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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944), a historical drama from renowned Soviet auteur Sergei Eisenstein, the guy behind Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Alexander Nevsky (1938), among others. The film follows the rise of Ivan IV (1530-1584), as he outmaneuvers the treacherous nobility surrounding him to unite the Russian people under a single domain. A web of ruthless intrigue and backstabbing follows from there. Einstein intended to make three parts, but only managed to make two; we will watch the second soon enough. Critics regard as one of the best Soviet movies, as does Letterboxd.

After that is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025), the sequel to Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion (2022), though the only narrative link is the presence of Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc. As with its predecessors, this is a mystery-farce skewering right-wingers, this time religious authorities in a small town, as Blanc investigates a bizarre murder seemingly in the interest of the local priest (Josh Brolin), though without any evidence implicating him. Blanc unravels the mystery in comic, satirical fashion. Director Rian Johnson returns from the previous two entries. Critics are already raving about this one, so let’s watch. We will use a camrip, since one of good quality just appeared.

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

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Ivan the Terrible, Part One: https://letterboxd.com/film/ivan-the-terrible-part-i/
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: https://letterboxd.com/film/wake-up-dead-man/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Ivan the Terrible, Part One: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/730506
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1462636

CWs for Ivan the Terrible, Part One:

• Ableism.
• Death of parent.
• Babies.
• Blood and gore.
• Alcohol.
• Stabbing.

CWs for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery:

• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Domestic violence.
• Abusive parents.
• Gaslighting.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Stalking.
• Child abuse.
• Alcoholism.
• Drug use.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Bullying.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Asphyxiation.
• Hand damage.
• Stabbing.
• Unconsciousness.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Suicide.
• Ableist slurs.
• Able-bodied actor plays disabled character.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Jump scares.
• Copaganda.
• Prison scene.
• Cancer.
• Suicide attempt.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• PTSD.
• Unstable reality.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Dissociation.
• Mental illness.
• Meltdown.
• Flashing lights.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Ableism.
• Hate speech.
• Discussion of religion.
• Chronic illness.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Ivan The Terrible, Part One: https://tankie.tube/w/eJkTiSqQhisCSAaEwTPaUq
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: https://tankie.tube/w/mgNvRTkPK1wJKHJXZw6pM5