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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.

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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

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I heard it’s cool sci-fi with some connections to the cultural revolution in China. Is it rabidly anti communist or actually kinda based? I love some good sci-fi so I might watch it either way, but I prefer space communism ideally

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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:

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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