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, first up is Watari the Ninja Boy (1966), an adaptation of a manga about a kid ninja who infiltrates an evil clan to take out some bad guys. A whole lot of cartoonish antics follow, along with sword fights, musical numbers, and animated sequences. This is the sort of movie that seems to have been written by a ten-year-old. Looks fun; let’s check it out.

After that is Death Becomes Her, a fantasy-comedy about an aging actress (Goldie Hawn) who decides to take an immortality potion as part of a plan to murder her rival (Meryl Streep) and take back her ex-fiance (Bruce Willis). Unfortunately, the potion doesn’t quite work as planned, and things spiral out of control from there. Hilarity ensues. Director is Robert Zemeckis, the guy behind Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Forrest Gump (1994). As with those, this film was lauded for its groundbreaking special effects, which often cross into a comedic version of body horror.

BONUS: we will also watch the 80s action spoof Kung Fury (2015), which was a Youtube sensation back in 2015.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: https://letterboxd.com/film/watari-the-ninja-boy/
• Death Becomes Her: https://letterboxd.com/film/death-becomes-her/
• Kung Fury: https://letterboxd.com/film/kung-fury/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Death Becomes Her: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16708

CWs for Watari the Ninja Boy:

• Slapstick violence.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Death Becomes Her:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Alcoholism.
• Someone is drugged.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Throat mutilation.
• Decapitation.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Death by falling.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scene.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Dissociation.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Body dysphoria.
• Claustrophobia.
• Eating disorder.
• Screaming.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Fat jokes.
• Fat shaming.
• Age gap.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• References to sex.
• Fat suits.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: https://tankie.tube/w/pskUTpRHBwMz39hv4vBMX6
• Death Becomes Her: https://tankie.tube/w/snMmpr2au3ZAYuWtfS9L4U
• Kung Fury: https://youtu.be/bS5P_LAqiVg

Yep, it’s come to this: we’re watching a Marvel movie. Once tonight’s vice-presidential debate has wrapped up (it runs from 9PM EST to ~10:30PM), come over to the Hextube movie channel to watch one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, which brings together Deadpool and the most popular X-Man at last through time-travel shenanigans. Hilarity ensues, and so on.

We’ll start at 10:40PM EST, right here:

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Deadpool and Wolverine: https://letterboxd.com/film/anantaram/

Doesthedogdie.com link:

• Deadpool and Wolverine: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1072305

CWs:

• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Jokes about men being sexually assaulted.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitation.
• Death by crushing.
• Choking.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Achilles tendon injury.
• Genital trauma.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Blood and gore.
• Someone sacrifices themselves.
• Able-bodied person plays disabled character.
• Ableist slurs.
• Kidnapping.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Possession.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Cancer.
• Mental illness.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• PTSD.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Babies.
• N-word.
• Misgendering.
• Fat jokes.
• Discussion of religion.
• Objectification of female characters.
• References to sex.
• Terminal illness.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Gun violence.

Link to movie:

https://tankie.tube/w/1JDq6kFh7xFQCdJePCdscH

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 Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986), a WW2 melodrama-comedy-coming-of-age story from renowned Japanese auteur Nobuhiko Obayashi, the guy best-known for House (1977); we have also previously watched Miss Lonely (1985), His Motorbike Her Island (1986), and The Rocking Horsemen (1992). All were good, so we’re returning to the well once again. This one is about a schoolboy growing up in Japan in the late 1930s as the country falls further and further into a nationalistic frenzy. He learns that a girl he knows is abot to be sold into sex work to pay heer dad’s debts, and so, he teams up with some other kids to help her out. A whole lot of over-the-top antics follow, with Obayashi’s usual comic-bookish aesthetic. “Live-action anime” is a common refrain in reviews which are excellent across the board.

Next is Night and the City (1950), a British film-noir about a destitute petty thief who can’t do anything right, and has been reduced to mooching off his girlfriend. Suddenly, he discovers an opportunity to hit the big money as a wrestling promoter, and goes all-in attempting to restore his dignity. I’m sure this will end happily. Director is Jules Dassin, who is otherwise best-known for the French heist thriller Rififi (1955), which we previously watched. This is considered one of the best noirs of the 1950s, 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:

• Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast: https://letterboxd.com/film/bound-for-the-fields-the-mountains-and-the-seacoast/
• Night and the City: https://letterboxd.com/film/night-and-the-city/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Night and the City: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042788/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ov_at_stry_4

CWs for Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast:

• Implied sex work.
• Fistfighting.
• Slapstick violence.
• Misogyny.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Fascism.
• Indoctrination of children.
• Bullying.

CWs for Night and the City:

• Wrestling.
• Slapping.
• Misogyny.
• Fistfighting.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Suicide.
• Strangulation.

Links to movies:

• Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast: https://tankie.tube/w/5NqiKzAKMon1T4KYUD6kc6
• Night and the City: https://tankie.tube/w/cZ3ejEHm277bCVnnxpehR1

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

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more magical girls, and so, we’re going to start what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 31 through 36 tonight.

After that is Transformers One (2024), the animated, critically-acclaimed latest entry in the neverending fighting-robots franchise. This one tells the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron from back when they were buddies on their home planet, Cybertron. Robots proceed to punch other robots. Director is Josh Cooley, a former Pixar guy who helmed Toy Story 4 (2019). Great reviews for this, and a high-quality camrip is already available, so we’ll give it a whirl.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• Transformers One: https://letterboxd.com/film/transformers-one/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• Transformers One: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1073732

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Transformers One:

• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Gaslighting.
• Deaths of animals.
• Spiders.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Throat mutilation.
• Decapitation.
• Body horror.
• Choking.
• Amputations.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Stabbing.
• Someone sacrifices themselves.
• Death of non-human character.
• Kidnapping.
• Incarceration.
• Hospital scene.
• Meltdown.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Car crash.
• Plane crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 31: https://tankie.tube/w/niqppU2NWMBNFD8MSVjZhs
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 32: https://tankie.tube/w/gJcfy9W8ANUZnBPmmEMpv7
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 33: https://tankie.tube/w/tWSzoy6eeCU6cHpUGX7up4
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 34: https://tankie.tube/w/pMJkunctbgD7kYgxuGwqUY
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 35: https://tankie.tube/w/tLRbK22xnFZVU8qSrxCR4g
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 36: https://tankie.tube/w/x83QmXCZLKpR4QZJLcsoNK
• Transformers One: https://tankie.tube/w/8akvwEfvfYkzrZ8xVBguTR

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 Substance (2024), a feminist body horror starrig Demi Moore as a fading Holywood star who decides to use a strange new drug that induces shapeshifting, to create a younger version of herself. What could possibly go wrong? Comparisons to The Thing (1982) and The Fly (1986) are common. Director is Coralie Fargeat, who is otherwise best-known for the similarly-themed Revenge (2017), which we have not watched; this is her best-regarded film to date, and has already been receiving some awards buzz. An excellent camrip is already available, so we’ll check it out.

After that is Drifting Clouds (1996), a romantic dramedy from Aki Kourismaki, the most renowned filmmaker from the bleak, icy wasteland known as Finland. A married couple find themselves both out of work when a recession hits Helsinki; they must both do whatever they can to earn money. Darkly humorous antics follow, in typically Nordic deadpan style. God damn capitalism. This is the highest-rated Finnish film on Letterboxd, and will be the first Finnish film ever shown on Hextube.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Subtance: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-substance/
• Drifting Clouds: https://letterboxd.com/film/drifting-clouds-1996/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Substance: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/861732
• Drifting Clouds: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116752/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for The Substance:

• Stalking.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bugs.
• Slapping of woman.
• Bullying.
• Beatings.
• Hand trauma.
• Dislocations.
• Decapitation.
• Choking.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Finger mutilation.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Jump scares.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Dissociation.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Eating disorder.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Drifting Clouds:

• Stabbing.
• Fistfighting.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• The Substance: https://tankie.tube/w/hjk8t4rYoDsGSNGh7ffp5U
• Drifting Clouds: https://tankie.tube/w/qBowNAEbgAzGVwVCoschft

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 Look of Silence (2015), the sequel to the highly-acclaimed Indonesian death-squad documentary The Act of Killing (2012), and directed again by Joshua Oppenheimer. Unlike its predecessor, which follows the death-squad members, this one focuses on their victims, bringing their family members into contact with the people who killed their friends, children, and relatives. Drama ensues. Highly-acclaimed, just like the previous film, so let’s give it a whirl.

After that is Coffee & Cigarettes (2003), an eleven-part anthology from Jim Jarmusch featuring various humorous vignettes involving people talking while smoking and drinking coffee. Among the featured actors are Bill Murray, Steve Buscemi, Cate Blanchett, Roberto Benigni, the White Stripes, the Wu-Tang Clan, Tom Waits, and Iggy Pop. Yep, it’s a Jarmusch movie. We’re going back in.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Look of Silence: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-look-of-silence/
• Coffee & Cigarettes: https://letterboxd.com/film/coffee-and-cigarettes-2003/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Look of Silence: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521134/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Coffee & Cigarettes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379217/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for The Look of Silence:

• Nudity.
• War crimes.
• PTSD.
• Hate speech.
• Graphic descriptions of atrocities.

CWs for Coffee & Cigarettes:

• Smoking.
• Caffeine addiction.
• Profanity.

Links to movies:

• The Look of Silence: https://tankie.tube/w/pzrHKLd7stc2hS9TmCKwDe
• Coffee & Cigarettes: https://tankie.tube/w/pVEnqzsGPDukY7vJZsarxR

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, first up is The Man Who Saved the World (1982), AKA Turkish Star Wars, a particularly infamous piece of Z-budgeted schlock. A pair of Turkish space adventurers duel an evil space wizard and his minions on an alien planet; a whole lot of fighting follows, along with footage blatantly lifted from Star Wars and other Hollywood flicks and inserted into new contexts. Apparently the film also contains some lectures on Islam. We will a view a rip cobbled together from degraded old film reels and an ancient VHS release. This will be the first Turkish movie we have ever watched on Hextube; another country crossed off the list.

After that is Asteroid City (2023), another comedy from Wes Anderson, since our recent showings from hs filmography have all been hits. It concerns a play based on a fictional writer’s experience in a stargazing event in a remote town in the 1950s, which becomes complicated when an alien shows up and steals the asteroid after which the town was named. Hilarity ensues as the film switches back nnd forth between the play and the “real” events on which it is based. Looks good; 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:

• The Man Who Saved the World: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-man-who-saved-the-world-1982/
• Asteroid City: https://letterboxd.com/film/asteroid-city/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Man Who Saved the World: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182060/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Asteroid City: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1014835

CWs for The Man Who Saved the World:

• Fistfighting.
• Blood and gore.
• Choking.
• Child abuse.
• Deaths of children.
• Zombies.
• Stabbing.
• Discussion of religion.
• Decapitation.
• Dismemberment.
• Jump scares.

CWs for Asteroid City:

• Drug use.
• Hand damage.
• Death of parent.
• Shower scene.
• Self-harm.
• Unstable reality.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Discussion of religion.
• Nudity.
• Implied sex.
• Chronic illness.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Screeching tires.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• The Man Who Saved the World: https://tankie.tube/w/4vjrWmGKm84NQwVXPTTMYd
• Asteroid City: https://tankie.tube/w/pKftnwtVqCHcQGWUorLcP2

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 Ritual (2000), the best-known and best-reviewed of Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno’s live-action films. It centers on the attempts of an amateur filmmaker to connect with a teenage girl who he spots wandering the streets and muttering the same phrase every day. Romance ensues, along with Anno’s signature monologues on existentialism and so on. Looks pretty neat, so let’s check it out. Currently ranked #224 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time.

Next is The Roaring Twenties (1939), one of the best-regarded films of old-timey gangster star James Cagney. He is one of a trio of World War I veterans who return home and struggle to find work, only for a new opportunity to show up with the advent of Prohibition. They get into the burgeoning racket in illicit alcohol, which brings them into conflict with the feds. Will they get a happy ending? Probably not. Director is Raoul Walsh, who also did the equally well-regarded Cagney vehicle White Heat (1949).

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Ritual: https://letterboxd.com/film/ritual-2000/
• The Roaring Twenties: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-roaring-twenties/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Ritual: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269856/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• The Roaring Twenties: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031867/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ov_at_stry_4

CWs for Ritual:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Panic attacks.
• Hallucinations.
• Depression.
• Suicidal ideation.

CWs for The Roaring Twenties:

• Gun violence.
• Kissing.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Blood.
• Fistfighting.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Ritual: https://tankie.tube/w/joRg9wSt3sfNPTjUwDFmVb
• The Roaring Twenties: https://tankie.tube/w/r3dqswDxdYapgjB9MQQUue

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

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more magical girls, and so, we’re going to start what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 25 through 30 tonight.

After that is Felidae (1994), a gritty, R-rated German film-noir murder mystery. The twist is that it is animated and centers on talking cats. Someone has been going around the neighborhood and killing cats in horrifyingly grotesque ways, and one brave feline decides to investigate. Drama ensues, along with a whole lot of blood and gore. Many reviews compare this to Ralph Bakshi’s work. It is the magnum opus of German animator Michael Schaack, who is not known for much otherwise.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• Felidae: https://letterboxd.com/film/felidae/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• Felidae: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9585

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Felidae:

• Animal abandonment.
• Female character brutalized for spectacle.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Drunkenness.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Death of pet.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitation.
• Body horror.
• Seizure.
• Torture.
• Blood and gore.
• Fetuses.
• Suicide.
• Disembowelment.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Ghosts.
• Razors.
• Electrotherapy.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Cancer.
• PTSD.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill character.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Stillbirth.
• Abortion.
• Death of pregnant character.
• Discussion of religion.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Terminal illness.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 25: https://tankie.tube/w/3sgQv4vrFTkd8qH55AmahW
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 26: https://tankie.tube/w/5EP9WCLd6yFW4C86zetvWQ
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 27: https://tankie.tube/w/8ttt3Kr3Cpfp1tKD9rU6gc
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 28: https://tankie.tube/w/8kLkKbamLyb42UNuv9xmor
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 29: https://tankie.tube/w/upZqbVdkEGDeC7i16dq4Su
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 30: https://tankie.tube/w/ugJPQPptPm3HieUGi5q7NQ
• Felidae: https://tankie.tube/w/eAjix9ov8Lt2F19rYDrSW4

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 Kagemusha (1980), one of the most critically-acclaimed films of one of the most renowned filmmakers of all time, Akira Kurosawa. It is a war epic set in feudal Japan, concerning a petty thief who finds himself enlisted to impersonate a deceased warlord. As he cements his place in his new role, he is torn between his inability to fit in with the social mores of the military-nobility class, and his drive to inhabit the warlord’s life seamlessly, so that he may exert his power to its fullest extent. Universal praise for this one, so let’s check it out.

After that is Lovers Rock (2020), a romance from Steve McQueen, whose films Hunger (2008) and Mangrove (2020) we previously watched. It is part of the “Small Axe” collection of five films (all centering on Black British life, though otherwise unrelated) that he released simultaneously in 2020. The film is set during a wild house party in 1980s London, and sees a dude and a lady meeting and beginning their romance while racial, class, and political tensions threaten to explode around them. Excellent reviews for this one, so we’ll give it a try.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Kagemusha: https://letterboxd.com/film/kagemusha/
• Lovers Rock: https://letterboxd.com/film/lovers-rock-2020/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Kagemusha: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080979/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ov_at_stry_4
• Lovers Rock: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Kagemusha:

• Blood and gore.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Gun violence.
• Infidelity.
• Implied sex.

CWs for Lovers Rock:

• Kissing.
• Grinding on dance floor.
• Racism.
• Alcohol.
• Drugs.
• Shaky cam.
• Fistfighting.
• Implied sexual assault.

Links to movies:

• Kagemusha: https://tankie.tube/w/sTqcSFRMXP7c1KgWWVKV5w
• Lovers Rock: https://tankie.tube/w/7DLkwbJ4Z71b5FyfCdPxjN

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 25th Hour (2002), a crime drama from renowned auteur Spike Lee, whose work, surprisingly, we have never watched on Hextube. Edward Norton stars as a convicted drug dealer living out his last day before starting his prison sentence, making preparations with his friends and family and walking the post-9/11 urban hellscape known as New York City. Actually, it was the first theatrical feature film to mention 9/11 at all. Highly critically-acclaimed; let’s watch.

After that is Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972), the third installment in the grindhousey Japanese samurai action series starring a rogue swordsman and his increasingly-sickofied child protege. They kill a whole lot of bad guys in creatively gory fashion. We watched the first two films some time ago, but not this one, which is about as well-regarded. As with the others, this one contains some sleazy sex stuff too, which is pretty much par for the course for this sort of film, but be forewarned.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• 25th Hour: https://letterboxd.com/film/25th-hour/
• Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades: https://letterboxd.com/film/lone-wolf-and-cub-baby-cart-to-hades/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• 25th Hour: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/8475
• Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068817/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for 25th Hour:

• Death of dog.
• Animal abuse.
• 9/11.
• Hate speech.
• Flashing lights.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Sexual assault: a bad guy attempts to r*pe a woman, but is stopped.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Blood and gore.
• Dismemberment.
• Child endangerment.

Links to movies:

• 25th Hour: https://tankie.tube/w/1AGujWxfdRMzuJAUs5SRnU
• Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades: https://tankie.tube/w/m7jCuVXrJrVcPywxGtunbW