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I was absent the last two nights, but things are back to normal now; I will be there tonight. For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Le Deuxieme Souffle (“Second Breath”), a crime thriller from renowned French auteur Jean-Pierre Melville, the guy behind Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Army of Shadows (1969), both of which we previously watched. A gangster breaks out of prison and goes to Paris to join his buds and continue his gang stuff. He wants to leave the country, but he needs some money, and so, he finds himself roped into one last job. Uh-oh, a police inspector is on his tail. Will he get away? I guess we’ll find out. This is considered one of Melville’s best films, and one of the highlights of French New Wave cinema.

After that is Best in Show (2000), a mockumentary comedy directed by Christopher Guest, the writer of this This Is Spinal Tap (1984), to which this movie bears many similarities. Unlike its predecessor, though, this one focuses on the wacky world of dog shows. A lot of crude and slapstick antics ensue as the film showcases each of the competition’s canine contestants, along with their eccentric owners. Great reviews for this one, so let’s check it out.

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

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Le Deuxieme Souffle: https://letterboxd.com/film/le-deuxieme-souffle/
• Best in Show: https://letterboxd.com/film/best-in-show/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Le Deuxieme Souffle: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060305/parentalguide/
• Best in Show: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/8894

CWs for Le Deuxieme Souffle:

• Nudity.
• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.
• Death by falling.
• Beatings.
• Police brutality.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.

CWs for Best in Show:

• Animal abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse
• Sexual assault: a man kisses a woman without her consent.
• Shaving.
• Cheating.
• Meltdown.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicide.
• Screaming.
• Misgendering.
• Misrepresentation of minority.
• Hate speech.
• Age-gap romance.
• Objectification of female characters.

Links to movies:

• Le Deuxieme Souffle: https://tankie.tube/w/2qSxvA32D9eVC2LaYAayHG
• Best in Show: https://tankie.tube/w/kRhuJKVBheY1pNu5RPesCS