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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!

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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.

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