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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Passenger (1975), a thriller about an American journalist (Jack Nicholson) covering a war in Africa; he discovers the body of his doppelganger, and decides to assume the dead guy’s identity. Uh-oh, turns out the guy was an arms dealer with a lot of enemies, and now both the warring factions and the police are after him. This is considered one of the best films of Italian auteur Michelangelo Antonioni, whose L’avventura (1960) we watched a few days ago.
After that is All About My Mother (1999), one of the most acclaimed films of one of Spain’s most celebrated directors, Pedro Almmodovar, whose Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) we previously watched. Following her son’s death, a mother searches for the father he never knew, befriending a motley crew along the way, including a trans actress, a nun, and jealous lover. Hilarity ensues, along with some heartwarming. This is one of the highest-rated Spanish films on Letterboxd, so let’s check it out.
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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 The Act of Killing (2012), one of the highest-rated documentaries on Letterboxd; it interviews a number of former members of Indonesian death-squads who participated in the mass killing of communists in the 1970s, aided and abetted by the US government. God Damn the West: The Movie. It is, so far, the best-known and best-regarded film of documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer.
After that is Broken Flowers (2005), a comedy from Jim Jarmusch about an aging philanderer (Bill Murray) who discovers that he has a son who seems to be looking for him. Hilarity ensues, in Jarmusch’s signature quiet style, as the guy tries to cope with unexpected fatherhood.
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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, 8PM EST, it’s come to this: we’re watching a Batman movie. Specifically, we are watching Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012-13), a two-part animated adaptation of one of the most iconic Batman stories, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns (1986). It marke the eact moment that Batman became a brooding edgelord and has set the template for every gritty superhero reboot since. It is also a good look into Miller’s deranged chuddy, Reaganite psyche that views Batman as the most awesome badass ever. This film is widely considered the best of DC Comics’ direct-to-video films, so let’s check it out.
Next up is Killer Bean Forever (2008), a CGI animation about a cop who is a literal coffee bean. He fights crime. The magnu opus of director Jef Lew, who also used the bean character in a few short films beforehand. A cult classic.
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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is L’avventura (1960), one of the most acclaimed films from one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time, Michelangelo Antonioni. In this tribute to bourgeois ennui, an affluent Italian husband and wife with vacuous lives go on an island vacation, only for the wife to vanish without a trace. Where the hell did she go? The busband searches for her, but then becomes involved with another woman, and uhh, wait a minute, wasn’t there a mystery here? Hope they solve it. This is widely considered one of the best films of the 1960s, so we’ll give it a try.
Next is Walkabout (1971), a survival thriller set in the Australian outback. A man takes his two children out to the middle of nowhere, intending to kill them both, but shoots himself instead, leaving the kids to fend for themselves in the wilderness. They enlist the help of some of the local indigenous people and come to realize what a shithole Australia is. Director is Nicolas Roeg, whose David Bowie vehicle The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and horror film Don’t Look Now (1973) we previously watched. This is one of his best-regarded works.
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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 7 through 12 tonight.
After that is White Snake (2019), a Chinese CGI animation about a snake hunter who falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a transforming snake. Drama and swordfights ensue. We have already watched two versions of this story, one being the anime Legend of the White Serpent, and the other the live-action Hong Kong version Green Snake (1993). Here is one more to add the pile. This one has also received two sequels, since it was a big hit in China.
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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Cries and Whispers (1972), one of the best-regarded films of one of the most renowned filmmakers of all time, Ingmar Bergman; we watched his Hour of the Wolf (1968) a few weeks ago, and it was good, so we’re dipping into his filmography again. As witth several of his other films, this one centers on a small group of Swedes gradually going insane. This time, it’s a trio of sisters at the turn of the twentieth century: one who lost her child, one who’s having an affair, and one who’s dying of cancer. Coop them all up in the reddest house of all time and you have a solid recipe for some psychological horror. Do your worst, Bergman.
After that is The Verdict (1982), another entry from 12 Angry Men (1957) director Sidney Lumet in that most well-worn of movie genres, the courtroom drama. Paul Newman stars as a lawyer who just doesn’t give a shit anymore, and sleepwalks his way through the early stages of a trial, only toslowly become convinced that he can actually win it. Will he get his groove back?I guess we’ll find out. Nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 1982 and generally considered one of Lumet’s best films.
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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 The Bloodettes (2005), a sci-fi thriller from Cameroon set in the cyberpunk near-future of 2025. It follows a pair of female sex workers who kill one of their clients, a powerful politician; they then have to cover up their crime, taking them into the seedy futuristic underbelly of Cameroonian nightlife. This is one of the few African sci-fi films listed on Letterboxd, and it is apparently pretty good, so let’s check it out. It is the best-known work to date of director Jean-Pierre Bekolo.
After that is Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), a romance about a musician vampire couple (Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston) in Detroit. They have been together for centuries, but things become complicated when the lady’s younger sister arrives, and a love triangle begins. Think of it as a slighty higher-brow version of What We Do in the Shadows (2014), following the oft-comic slice-of-life antics of the undead. Director is Jim Jarmusch, whose filmography we have visited several times (Stranger than Paradise [1984], Down by Law [1986], Mystery Train [1989], Ghost Dog [1999].)
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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, 8PM EST, since Gummo (1997) was a hit last week, first up is slop maestro Harmony Korine’s beach-party crime tale Spring Breakers (2012) It concerns a quartet of college girls (Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine) who rob a restaurant to fund their spring-break vacation in Florida, only to manipulated into doing more crime by a weirdo criminal (James Franco). Things spiral out of control from there, but chicks are gonna rock anyway. This polarized critics and audiences alike when first released, with some hailing it as satiric genius, and others denigrating it as dumb trash. We’ll make up our own minds.
Next up is Timecrimes (2007), a Spanish sci-fi thriller about a man who encounters an apparently-kidnapped woman in the woods, only to be suddenly attacked by a psychopath. In his escpe, he stumblese upon a lab that just so happens to contain a prototype time machine, and uses it to go back a few hours to observe the incident in the woods again, and change time. Unfortunately, he also has to eliminate the other versions of himself every time he goes back. This is generally considered the best film of director Nacho Vigalondo, who is otherwise best-known for the horror film Colossal (2016).
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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Happiness (1998), a black comedy from cult director Todd Solondz (and his best-regarded work) about the painfully awkward encounters between various weirdos in suburban America. This one was mentioned over and over again as a great companion piece for Gummo (1997), which we watched and enjoyed a few days ago. Think that, but bourgeois instead of working-class, and you pretty much have what this movie is, in terms of tone. Excellent reviews for this one, so we'll give it a try.
Next is The Double Life of Veronique (1991), a tale of two inexplicably identical women, one in Poland, and one in France, who seem to share each other’s thoughts. Both want to be singers, and Veronique (the French one) lives in a quasi-dream-like state in which she is not quite sure if she is awake or not. Then, she falls in love with a puppeteer. Strange magical-realist stuff follows. Will the two women meet? I guess we’ll find out. This was the first French production of Polish auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski, whose split-timeline drama Blind Chance (1987) we previously watched. This is generally considered one of the best French films of the 90s, 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!
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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 1 through 6 tonight.
After that is Inside Out 2 (2024), Pixar’s sequel to their 2015 hit about personified emotions within a teenage girl’s brain. HD rips just appeared for this, so this seems like a good time to watch.
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