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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.
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