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

Posting this thread a little earlier than normal because this night will be a little unusual. For this special Thursday Political Theatre Night, 9PM EST, Hexbear Comrade @dead asked the powers-that-be for a brand-new channel on Hextube, and got it, at https://live.hexbear.net/c/news , where he will host the real-life comedy movie known as the Presidential Debate. Behold as two doddering old men stumble over their words and lose their train of thought as they struggle to convince you why they should be the steward of a genocidal empire. Be prepared for psychic damage. Thank you to Comrade @dead for hosting this very special event. All credit and gratitude goes to him. Make sure to show up at 9PM sharp, as the event is live.

After the debate is over, come over to https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies for Civil War (2024), a dystopian thriller from Alex Garland, the director who brought you Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018). Oh god, America has fallen apart! Roving bands of marauders now terrorize the countryside as a group off war journalists try to reach Washington DC to understand what’s really going on. Somehow, California and Texas ended up on the same side. Will we find out how? I dunno. Let’s watch.

The debate begins at 9PM EST, and the movie will start shortly after it ends, at about 11PM EST.

Letterboxd:

• Comrade @dead presents the Presidential Debate: Sorry, not on Letterboxd.
• Civil War: https://letterboxd.com/film/civil-war-2024/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Comrade @dead presents the Presidential Debate: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Civil War: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/858993

CWs for Comrade @dead presents the Presidential Debate:

• Senility.
• Imperialism.
• Fascism.
• Second-hand embarrassment.
• Anxiety over dying empire.

CWs for Civil War:

• Stalking.
• Smoking,
• Alcohol.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Hand damage.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Hanging.
• Torture.
• Stabbing.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of child.
• Someone sacrifices themselves.
• R-slur.
• Kidnapping.
• Jump scares.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Destruction of monuments.
• PTSD.
• Mental illness.
• Dissociation.
• Meltdown.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Obscene language.
• Flashing lights.
• Hate speech.
• Ableism.
• Homelessness.
• Existentialism.
• Sad ending.
• Car crash.
• Screeching tires.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links:

• Comrade @dead presents the Presidential Debate: The video isn’t up yet, but Comrade @dead will queue it when available.
• Civil War: https://tankie.tube/w/bkhVqzPe2jVexDi6Pwkxpi

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 The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), a classic melodrama best described as Citizen Kane (1941) meets Sunset Blvd. (1950). A ruthless Holly producer (played by Kirk Douglas) manipulates and connives his way to the top of the Hollywood hierarchy, alienating his friends and family along the way. The film recounts his rise in flashback form from the perspectives of the people he used. Will karma come back to bite his sleazy ass? I guess we’ll have to watch to find out. Director is Vincente Minnelli; we have not watched any of his films on Hextube yet, but he is best-known for the musicals An American in Paris (1951) and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). This one is considered perhaps his magnum opus.

Next is My Friends (1975), a slapstick comedy from Italian maestro Mario Monicelli, whose labor drama The Organizer (1963) and heist farce Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) we previously watched. A group of four middle-aged manchildren don’t want to grow up, and so they organize a bunch of immature, silly pranks in a desperate attempt to prolong their youth. Wacky antics ensue. This was a huge hit In Italy at the time, spawning two sequels. It is a boomer comedy classic there, along the lines of, oh, Blazing Saddles (1974) or Caddyshack (1980) in the US. 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:

• The Bad and the Beautiful: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-bad-and-the-beautiful/
• My Friends: https://letterboxd.com/film/my-friends-1975/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Bad and the Beautiful: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044391/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• My Friends: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072637/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4

CWs for The Bad and the Beautiful:

• Kissing.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Drunkenness.

CWs for My Friends:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Misogyny.
• Nudity.
• References to sex.
• Slapstick violence.
• Profanity.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• The Bad and the Beautiful: https://tankie.tube/w/cznoLvmhqRUuQnyP7FrV6E
• My Friends: https://tankie.tube/w/kLyfDTqCxGRi1BQLUazv1n

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 145 through 150 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 antics, as well as the bad guy’s various attempts to obtain Pegasus.

After that is Waking Life (2001), a surreal, conversational rotoscoped dreamscape from Richard Linklater (whose films Slacker [1990] and Dazed & Confused [1993] we have already watched.) A young man finds himself in a perpetual lucid dream-state and wanders around talking to various people about dreams. For some reason, Alex Jones is one of those people. A whole of trippiness ensues. Rave reviews for this one, so 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
• Waking Life: https://letterboxd.com/film/waking-life/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Waking Life: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/91757

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 Waking Life:

• Someone is burned alive.
• Suicide.
• Unstable reality.
• Existentialism.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Discussion of sex.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 145: https://tankie.tube/w/n5uAZ4Dy7Uxj7VPDnMVbA6
• Sailor Moon episode 146: https://tankie.tube/w/krZhKNHPe8gB6w5gPN9bN9
• Sailor Moon episode 147: https://tankie.tube/w/nVsWce9auDg7m61p638ZTi
• Sailor Moon episode 148: https://tankie.tube/w/opoeK6aN3xFGN4SEHkfsUv
• Sailor Moon episode 149: https://tankie.tube/w/jYKmYtwgvfqDvd9ryRuxyo
• Sailor Moon episode 150: https://tankie.tube/w/hZ7YhGrC9pAm4w4vXxF69Y
• Waking Life: https://tankie.tube/w/wS9fxDLn3M3gfGLMhX1wWH

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 Underground (1995), a Serbian black comedy about a pair of friends who join the Communist partisans during WW2; after the war, one becomes a party bureaucrat, while the other hides in a bunker for decades until re-emerging in the 1990s, during the Yugoslav Wars. Darkly comedic antics ensue along the way. This won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1995 and is currently ranked at #188 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Director is Emir Kusturica, whose wedding comedy Black Cat White Cat (1998) we previously watched; this is generally considered his magnum opus.

After that is The Gunfighter (1950), a Western starring Gregory Peck who wants to leave his reputation as Fastest Gun in the West behind. Unfortunately for him, his old beau wants nothing to do with him, and bad guys keep hounding him at every turn. Can’t he just live a peaceful life? Not in this movie. This is more-or-less an anti-Western that deconstructs the whole cowboy archetype, and one of the earlier films of its kind; here, instead of a build-up to a big gunfight, the main character just wants to stay out of it, but it comes to him anyway. Considered one of the best Westerns of the 1950s, and the best film of director Henry King, who otherwise did a whole bunch of middling studio fare.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Underground: https://letterboxd.com/film/underground-1995/
• The Gunfighter: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-gunfighter/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Underground: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114787/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Gunfighter: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042531/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Underground:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Prostitution.
• Drunkenness.
• Torture.
• Beatings.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.

CWs for The Gunfighter:

• Kissing.
• Gun violence.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• Forthcoming. Tankietube is currently down, but I am hoping it will be back up in time.

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 Spooky Night, we’re filling a pair of popular requests. First up is Last Night in Soho (2021), starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a fashion designer who opens a portal to the 1960s London, where she meets her idol singer. But uh-oh, looks like the fabric of reality isn’t as tightly-woven as she thought, and London soon turns from a dream to a nightmare as she falls into sex work. Aaaaahhhh!! Will she be able to escape? I guess we’ll find out. Director is edgar Wright, the guy behind Shaun of the Dead (2004), Scott Pilgrim (2010), and Baby Driver (2017), among others.

After that is I Saw the TV Glow (2024), the current viral sensation sweeping lefty film spaces. What happens when you get so into a TV show that your sense on reality starts to blur, and then you start sensing a whole new supernatural world beneath your own, and your self-identity starts to change? A whole lot of LGBT-related stuff, according to the reviews of this film, which present it as one of the best examples of queer cinema in recent years. It is the best-reviewed film to date of director Jane Schoenbrun, who is otherwise known for the similarly LGBT-themed We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021). Looks good; let’s watch.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Last Night in Soho: https://letterboxd.com/film/last-night-in-soho/
• I Saw the TV Glow: https://letterboxd.com/film/i-saw-the-tv-glow/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Last Night in Soho: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/129643
• I Saw the TV Glow: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/804450

CWs for Last Night in Soho:

• Sex work.
• Sexual coercion. Dubious consent for at least some of said sex work, which therefore crosses into sexual assault.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Slapping of woman.
• Someone is drugged.
• Mention of rape.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual harassment of sex workers.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Stabbing.
• Death of major character.
• Drug overdose.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Death of family member.
• Jump scares.
• Possession.
• Ghosts.
• Mannequins.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Ambulance scene.
• Cancer.
• PTSD.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdowns.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Jump scares.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Misogynistic slurs.
• Ableism.
• Age gap.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Nudity.
• Car crash.
• Screeching tires.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.

CWs for I Saw the TV Glow:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Abusive parents.
• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Drug use.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Body horror.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Stabbing.
• Death of major character.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Ghosts.
• Clowns.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Trypophobia.
• Razors.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Deadnaming.
• Outing of LGBT person.
• Cancer.
• PTSD.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Depersonalization.
• Suicide attempt.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdowns.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Demons.
• Sex.
• Someone has a stroke.
• Chronic illness.
• Existentialism.
• Sad ending.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Forthcoming. Tankietube is currently down, but I am hoping it will be back up in time.

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

For this Wednesday Slop Night, we’re starting with The Hills Have Eyes (1977), one of the most famous 70s slop movies. This was due to be shown awhile ago, but never was, so I guess we’ll finally do it tonight. Anyway, from director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984], Scream [1996]) comes the classic tale of a bougie family whose car breaks down in the middle of the sticks. Things from bad to worse when they’re attacked by a band of deranged mutant cannibals. A whole lot of screaming ensues as the family attempts to fight back. Could this be trying to say something about our society? I guess we’ll find out. This was a staple on the grindhouse circuit back in the day, and still packs a punch now.

After that is Dazed and Confused (1993), another long-standing request that we will finally fulfill. It is a stoner comedy from Richard Linklater (Slacker [1990], Waking Life [2001], Boyhood [2014]) about a group of graduating high-school seniors in 1976 who decide to throw a wild party at the end of the year. Hilarity ensues as they wander around and get into various mischief. This is one of the classics of the “dudes hang out” genre, and is generally considered one of Linklater’s best.

Last is Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2000), one last bonus Pokemon feature for those who are still awake by then. The movies may be over, but several people still wanted to watch this hour-long special, which is a direct sequel to Pokemon: The First Movie (1998).

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Hills Have Eyes: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-hills-have-eyes/
• Dazed and Confused: https://letterboxd.com/film/dazed-and-confused/
• Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-mewtwo-returns/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Hills Have Eyes: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11838
• Dazed and Confused: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9306
• Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for The Hills Have Eyes:

• Sexual assault: at ~52 minutes in, one of the villains pins down a teenage girl and begins to unzip his pants before he is stopped. This scene does not contain any nudity. I will CW in chat before this part.
• Death of dog.
• Jump scares.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Abusive parents.
• Stalking.
• Cannibalism.
• Child abuse.
• Kidnapping.
• Animal cruelty.
• Death of animal.
• Sad animal.
• Endangerment of rabbit.
• Death of pet.
• Spiders.
• Snakes.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Blood and gore.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Achilles tendon injury.
• Hanging.
• Broken bones.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Stabbing.
• Death of parent.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• PTSD.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Racial slurs.
• Ableism.
• Implied (but not shown) incest.
• Car crash.
• Screeching tires.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Dazed and Confused:

• Sexual harassment of teenage girls.
• Hazing.
• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Drug addiction.
• Sexualization of minors by high school seniors.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Homophobic slurs.
• A high-school senior kisses a high-school freshman.
• Heavy petting.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns:

• Death of child.
• Child endangerment.
• Death of parent.
• Ghosts.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Unstable reality.

Links to movies:

• Forthcomig. Tankietube is currently down, but I am hoping it will be back up in time.

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 Peeping Tom (1960), a Hitchcock-esque British thriller about a filmmaker making a documentary on fear, being particularly fascinated by the faces of people about to be murdered. He moonlights as a photographer of women, but uh-oh, he’s a maniac who uses his side-job as a cover to kill his clients. Tension ensues. Often considered to be one of the forerunners of the slasher genre, along with contemporary Psycho (1960), with which it is often compared. Alternatively, one can view it as the American Psycho (2000) of the 60s, featuring a similarly sadistic villain who uses superficial charm and good looks to ensnare his victims. Generally considered one of the best thrillers of the 60s, and one of the best works of director Michael Powell, whose films The Red Shoes (1948) and A Matter of Life and Death (1946) we have already watched. Looks good; let’s check it out.

After that is Yugoslav comic satire Balkan Spy (1984), about a guy who sublets his flat, only to suspect that his new subtenant is a spy. The guy’s paranoia grows and drives him to increasingly absurd lengths to uncover the truth. Hilarity ensues. This is considered one of the best Yugoslav films, one of the best Eastern Bloc comedies, and the magnum opus of both of its directors, Dušan Kovačević and Bota Nikolić, who are not known for much otherwise.

Finally, for anyone who is still awake afterward, we’ll watch the twenty-first Pokemon movie, Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (2018), the direct sequel to the reboot I Choose You! (2017), which we watched last night. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Peeping Tom: https://letterboxd.com/film/peeping-tom/
• Balkan Spy: https://letterboxd.com/film/balkan-spy/
• Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us: https://tankie.tube/w/2rgeVro9D84gNygwVf5oAR

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Peeping Tom: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21253
• Balkan Spy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086935/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8108230/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Peeping Tom:

• Stalking.
• Voyeurism.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Child abuse.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Torture.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Stabbing.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Sad ending.
• Blood.

CWs for Balkan Spy:

• Beatings.
• Blood.
• Alcohol.
• Gun violence.
• Anxiety attacks.

CWs for Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us:

• Death of child.
• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. Tankietube is back up, but an error is preventing the videos (which uploaded successfully) from publishing, so we may have to use Vimeo instead.

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

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 139 through 144 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 antics, as well as the bad guy’s various attempts to obtain Pegasus.

After that is Pokemon: I Choose You (2017), which is the first actual standalone, self-sufficient Pokemon movie. It goes right back to the beginning of Ash’s quest to become a Pokemon Master and shows his first meeting with Pikachu and their emerging bond. I am assured that, for once, the story does not consist of Pokemon shooting beams at each other. For this reason, it received much more attention and better reviews than the prior 12 or so Pokemon movies, and was even theatrically-released outside Japan. Could it be? Do we finally have a good Pokemon movie on our hands? I guess we’ll find 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
• Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-movie-i-choose-you/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211653/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

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 Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!:

• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. Tankietube is currently down, so I will upload to Vimeo right before we start. Please help comrade TankieTanuki fix Tankietube, if you can: https://hexbear.net/post/2770934

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 A Special Day (1977), an Italian historical drama set in 1938, during the fascist era, on the day of the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. A housewife, played by Sophia Loren, begins a friendship with her neighbor, a dissident journalist, while her fascist-functionary husband attends the event. The husband is secretly gay. Drama ensues. This is the best-known and generally best-regarded work of director Ettore Scola, who is otherwise known for the buddy-reunion dramedy We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974), which we watched a few months ago. This one is currently ranked #168 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Looks good; let’s check it out.

After that is Targets (1968), the debut feature of Peter Bogdanovich, who has a good record on movie nights so far (The Last Picture Show [1971], What’s Up Doc? [1972], Paper Moon [1973]). It centers on a washed-up horror actor (Boris Karloff) who finds himself out-of-touch in modern Hollywood, and things just get worse when he’s stalked by a psychotic sniper who just arrived home from Vietnam and is looking for blood. Will Karloff be another victim of this madman’s rampage? Suspense ensues. This has excellent reviews pretty much everywhere, so we’ll give it a whirl.

Finally, for anyone who is still awake afterward, we’ll watch the nineteenth Pokemon movie, Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016). There is light at the end of the tunnel.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• A Special Day: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-special-day/
• Targets: https://letterboxd.com/film/targets/
• Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-movie-volcanion-and-the-mechanical-marvel/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• A Special Day: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076085/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Targets: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063671/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5889204/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for A Special Day:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Fascism.
• Loveless marriage.
• Mention of sexual assault (not depicted.)

CWs for Targets:

• Gun violence.
• Panic attacks.
• Stalking.
• Voyeurism.
• Blood.
• Death of child.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Kissing.

CWs for Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel:

• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

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