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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Enter the Void (2009), a psychedelic melodrama-art-thriller about a drugn dealer who is shot dead by the police, after which he goes on a strange journey through the afterlife, taking him through the seedy Tokyo underworld. Its gimmick is that it is shot entirely from the POV of the protagonist, i.e., a first-person view, in video-game parlance. Director is Gaspar Noe (the same guy behind Climax [2018]), so expect a whole lot of sex, drugs, and violence along the way. Looks neat; let’s check it out.

After that is REC (2007), a Spanish found-footage horror film centering on a film crew that follows some firefighters into what looks like a routine job in an apartment building, only for the building to be sealed off with everyone still inside as a strange disease spreads among them. Things go from bad to worse from there. It is the best-known and best-regarded work of director duo Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. This is considered one of the better films of its ilk, so we’ll give it a whirl.

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 Enter the Void:

  • Domestic violence.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Drug use.
  • Drug addiction.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Incest.
  • Abortion.
  • Sexualization of minor.
  • Death of main character.
  • Drug overdose.
  • Death of parent.
  • Cheating.
  • Jump scares.
  • Shower scene.
  • Needles.
  • Hospital scene.
  • Violent mentally-ill person.
  • Unstable reality.
  • Anxiety attacks.
  • Suicidal ideation.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • PTSD.
  • Shaky cam.
  • Crying baby.
  • Screaming.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Someone is watched without their knowledge.
  • Unborn baby.
  • Nudity.
  • Sex.
  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Homelessness.
  • Honking horns.
  • Car crash.
  • Sad ending.
  • Gun violence.
  • Blood and gore.

CWs for REC:

  • Death of dog.
  • Child abuse.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Throat mutilation.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Choking.
  • Body horror.
  • Squashed head.
  • Asphyxiation.
  • Unconsciousness.
  • Broken bones.
  • Tooth damage.
  • Someone falls down stairs.
  • Death by falling.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Death of child.
  • Suicide.
  • Death of non-human.
  • Zombies.
  • Jump scares.
  • Possession.
  • Vomiting.
  • Someone is eaten alive.
  • Needles.
  • Anxiety attacks.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Sudden loud noises.
  • Shaky cam.
  • Screaming.
  • Profanity.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Hate speech.
  • Nudity.
  • Gun violence.
  • Sad ending.

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