For this Friday Movie Night, since Oscar season has begun first up is one of the frontrunners for Best Foreign Language Film, Society of the Snow (2023). It concerns the famous real-life 1972 saga of a Chilean rugby team whose plane home crash-lands in the Andes, after which the team must survive the severe climate. Most infamously, they eventually resort to cannibalism. Aaahhh! This story was previously adapted as Alive (1993), but this is, by all accounts, a less-Hollywood-y take The director is J.A. Bayona, who is otherwise best-known for, uhh, Orphanage (2007) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). This is by far his best-received film to date, having already won numerous awards. Let’s check it out. After that is Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), a satirical comedy from renowned auteur Taika Waititi. The cops launch a manhunt to find a boy and his foster uncle in the New Zealand bush; to get away, they have to learn to work together. Hilarity ensues. Excellent reviews everywhere for this one, so we’ll give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here:

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Society of the Snow: https://letterboxd.com/film/society-of-the-snow/
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople: https://letterboxd.com/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Society of the Snow: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1070175
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/12769

CWs for Society of the Snow:

• Nudity.
• Sex references.
• Blood and gore.
• Disembowelment.
• Cannibalism.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Plane crash.
• Drugged drink.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Hand damage.
• Broken bones.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Deaths by crushing.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Asphyxiation.
• Tooth damage.
• Unconsciousness.
• Frostbite.
• Deaths by falling.
• Stabbing.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scare.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Hospital scene.
• Someone has a meltdown.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Starvation.
• Sudden loid noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Debate over existentialism.

CWs for Hunt for the Wilderpeople:

• Death of dog.
• Child abandonment.
• Child abuse.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Smoking.
• Deaths of animals.
• Hunting.
• Carnism.
• Sad animals.
• Harm to rabbits.
• Death of pet.
• Mention of child sex abuse. Not depicted.
• Joke about man being sexually assaulted. Not depicted.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Stabbing.
• Death of child.
• Death of parent.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Mannequins.
• Spitting.
• Screams of agony.
• Misophonia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Profanity.
• Fat jokes.
• Ableist language.
• Homelessness.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Society of the Snow: https://vimeo.com/909295139
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople: https://vimeo.com/909301641