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For this Friday Movie Night, we’re starting off with The Beasts (2022), a Spanish thriller about a French environmentalist couple in the Galician countryside who like to live in an eco-friendly manner. This lifestyle conflicts with that of their neighbors, who want to clear out the area to make room for wind turbines. A sadistic pair of brothers begins to terrorize the couple, and things spiral out of control from there. This is the best-known and best-regarded film to date of director Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Excellent reviews across the board for this one; let’s watch.
After that is School on Fire (1988), a Hong Kong crime film about a schoolgirl who testifies against the triads in court and finds herself the target of reprisals. The usual over-the-top Hong Kong acton ensues, with guns and blood sprays all over the place. While not Ringo Lam’s most famous film (that would probably be City on Fire [1987]), this is his highest-rated, both by critics and audience. Looks cool; let’s check it out.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- The Beasts: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-beasts-2022/
- School on Fire: https://letterboxd.com/film/school-on-fire/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- The Beasts: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/796544
- School on Fire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096472/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
CWs for The Beasts:
- Nudity.
- Shower scene.
- Dead animals.
- Animal abuse.
- Eating of cat meat.
- Profanity.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Drunkenness.
- Someone is strangled to death.
- Beatings.
- Stalking.
- Gaslighting.
- Someone is physically restrained.
- Someone is crushed to death.
- Psychological torture.
- Spitting.
- Violent mentally-ill person.
- Shaky cam.
- Someone is watched without their knowledge.
- Gun violence.
- Sad ending.
CWs for School on Fire:
- Objectification of women.
- Broken bones.
- A girl is forced to strip to her undergarments by a triad boss. No nudity or physical contact in this scene.
- Sexual assault: during the climax, a man rips off a woman’s outer garments with intent to r*pe her, but he is stabbed to death beforehand.
- Cutting of flesh.
- Blood and gore.
- Gun violence.
- Dismemberment.
- Suicide.
Links to movies:
- The Beasts: https://tankie.tube/w/bAef6wydsNfXfRGQFc37qP
- School on Fire: https://tankie.tube/w/j4y4TM8jnNDveHCXG6E74Q
- Grebgreb [he/him]M·8 months ago