Ratnam. Okay, we’ll give it a try. After that will be our obligatory God Damn America entry for the week, with Frances Ha (2012), directed by critical darling Noah Baumbach (Manchester by the Sea, among others) and starring another critical darling, Greta Gerwig, who is now better-known as the director of Barbie (2023). She plays an aspiring dancer trying to launch her career in New York, and finds that showbiz sucks ass. Excellent reviews for this one pretty much everywhere, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Nayakan: https://letterboxd.com/film/nayakan/
• Frances Ha: https://letterboxd.com/film/frances-ha/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Nayakan: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093603/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Frances Ha: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16834

CWs for Nayakan:

• Sex. No nudity depicted.
• Blood and gore.
• Beatings.
• Gun violence.
• Death of parent.
• Torture.
• Police brutality.
• A bottle is smashed over someone’s head.
• Vomiting.
• Stabbing.
• Child abuse.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Strangulation.
• Eye trauma.
• Spree killing.
• Explosions.
• Someone is set on fire.
• Profanity.
• Ableist language.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol.
• Death by hanging.

CWs for Frances Ha:

• Alcohol abuse.
• Vomiting.
• Miscarriage.
• Discussion of sex.

Links to movies:

• Nayakan: https://vimeo.com/890460752
• Frances Ha: https://vimeo.com/890466021