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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.
Sad that I can't make it, I really wanted to make this my first movie night but I'm gonna be busy tonight. Guessing it's a livestream and I won't be able to watch I saw the TV glow later?
Unfortunately tankietube is down at the moment so it will be uploaded to vimeo which will ban for copyright violations if the movie isn't taken down fast enough.