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

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 third installment (1988), fully remastered! No more VHS rips. Ako continues to rock.

After that is I Married a Witch (1942), a romcom about a seventeenth-century witch (Veronica Lake) who returns to life in the twentieth century, seeking revenge on the descendant of the man who burnt her at the stake. In particular, she wants to ruin his impending marriage to the daughter of his gubernatorial campaign’s sponsor, to ensure the continuation of her curse on his bloodline. Look, you probably know how this is gonna go already. Nevertheless, this is perhaps the original “magical girlfriend” movie, having inspired everything from Bewitched to Urusei Yatsura. It is the best-known film of director Rene Clair, who specialized in this kind of light romance.

Last is Ghost World (2001), a cult-classic comedy based on Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel of the same name, about a pair of teenage girls (Thora Birch and Scarlett Johannson) who, following their high-school graduation, decide to prank a loser record-store owner (Steve Buscemi) by responding to his romance-seeking personal ad. Hilarity ensues as they are drawn deeper and deeper into his life in an attempt to keep up the masquerade. Will their friendship survive this mischief? We’ll have to watch to find out. This is generally considered to be the best film of director Terry Zwigoff, who is otherwise best-known for Bad Santa (2003). Looks neat; let’s watch.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Project A-ko 3: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-3-cinderella-rhapsody/
• I Married a Witch: https://letterboxd.com/film/i-married-a-witch/
• Ghost World: https://letterboxd.com/film/ghost-world/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Project A-ko 3: 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
• I Married a Witch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034881/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Ghost World: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14848

CWs for Project A-ko 3:

• “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 I Married a Witch:

• Witches.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Drunkenness.
• Kissing.

CWs for Ghost World:

• Stalking.
• Dead animals.
• Snakes.
• Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Ableist slurs.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Farting.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Antisemitism.
• Ethnic caricatures.
• Age gap.
• Implied sex.
• Honking horns.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Project A-ko 3: https://tankie.tube/w/df1u2GuMAXSDyvsfVjxjGL
• I Married a Witch: https://tankie.tube/w/u9HaFEPQMwm3R3ZsnPfdSc
• Ghost World: https://tankie.tube/w/pBt8ShzhhUk5A4uDtVkqEu

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 Mon Oncle (1958), one of the most highly-regarded French comedies of all time, from the master himself, Jacques Tati. It follows the misadventures of Tati’s nearly-silent bumbler Mr. Huot as he attempts to navigate the modern technologica hell of his sister’s house. Hilaity ensues. This was a major influence on Mr. Bean, among other things, in Hulot’s confusion at seemingly the most ordinary everyday situations, and the various ways in which his curiosity invites disaster. Looks cool; let’s watch.

Next is The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989), a different kind of comedy, one set in the restaurant of a brutal British gangster (played by Michael Gambon, AKA Dumbledore), where his hapless wife (Helen Mirren) has met another man and begun an affair. A whole lot of sex and violence ensues, with a large dose of black humor along the way. This is generally considered the magnum opus of director Peter Greenaway, and also his best-known work. Rave reviews everywhere 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:

• Mon Oncle: https://letterboxd.com/film/mon-oncle/
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-her-lover/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Mon Oncle: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050706/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11666

CWs for Mon Oncle:

• Slapstick violence.
• Anxiety.
• French people.

CWs for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Sexual harassment of women, mostly by the villain.
• Discussion of sexual assault, committed by the villain. I’ve skimmed the movie and sexual assault does not seem to be directly depicted.
• Misogyny. However, the misogynist is the villain.
• Death of dog.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Maggots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Cannibalism.
• Torture.
• Unconsciousness.
• Genital trauma.
• A man is forced to consume dog feces.
• Sexualization of minors, though the actors in question are in their twenties.
• Cheating.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Hospital scene.
• Antisemitism.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Mon Oncle: https://tankie.tube/w/p1Pa3uY4cwrRb3WzLZpugx
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover: https://tankie.tube/w/bUYg8FCLfHpF4szW78iasx

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 151 through 156 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 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976), an animated adaptation of the most popular French comics character of all time, Asterix. This is generally considered the best Asterix film, also. Come see the infinitely-strong Gaul and his rotund friend Obelix obliterate the Romans and do some adventurism against Julius Caesar, all while accomplishing twelve tasks to prove they are strong as the gods. The comics’ two authors Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, were also co-directors on this film, so it is almost panel-for-panel faithful to the source material. Looks cool; 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
• The Twelve Tasks of Asterix: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-twelve-tasks-of-asterix/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Twelve Tasks of Asterix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072901/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 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix:

• Nudity.
• Cartoon violence.
• Alcohol.
• Mental illness.
• Facial hair.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 151: https://tankie.tube/w/n5uAZ4Dy7Uxj7VPDnMVbA6
• Sailor Moon episode 152: https://tankie.tube/w/krZhKNHPe8gB6w5gPN9bN9
• Sailor Moon episode 153: https://tankie.tube/w/nVsWce9auDg7m61p638ZTi
• Sailor Moon episode 154: https://tankie.tube/w/opoeK6aN3xFGN4SEHkfsUv
• Sailor Moon episode 155: https://tankie.tube/w/jYKmYtwgvfqDvd9ryRuxyo
• Sailor Moon episode 156: https://tankie.tube/w/hZ7YhGrC9pAm4w4vXxF69Y
• The Twelve Tasks of Asterix: 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 Elevator to the Gallows (1958), a classic French film noir about a businessman who kills his boss after beginning an affair with his wife. But then his plans to cover up his actions go awry, he has to commit more crimes, and the cops start closing in. Will he get away with it? We’ll have tto watch to find out. This is considered one of the best French films of the 1950s, and one of the best works of director Louis Malle, whose movies My Dinner with Andre (1981) and Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) we previously watched. Let’s give it a whirl.

After that is the fifth Mad Max entry, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), George Miller’s highly-anticipated follow-up to his Australian outback action film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). This one is a prequel that tells the origin story of Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron in Fury Road, but Anya Taylor-Joy in this one), following her quest to escape the clutches of arch-misogynist Immortan Joe and kick some butt along the way. Chicks rock.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Elevator to the Gallows: https://letterboxd.com/film/elevator-to-the-gallows/
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: https://letterboxd.com/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Elevator to the Gallows: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19579
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/744713

CWs for Elevator to the Gallows:

• Drug use.
• Drunkenness.
• Alcohol.
• Unconsciousness.
• Drug overdose.
• Cheating.
• Suicide attempt.
• Claustrophobia.
• Flashing lights.
• Gun violence.
• Honking horns.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Child abandonment.
• Stalking.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Child abuse.
• Death of horse.
• Decapitation.
• Animal abuse.
• Dead animals.
• Bugs.
• A woman is slapped.
• Implied pedophilia. Not depicted.
• Implied sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Shaving.
• Hand damage.
• Dismemberment.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Cannibalism.
• Deaths by crushing.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Hanging.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Seizures.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Deaths by falling.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Corpses.
• Blood and gore.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Suicide.
• Disabled character portrayed by able-bodied person.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Jump scares.
• Razors.
• Mannequins.
• Audio gore.
• Prison scenes.
• PTSD.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Meltdowns.
• Claustrophobia.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Stillbirth.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Chronic illness.
• Homelessness.
• Fat suit.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Gun violence.
• End-credits scene.

Links to movies:

• Elevator to the Gallows: https://tankie.tube/w/bVSZ1m8Tc89qepSE3ZvNZh
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: https://tankie.tube/w/3qzPKR9f4WhuFdCCNKDgMZ

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 Wednesday Super Slop Night, 8PM EST, by popular demand. It’s the legendary superpowered schoolgirl lesbian theatrical anime feature Project A-ko (1986), along with its shorter straight-to-video sequel, Project A-ko 2 (1987), both remastered! No more VHS rips. They are pretty much Chicks Rock: The Movies.

After that is The Hunger (1983), a stylish vampire romance about David Bowie discovering that his immortality is wearing off, and consulting an expert on aging on what he can do to forestall his inevitable death. He might have to feed on some young blood. Oh no! Director is Tony Scott of Top Gun (1986) and True Romance (1993) fame; this is generally considered one of his better films.

Note that Hexbear is going to have some downtime today; assuming Hextube remains up, we will begin as normal whether the main site is back up or not. If it does not, better hope the maintenance is completed in time.

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

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Project A-ko: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko/
• Project A-ko 2: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-2-plot-of-the-daitokuji-financial-group/
• The Hunger: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-hunger/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Project A-ko: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/886553
• Project A-ko 2: No DTDD link for the sequel, but it’s the same stuff.
• The Hunger: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/122535

CWs for Project A-ko 1&2:

• “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 The Hnnger:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Death of animal.
• Animal abuse.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual assault: non-consensual kiss.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Cannibalism.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Body horror.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of non-human.
• Cheating.
• Ghosts.
• Razors.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide attempt.
• Flashing lights.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Sex.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Project A-ko: https://tankie.tube/w/nwSbZ3ki5JaLCwGhVniGf8
• Project A-ko 2: https://tankie.tube/w/nRSjABH729C9brV2rrAF6e
• The Hunger: https://tankie.tube/w/gAzN6FfsY5FGWVp3RZSBjq

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