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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is the much-hyped Wicked (2024), the film adaptation of the smash-hit musical of the same name. Rich girl Glinda (Ariana Grande) and green-skinned loner Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) share a room at a school of magic, and become friends at first, until their friendship becomes strained by their respective destinies to become the good and evil witches of Oz lore. There’s a whole lot of singing along the way. Direct Jon M. Chu is better-known for, uhh, Crazy-Rich Asians (2018). This has received great reviews, and a good-quality camrip is available, so let’s watch.

After that is Cleaners (2019), a Philippine coming-of-age high-school comedy anthology about five different groups of students and their humorous escapades during their respective stints in cleaning duty. The film’s ultra-low budget was raised entirely through crowdfunding, and the filmmakers took the unusual step of printing eight black-and-white frames from every second of film, coloring in bits of each frame with markers, and then stitching everything back together. Looks pretty neat. Excellent reviews, too; one of the highest-rated Philippine films on Letterboxd. It is by the far the best-known work to date of director Glenn Barit.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • Wicked: https://letterboxd.com/film/wicked-2024/
  • Cleaners: https://letterboxd.com/film/cleaners-2019/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • Wicked: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1110289
  • Cleaners: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/550635

CWs for Wicked:

  • Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
  • Child abandonment.
  • Abusive parents.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Child abuse.
  • Animal abuse.
  • Sad animal.
  • Someone is drugged.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Someone’s mouth is covered.
  • Body horror.
  • Unconsciousness.
  • Death of parent.
  • Cheating.
  • Jump scares.
  • Natural bodies of water.
  • Incarceration.
  • Dissociation.
  • Unstable reality.
  • Meltdown.
  • Body dysmorphia.
  • PTSD.
  • Underwater.
  • Sudden loud noises.
  • Baby cry.
  • Screaming.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Someone is watched without their knowledge.
  • Babies.
  • Childbirth.
  • Death of pregnant person.
  • Ableism.
  • Racism against green people.

CWs for Cleaners:

  • Genital trauma.
  • Vomiting.
  • Homophobia.

Links to movies:

  • Wicked: https://tankie.tube/w/jWo164nGukKa2nd6ENKXq7
  • Cleaners: https://tankie.tube/w/pjoYrDrxfTSPfZyqNbrbsG