For this Sunday Slop Night, first up is Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic heist film Le Cercle Rouge (1970), which is often considered one of the best French movies of all time. A group of French thieves plot to steal some jewels; will they pull off the job? I guess we’ll find out. Everyone liked Melville’s Army of Shadows (1969), so this one seems like a safe bet. After that is Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman (1996), allegedly the first feature film directed by an “out” black lesbian. It is a comedy about a black video store worker seeking to make a movie about a 1930s black actress; she finds love along the way. It has an extremely high rating on Letterboxd. Let’s give it a whirl.
We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Le Cercle Rouge: https://letterboxd.com/film/le-cercle-rouge/
- The Watermelon Woman: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-watermelon-woman/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Le Cercle Rouge: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/49446
- The Watermelon Woman: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21835
CWs for Le Cercle Rouge:
- Spiders.
- Snakes.
- Bugs.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Drug addiction.
- Shaving.
- Claustrophobia.
- Sad ending.
- Blood and gore.
- Gun violence.
CWs for The Watermelon Woman:
- Drug use.
- Shaky cam.
- N-word.
- Misgendering.
- Death of LGBT person.
- Ableism.
- Hate speech.
- Sex scene.
- Nudity.
Links to movies:
- Le Cercle Rouge: https://vimeo.com/852226260
- The Watermelon Woman: https://vimeo.com/852805736
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