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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!

Letterboxd:

• The Beasts: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-beasts-2022/
• School on Fire: https://letterboxd.com/film/school-on-fire/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Beasts: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/796544
• School on Fire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096472/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

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.

Links to movies:

• The Beasts: https://tankie.tube/w/bAef6wydsNfXfRGQFc37qP
• School on Fire: https://tankie.tube/w/j4y4TM8jnNDveHCXG6E74Q