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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Leave Her to Heaven (1945), a film-noir/melodrama about the new wife (Gene Tierney) of a famous novelist who becomes violently possessive of her husband. Pretty much a 1940s version of what is now known as a “yandere”. Will this lady sicko be able to tone herself down before things get out of hand? Probably not. We’ll see. This is the best-known and best-regarded film of director John M’ Stahl’s career. Unusually for a noir, it is in Technicolor.

After that is Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013), an action-comedy about a renegade film crew who decide to make a hit yakuza film by actually embroiling themselves in a yakuza feud, and filming the results for extra authenticity. Hilarity ensues as the line between fiction and reality blurs, with the filmmakers becoming actual gangsters, and vice-versa. “Live-action anime” is a common refrain in the reviews for this one. Expect a whole lot of over-the-top gore. Director is Sion Sono, the guy behind the similarly cartoonish Love Exposure (2008).

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Be there, comrades!

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CWs for Leave Her to Heaven:

  • Domestic violence.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Unconsciousness.
  • Falling down stairs.
  • Death of child.
  • Natural bodies of water.
  • Hospital scene.
  • Mental illness.
  • Self-harm.
  • Suicide.
  • Stillbirth.
  • Miscarriage.
  • Abortion.
  • Ableism.
  • Drowning.

CWs for Why Don’t You Play in Hell?:

  • Domestic violence.
  • Drug use.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Cutting of flesh.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Someone is buried alive.
  • Amputation.
  • Squashed head.
  • Broken bones.
  • Tooth damage.
  • Finger mutilation.
  • Torture.
  • Eye mutilation.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Death of parent.
  • Kidnapping.
  • Cheating.
  • Vomiting.
  • Spitting.
  • Audio gore.
  • Anxiety attacks.
  • Suicidal ideation.
  • Shaky cam.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Fat jokes.
  • Age-gap romance.
  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Sex.
  • Honking horns.
  • Screeching tires.
  • Car crash.
  • Gun violence.
  • Sad ending.

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