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
thanks to everyone who showed up for this Sunday Slop Night! Stick around for the late show, or else, tune in same time same place next week for more slop!