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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is The Postman (1994), an Italian-language comedy/drama by British director Michael Radford, who is otherwise best-known for 1984 (1984). A shy, uneducated fisherman’s son gets a job as a mailman, only to discover that he has only a single customer: Pablo Neruda, the legendary Chilean poet who, in this timeline, somehow survived the fascist coup in 1973 and hid in exile on a remote Italian island. The protagonist learns poetry from Neruda and uses it to woo a local lady. Light, feel-good antics ensue. This was nominated for several Oscars in 1995, including Best Picture; it is also one of the highest-rated Italian films on Letterboxd, so let’s check it out.

BONUS: Between the features, we will watch Land Without Bread (1933), a surrealist, 30-minute documentary from renowned auteur Luis Bunuel, whose films have appeared numerous times on the ‘tube, including The Exterminating Angel (1962), The Young and the Damned (1950), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), among others. This shows poverty in rural Spain, and the wretched condition of the peasants, including many staged, bizarre events to shock the viewer out of their passive complacency. Considered a classic of documentary filmmaking.

Next is High Sierra (1941), a film-noir crime thriller starring Humphrey Bogart as a career criminal who has just been released from prison. He sees his newfound freedom as an opportunity for his next big score as he sets his eyes on the cash reserves of a fancy resort. While staying there, a dancer (Ida Lupino) falls in love with him joins him on the run; will these lovebirds evade the arm of the law, or are they doomed? Well, this is from the Hays Code era, so you can probably guess. Director Raoul Walsh is otherwise best-known for White Heat (1949) and The Roaring Twenties (1939), that latter of which we previously watched. This is considered one of the better noirs of the 1940s.

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Letterboxd:

• The Postman: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-postman-1994/
• Land Without Bread: https://letterboxd.com/film/land-without-bread/
• High Sierra: https://letterboxd.com/film/high-sierra/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Postman: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/31401
• High Sierra: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9941

CWs for The Postman:

• Death of parent.
• Crying baby.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge
• Discussion of religion.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Sad ending.

CWs for High Sierra:

• Domestic violence.
• Ableism.
• Gun violence.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Able-bodied actor plays disabled character.
• Car crash.
• Screaming.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.

Links to movies:

• The Postman: https://tankie.tube/w/iytej8UJ1znSZJs6jAcvDv
• Land Without Bread: https://tankie.tube/w/tCvoBLh635Lx2mvvsybi2w
• High Sierra: https://tankie.tube/w/jN8w3GBqC3yyn31Gv9tLmf

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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Dirty Pair (1985), the Sunrise anime adaptation of Haruka Takachiho’s 1980-2018 light novel series of the same name. It follows the wacky spacefaring adventures of Kei and Yuri, the “Lovely Angels”, a pair of lady bounty hunters willing to do just about any job for a quick buck. Hilarity ensues as their escapades inevitably end in the inadvertent destruction of whatever places they visit. It is pretty much Barbarella (1968), but animated; alternatively, it is Charlie’s Angels (1977) in space. The anime’s showrunners also worked on others 80s classics like Armored Troopers VOTOMS (1983) and They Were Eleven (1986). Episodes 19 through 24 tonight.

After that is Grandma and Her Ghosts (1998), a Taiwanese animated horror-comedy about a five-year-old boy who is left with his grandma for awhile in her small fishing village. Uh-oh, he accidentally releases an evil spirit that posses his cat, and then kidnaps his grandma, who is secretly a shaman who wards off ghosts. He has to rescue grandma before supernatural forces take advantage of the sudden lack of anyone who can resist their influence. Hilarity ensues. This is the best-known and best-regarded work of director Wang Hsiao-Ti, and has received great reviews, so let’s check it out.

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

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Letterboxd:

• Dirty Pair: https://letterboxd.com/film/dirty-pair/
• Grandma and Her Ghosts: https://letterboxd.com/film/grandma-and-her-ghosts/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Dirty Pair: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/835620?index1=-1&index2=-1
• Grandma and Her Ghosts: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Dirty Pair:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Misogyny.
• Deaths of animals.
• Sexual assault: Men attempt to grope women without their consent.
• Animal corpses.
• Gun violence.
• Explosions.
• Shower scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Misgendering.
• Antisemitism.
• Nazis.
• Nudity.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Grandma and Her Ghosts:

• Chila abuse.
• Ghosts.
• Child endangerment.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Corpses.
• Kidnapping.

Links to movies:

• Dirty Pair ep. 19: https://tankie.tube/w/iTopXdHd7arSRei2bKxRWz
• Dirty Pair ep. 20: https://tankie.tube/w/kbVZYAmGJoEgnximrPAR9Z
• Dirty Pair ep. 21: https://tankie.tube/w/1TfsurUUP4D9QPrhcGhguY
• Dirty Pair ep. 22: https://tankie.tube/w/tM6Ghu2pYBAgYZg4invAjm
• Dirty Pair ep. 23: https://tankie.tube/w/tqpC1mheMNqRj4WNzaVVWU
• Dirty Pair ep. 24: https://tankie.tube/w/bBBdf9yefva6TZVYQw98UN
• Grandma and Her Ghosts: https://tankie.tube/w/iF1ECbSi6kHTrhwaqG9Sn6

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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Le Bonheur (1965), a French drama from Agnes Varda, one of France’s most renowned filmmakers, whose work we have never watched on the ‘tube. That changes tonight, with one of her most acclaimed films. It centers on a housewife who finds herself in the marriage from hell when her husband decides he’s bored of her and he begins an affair with a postal worker. Drama ensues as he attempts to convince his wife that happiness can be multiplied, and that she should accept the affair. Yep, it’s a French movie. Currently ranked #478 on the Letterboxd Top 500, and one of the best-known films of the French New Wave.

After that is The Odyssey (2026), the latest blockbuster from Christopher Nolan, based on Homer’s epic poem of the same name. It follows Odysseus (Matt Damon) as he ventures home from the Trojan War to reunite with his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway); along the way, he gets up to all sorts of adventures and fights monsters and such, while Penelope has to fend off a parade of suitors. A whole of spectacle ensues, in Nolan’s ultra-serious fashion, accompanied by a relentless soundtrack of “bwaaaaaaa”. It is currently receiving rave reviews and will be one of the highest-grossing films of the year, and probably up for a bunch of awards, too. A camrip has just appeared, and it seems watchable enough (no casino commercials, at least), so let’s check it out.

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Letterboxd:

• Le Bonheur: https://letterboxd.com/film/happiness-1965/
• The Odyssey: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-odyssey-2026/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Le Bonheur: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/250408
• The Odyssey: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/901726

CWs for Le Bonheur:

• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Misogyny.
• Suicide.
• Sex.
• Drowning.
• Unconsciousness.

CWs for The Odyssey:

• Death of dog.
• Child abandonment.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Domestic violence.
• Abusive parents.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Death of animal.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Death of pet.
• Animal abandonment.
• Sad animal.
• Broken bones.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is held underwater.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Death of child.
• Kidnapping of infant.
• Crying baby.
• Death of non-human.
• Suicide.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Jump scares.
• Trypophobia.
• Claustrophobia.
• Ghosts.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Vomiting.
• Audio gore.
• Pooping.
• Someone is eaten alive.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Spitting.
• Eye mutilation.
• Squashed head.
• Decapitation.
• Destruction of priceless artifact.
• Misophonia.
• PTSD.
• Unstable reality.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Flashing lights.
• Jump scares.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Underwater scenes.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Ableism.
• Discussion of religion.
• Demons.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Mention of sexual assault.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Torture.
• Body horror.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Cannibalism.
• Death by crushing
• Stabbing.
• Unconsciousness.

Links to movies:

• Le Bonheur: https://tankie.tube/w/pMoEK4EacUmRhaQGy9SRZe
• The Odyssey: https://tankie.tube/w/pbW4XtedMp59kHtP4n43iM

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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, first up is The Swimming Pool (1969), a French romance/thriller about a couple (Alain Delon and Romy Schneider) who invite the lady’s former lover (Maurice Ronet) and his daughter (Jane Birkin) to their picturesque French Riviera villa, with the action centering on the eponymous pool. Uh-oh, the addition of two more leads to an exponential rise tension as the two men pursue the opposite lady. In true French fashion, this means war. Who will win the game of love? I guess we’ll find out. This is the best-known and best-regarded work of director Jacques Deray, and one of the better-known French films of the 60s.

After that is Missing (1982), an English-language mystery drama from Costa-Gavras, the guy behind such other politically-themed films as Z (1969) and State of Siege (1972), both of which we previously watched. A conservative, respectable American businessman (Jack Lemmon) goes to Pinochet’s Chile to search for his missing journalist son. The protagonist’s mind is blown as his anti-communist brainworms are blown apart by the US State Department’s involvement at every level of the fascist Chilean regime. This one angered the US government enough at the time that it even issued an official rebuttal. Great reviews for this one all around, and it has a really high rating on Letterboxd. This was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 1982, as well.

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Letterboxd:

• The Swimming Pool: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-swimming-pool/
• Missing: https://letterboxd.com/film/missing/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Swimming Pool: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064816/parentalguide/
• Missing: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19667

CWs for The Swimming Pool:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Cheating.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Smoking
• Alcohol.

CWs for Missing:

• Cruelty to animals.
• Death of animal.
• Death of pet.
• Torture.
• Kidnapping.
• Nervous breakdown.
• Gun violence.
• Fascism.
• Beatings.
• Nudity.
• Blood and gore.
• Corpses.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

Links to movies:

• The Swimming Pool: https://tankie.tube/w/2ayeeyqmb1HqeM6MypSb9t
• Missing: https://tankie.tube/w/e5zfKgVMNuqcjv6Y4ziEGe

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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is When the Cat Comes (1963), a Czech surrealist musical children’s fantasy about a circus that brings a magical sunglasses-wearing cat to a small town; when the glasses come off, the cat’s true powers are unleashed, with its eyes turning the village’s adults into different colors to reveal their true natures. A panic ensues among the town’s corrupt leadership as they scramble to get rid of the cat so that they can cover up their sinister personalities once again. This is the best-known and best-regarded work of director Vojtech Jasny, and considered a childhood classic in Czechia.

BONUS: Between the features, we will watch the 19-minute Soviet short cartoon Khalif the Stork (1981), which centers on an evil wizard who sells a caliph a potion that can transform humans into any animal. However, the transformed person must not laugh, or they will be unable to change back to a human. D’oh! He’s stuck as a bird, and has to find the wizard to get his human form back. This is considered one of the better Soviet animations, and is by the best-known work of director Valeriy Ugarov.

After that is I Love Boosters (2026), the latest satirical comedy from renowned auteur Boots Riley, the guy who gave us the equally-acclaimed Sorry to Bother You (2018). It is an absurdist crime farce about a trio of women in the Bay Area who shoplift high-end fashion and then sell it at a discount to their local community, as a way to stick it to the man. A whole lot of wacky antics follow from there as the grift escalates to larger-than-life scale, in a manner reviews often compare to a live-action Looney Tunes. As with Riley’s prior work, it skewers neoliberal capitalism and race relations. Great reviews for this one, let’s check it out.

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Letterboxd:

• When the Cat Comes: https://letterboxd.com/film/when-the-cat-comes/
• Khalif the Stork: https://letterboxd.com/film/khalif-the-stork/
• I Love Boosters: https://letterboxd.com/film/i-love-boosters/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• When the Cat Comes: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12582
• I Love Boosters: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1141313

CWs for When the Cat Comes:

• Deaths of animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Sad animal.
• Taxidermy.
• Cheating.
• Gun violence.

CWs for I Love Boosters:

• Drug use.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• R-slur.
• Death of family member.
• Kidnapping.
• Claustrophobia.
• Possession.
• Shower scene.
• Mannequins.
• Spitting.
• Cancer.
• Unstable reality.
• Nervous breakdown.
• Screaming.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Profanity.
• Ableism.
• Hate speech.
• Demons.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Terminal illness.
• Fat suits.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Homelessness.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Body horror.
• Seizure.

Links to movies:

• When the Cat Comes: https://tankie.tube/w/7ARf5iDaweKwb5xNrui39b
• Khalif the Stork: https://tankie.tube/w/9Wi9RgnsBevcgAvbnH4emi
• I Love Boosters: https://tankie.tube/w/sXqiUNMqNdcge5X9HM69sX

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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Moving (1993), a Japanese coming-of-age drama about an eleven-year-old schoolgirl who must come to terms with her parents’ divorce. She tries to get them to reconcile, even soliciting advice from her classmates on how to do so, but will she succeed, or will she have to accept that mom and dad are separated for good? Drama ensues as tension between mom and daughter threatens to escalate into full-blown estrangement. Rave reviews pretty much everywhere for this one; one of the highest-rated Japanese films on Letterboxd. This is the best-known and best-regarded work of director Shinji Somai.

BONUS: Between the features, we will watch Food (1992), a 16-minute stop-motion short from renowned Czech animator-auteur Jan Svankmajer, the guy behind such films as Alice (1988), Faust (1988), Conspirators of Pleasure (1996), and Little Otik (2000), all of which we previously watched. It explores humans’ relationship with food in Svankmajer’s usual darkly-comic, surreal fashion, progressing through breakfast, lunch, and dinner in increasingly bizarre ways. Considered one of his best works, and one of the highest-rated animated shorts on Letterboxd.

Next, by request, is The Stranger (1946), a film-noir thriller from renowned master Orson Welles, in one of his few box-office hits. Edward G. Robinson stars as an investigator from the War Crimes Commission, exploring a lead that a seemingly-humble small-town Connecticut professor (Welles) is actually a fugitive ex-Nazi under an assumed name. The fed plots to catch the fascist by releasing a minor Nazi and waiting for the two birds of a feather to flock together. The usual noir suspense and intrigue follow from there as Welles’ character tries to flee juistice. This is generally considered one of the better noirs of the 1940s, so let’s check it out.

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Letterboxd:

• Moving: https://letterboxd.com/film/moving-1993/
• Food: https://letterboxd.com/film/food/
• The Stranger: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-stranger/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Moving: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107736/parentalguide/
• The Stranger: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12224

CWs for Moving:

• Blood and gore.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Child neglect.
• Hand injury.
• Violence against women.

CWs for The Stranger:

• Nazis.
• Antisemitism.
• Gun violence.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Death of dog.
• Animal corpses.
• Sad animal.
• Death of pet.
• Cruelty to animals.

Links to movies:

• Moving: https://tankie.tube/w/q74zZ9wE5ggLbrbXguJEF1
• Food: https://tankie.tube/w/fRf4zMPjaCybnRwkaLLrjV
• The Stranger: https://tankie.tube/w/2a6hv2CPQ7nWaLJNz3F5E4

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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Dirty Pair (1985), the Sunrise anime adaptation of Haruka Takachiho’s 1980-2018 light novel series of the same name. It follows the wacky spacefaring adventures of Kei and Yuri, the “Lovely Angels”, a pair of lady bounty hunters willing to do just about any job for a quick buck. Hilarity ensues as their escapades inevitably end in the inadvertent destruction of whatever places they visit. It is pretty much Barbarella (1968), but animated; alternatively, it is Charlie’s Angels (1977) in space. The anime’s showrunners also worked on others 80s classics like Armored Troopers VOTOMS (1983) and They Were Eleven (1986). Episodes 13 through 18 tonight.

After that is Until Sbornia Do Us Part (2013), a Brazilian animated comedy starring musical comedy act Tangos & Tragédias as a bumbling musician duo from the fictional island country of Sbornia, which has lived in isolation for centuries, and developed a strange and insular culture. The wall separating Sbornia from the outside world suddenly collapses, leading to a sudden massive influx of tourists and corporate interests. The Sbornians must decide whether they will rebuild the wall or accept their inevitable drift toward modernity, with a whole lot of cultural-clashing humor along the way. Director Otto Guerra is otherwise best-known for the animated feature The City of Pirates (2018), which we have not yet watched. Great reviews for this, and its aesthetic looks cool, so let’s check it out.

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Letterboxd:

• Dirty Pair: https://letterboxd.com/film/dirty-pair/
• Until Sbornia Do Us Part: https://letterboxd.com/film/until-sbornia-do-us-part/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Dirty Pair: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/835620?index1=-1&index2=-1
• Until Sbornia Do Us Part: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Dirty Pair:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Misogyny.
• Deaths of animals.
• Sexual assault: Men attempt to grope women without their consent.
• Animal corpses.
• Gun violence.
• Explosions.
• Shower scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Misgendering.
• Antisemitism.
• Nazis.
• Nudity.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Until Sbornia Do Us Part:

• Slapstick violence.
• Explosions.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Objectification of female characters.

Links to movies:

• Dirty Pair ep. 13: https://tankie.tube/w/vFXGqwTrHVQfka6Cg13ccY
• Dirty Pair ep. 14: https://tankie.tube/w/oh7zunoUZyRdU9zfJbEJc3
• Dirty Pair ep. 15: https://tankie.tube/w/doz82QZRRqvVEpj2dogn4z
• Dirty Pair ep. 16: https://tankie.tube/w/ngtEf4BthyLbFZex6T8xL5
• Dirty Pair ep. 17: https://tankie.tube/w/7v7TGDX49VLvJbQQaqAfcE
• Dirty Pair ep. 18: https://tankie.tube/w/n7WHxCBVynMUX8mgGXDjLj
• Until Sbornia Do Us Part: https://tankie.tube/w/nKfES6ngw2yLPpPE9tVjWD

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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Farewell (1983), a Soviet drama about a rural island farming village in Siberia populated mostly by elderly people, who are suddenly forced to abandon their homes to make way for a hydroelectric dam project. Tradition and modernity clash as some of the villagers decide to resist the destruction of their homes. Old people get to rock sometimes, too. Initially, the film was directed by Larisa Shepitko, whose WW2 drama The Ascent (1977) we previously watched; she died in the middle of production, and her husband, Elem Klimov, finished the film; he is best-known as the director of Come and See (1985). This is one of the highest-rated Soviet films on Letterboxd.

After that is The Furious (2025), a mostly-English-language Hong Kong martial-arts action film about a man who will go to any lengths to retrieve his kidnapped daughter. He receives no help from the corrupt police, so he takes matters into his own hands, teaming up with a journalist whose wife has also gone missing. Together, they infiltrate the criminal underworld and punch, kick, and shoot their way through endless waves of bad guys, determined to find their loved ones. Will they succeed? I guess we’ll find out. Dudes are gonna rock. This is by far the best-known and best-regarded work to date of director Kenji Tanagaki; critics are calling it the best action movie of the year, so let’s give it a whirl.

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Letterboxd:

• Farewell: https://letterboxd.com/film/farewell-1983/
• The Furious: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-furious/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Farewell: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• The Furious: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/853879

CWs for Farewell:

• Abuse of elderly people.
• Poverty.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Destruction of nature.
• Desecration of corpses.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Furious:

• Pedophilia.
• Child abuse.
• Finger mutilation.
• Amputation.
• Broken bones.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Slapping of woman.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Audio gore.
• Spitting.
• Eye mutilation.
• Decapitation.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Flashing lights.
• Death of pregnant person.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Fistfighting.
• Beatings.
• Torture.
• Stabbing.

Links to movies:

• Farewell: https://tankie.tube/w/azJcNEUCorfEMBCaFDUZrA
• The Furious: https://tankie.tube/w/27Du9nSxu1GGAChSVjqQCX

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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, first up is The World of Apu (1959), AKA Apur Sansar, an Indian drama from the most renowned Indian director of all time, Satyajit Ray; we have previously watched his films The Big City (1963), The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969), and The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980). It is the direct sequel to Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956), which we watched the previous two Thursdays, centering on an older version of the protagonist from those films, Apu, as he travels to the village of a college friend to attend a wedding. Uh-oh, turns out the groom has cold feet on his wedding day, and abandons his bride; to help her save face, Apu agrees to marry her instead. Drama ensues as Apu learns to adjust to wedded life, and then, to fatherhood. As with its predecessors, this is considered atypical for Indian films of the time for its Italian-neorealist-esque tone, eschewing the usual song and dance numbers in favor of gritty, grounded drama. Also features a soundtrack by famed Indian musician Ravi Shankar. This is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time; it is currently ranked #84 on the Letterboxd Top 500.

After that is Michael (2026), a biopic of some guy named Michael Jackson. His nephew, Jaafar Jackson, plays the young singer as he conquers the world with his creative genius and definitely doesn’t do anything problematic. The picture follows his life until 1992 and stops there, even though he lived until 2009. Wonder why they did that. At any rate, we can expect a whole lot of singing and dancing to some catchy tunes. This is one of the biggest box-office hits of the year, having grossed a billion dollars worldwide. Director Antoine Fuqua is otherwise best-known for Training Day (2001), The Equalizer (2014), and Olympus Has Fallen (2013).

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Letterboxd:

• The World of Apu: https://letterboxd.com/film/apur-sansar/
• Michael: https://letterboxd.com/film/michael-2026/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The World of Apu: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/835352
• Michael: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1114745

CWs for The World of Apu:

• Death of animal.
• Animal corpses.
• Fat jokes.
• Bath scene.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Smoking.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Michael:

• Michael Jackson.
• Child abuse.
• Domestic violence.
• Abusive parents.
• Abused person forgives their abuser.
• Gaslighting.
• Belt beating.
• Snakes.
• Bullying.
• Razors.
• Cancer.
• Hospital scene.
• PTSD.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Body dysphoria.
• Nervous breakdown.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Flashing lights.
• Jump scares.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Hate speech.
• Discussion of religion.
• Male character ridiculed for crying.
• Chronic illness.
• Blood.
• Gun violence.
• Shaving.

Links to movies:

• The World of Apu: https://tankie.tube/w/vv91EFFoFGaD9tEpKzzh5M
• Michael: https://tankie.tube/w/4Ez397BE6o3V3gnPD9hZQr

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Little Otik (2000), a Czech horror-comedy-fantasy from renowned auteur Jan Svankmajer, whose films Alice (1988), Faust (1994), and Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) we previously watched. The film centers on a couple who find themselves to have a child; they instead adopt a gnarled root and pretend it is a baby, and uh-oh, the fake baby becomes sentient through sheer willpower. Horror and humor ensue as the monstrous child developer s ravenous appetite. Yes, Svankmajer pretty much remade Eraserhead (1977), but with his signature stop-motion effects and dark comedy. This is one of Svankmajer’s best-known films, and is considered a cult classic, so let’s check it out.

After that is She’s the Man (2006), a teen rom-com that adapts Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night to a 21st-century Usian high school setting. Amanda Bynes stars as Viola, who hatches a plot to disguise herself as her twin brother and take his place at a boarding school, where she learns how to be a man, even as she falls in love with her hunky roommate. Uh-oh, what happens when bro shows up at the school and doesn’t know that his sister has taken his identity? Comedy, that’s what. This is by the best-known and best-regarded film of director Andy Fickman, whose credits otherwise include a bunch of even sloppier slop, such as, uhh, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015). This is really popular on Letterboxd, for some reason, so we’ll give it a shot.

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

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Little Otik: https://letterboxd.com/film/little-otik/
• She’s the Man: https://letterboxd.com/film/shes-the-man/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Little Otik: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/182987
• She’s the Man: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16061

CWs for Little Otik:

• Implied pedophilia.
• Sad animal.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Child abuse.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Death of cat.
• Death of pet.
• Animal corpses.
• Babies.
• Crying baby.
• Vomiting.
• Implied sex.
• Nudity.
• Blood and gore.
• Carnism.

CWs for She’s the Man:

• Animal corpses.
• Misogyny.
• Misgendering.
• Objectification of female characters..
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Slapping of woman.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Razors.
• Clowns.
• Shower scene.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Spitting.
• Meltdown.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Fat jokes.
• Misgendering.
• Hate speech.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Blood.
• Shaving.
• Unconsciousness.

Links to movies:

• Little Otik: https://tankie.tube/w/cyR6LvjetyMhcPFETN9K9Q
• She’s the Man: https://tankie.tube/w/dfNoNQVnM9FHDovPesRvTs

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Resurrection (2025), a Chinese postmodernist, genre-busting, sort-of-sci-fi, sort-of fantasy, sort-of anthology, centering on a dystopic future in which humans have traded their ability to dream for immortality. Amidst this bleak, static hellscape, one man decides to live outside the system and dare to dream again. A woman finds this man and attempts to understand him by planting a film projector in his chest, showing her a succession of five stories, each reflecting a different dream. Director is renowned auteur Bi Gan, whose similarly surreal A Long Day’s Journey into Night (2018) we previously watched. This is one of the best-reviewed films of 2025, and one of the highest-rated Chinese films on Letterboxd, so let’s give it a shot.

Next is The Palm Beach Story (1942), a screwball rom-com from Preston Sturges, the guy behind The Lady Eve (1941), which we previously watched. It stars Joel McCrea as a cash-strapped inventor, whose wife (Claudette Colbert) comes up with a delightfully devilish idea to obtain more money for him: she will divorce him and then marry a rich business mogul, and siphon as many funds as possible to her ex. Will this plan succeed, or will the scheme be exposed before they can pull it off? Either way, a whole bunch of wacky hijinx will ensue. This is considered one of the classic screwball comedies, and one of Sturges’ best films.

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

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Resurrection: https://letterboxd.com/film/resurrection-2025/
• The Palm Beach Story: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-palm-beach-story/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Resurrection: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1536588
• The Palm Beach Story: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035169/parentalguide/

CWs for Resurrection:

• Death of dog.
• Drug use.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Vomiting.
• Tooth damage.
• Misophonia.
• Unstable reality.
• Suicide attempt.
• Self-harm.
• Blood and gore.
• Torture.
• Body horror.
• Stabbing.

CWs for The Palm Beach Story:

• Racial caricatures.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Misogyny.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Gun violence.
• Drunkenness.

Links to movies:

• Resurrection: https://tankie.tube/w/4rfy9cEsUzEG3TkaEu2zCe
• The Palm Beach Story: https://tankie.tube/w/mh2YwTwyEuZ7Dbo2gkJkWV

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Dirty Pair (1985), the Sunrise anime adaptation of Haruka Takachiho’s 1980-2018 light novel series of the same name. It follows the wacky spacefaring adventures of Kei and Yuri, the “Lovely Angels”, a pair of lady bounty hunters willing to do just about any job for a quick buck. Hilarity ensues as their escapades inevitably end in the inadvertent destruction of whatever places they visit. It is pretty much Barbarella (1968), but animated; alternatively, it is Charlie’s Angels (1977) in space. The anime’s showrunners also worked on others 80s classics like Armored Troopers VOTOMS (1983) and They Were Eleven (1986). Episodes 7 through 12 tonight.

After that, we’re going more mainstream than usual this week with Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), the extremely popular Studio Ghibli film from legendary director Hayao Miyazaki. Somehow, we never watched this on the ‘tube, even though we spent months watching pretty much everything the studio has put out. People have requested a Ghibli, so here we go. Join in for the cozy adventures of a tween girl who strives to become a full witch by completing a year of independent life, which she fulfills by flying around on her broom as a letter courier. This was a huge blockbuster at the time in Japan, and is widely considered one of the greatest animated films of all time.

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

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Dirty Pair: https://letterboxd.com/film/dirty-pair/
• Kiki’s Delivery Service: https://letterboxd.com/film/kikis-delivery-service/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Dirty Pair: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/835620?index1=-1&index2=-1
• Kiki’s Delivery Service: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10250

CWs for Dirty Pair:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Misogyny.
• Deaths of animals.
• Sexual assault: Men attempt to grope women without their consent.
• Animal corpses.
• Gun violence.
• Explosions.
• Shower scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Misgendering.
• Antisemitism.
• Nazis.
• Nudity.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Kiki’s Delivery Service:

• Bugs.
• Crying baby.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Screaming.
• Babies.
• Fat jokes.
• Misgendering.
• Misogyny.
• Plane crash.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Child endangerment.
• Child abandonment.

Links to movies:

• Dirty Pair ep. 7: https://tankie.tube/w/hhXq8Y1HdMP2Zrw3cNbw9d
• Dirty Pair ep. 8: https://tankie.tube/w/pPksz5SS7R1Jev8vPDkoNa
• Dirty Pair ep. 9: https://tankie.tube/w/9Htmz5gfsxY9iPjaGJU8iT
• Dirty Pair ep. 10: https://tankie.tube/w/cyn9y3VbnRzcd1RJBtQxyk
• Dirty Pair ep. 11: https://tankie.tube/w/vepGR1mcXGZnpLcVDwYUTc
• Dirty Pair ep. 12: https://tankie.tube/w/eBsCZpRgZvaxHo8XqAjPFU
• Kiki’s Delivery Service: https://tankie.tube/w/x9PUzdy3Bdx7i27M1hMEuR