For this Sunday Slop Night, first up is Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic heist film Le Cercle Rouge (1970), which is often considered one of the best French movies of all time. A group of French thieves plot to steal some jewels; will they pull off the job? I guess we’ll find out. Everyone liked Melville’s Army of Shadows (1969), so this one seems like a safe bet. After that is Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman (1996), allegedly the first feature film directed by an “out” black lesbian. It is a comedy about a black video store worker seeking to make a movie about a 1930s black actress; she finds love along the way. It has an extremely high rating on Letterboxd. Let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • Le Cercle Rouge: https://letterboxd.com/film/le-cercle-rouge/
  • The Watermelon Woman: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-watermelon-woman/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • Le Cercle Rouge: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/49446
  • The Watermelon Woman: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21835

CWs for Le Cercle Rouge:

  • Spiders.
  • Snakes.
  • Bugs.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Drug addiction.
  • Shaving.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Sad ending.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Gun violence.

CWs for The Watermelon Woman:

  • Drug use.
  • Shaky cam.
  • N-word.
  • Misgendering.
  • Death of LGBT person.
  • Ableism.
  • Hate speech.
  • Sex scene.
  • Nudity.

Links to movies:

  • Le Cercle Rouge: https://vimeo.com/852226260
  • The Watermelon Woman: https://vimeo.com/852805736