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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Through a Glass Darkly (1961), a psychological drama from the master himself, Ingmar Bergman. A woman’s grip on reality fades as she leaves a mental hospital to join her emotionally-detached family in their island home; soon, she starts believing she can talk to God, as her family can look on only in confusion. Yep, sounds like a Bergman plot. Expect a lot of existential themes and sad-looking Swedes. This is considered one of Bergman’s best films, and one of the best films of the 1960s, so we’ll check it out.

After that is Frankenstein (2025), an adaptation of Marry Shelley’s 1819 novel of the same It is directed by renowned auteur Guillermo del Toro, the guy behind such work as Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), The Shape of Water (2017), and Pinocchio (2022), among others. Oscar Isaac stars as the eponymous Victor Frankenstein, who uses his prodigious talents in science to create an artificial man from corpses’ body parts. This famously ends well in the novel, so I imagine the same happens in this film. This is getting some Oscar buzz, so let’s watch.

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

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Through a Glass Darkly: https://letterboxd.com/film/through-a-glass-darkly/
• Frankenstein: https://letterboxd.com/film/frankenstein-2025/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Through a Glass Darkly: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/60647
• Frankenstein: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/108554

CWs for Through a Glass Darkly:

• Child abuse.
• Spiders.
• Discussion of sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Seizure.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Suicide attempt.
• Ableism.
• Incest.
• Sex.
• Chronic illness.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Frankenstein:

• Death of dog.
• Animal abandonment.
• Child abandonment.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Child abuse.
• Domestic violence.
• Abusive parents.
• Abused person forgives their abuser.
• Abused person becomes the abuser.
• Stalking.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Death of horse.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Bullying.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Torture.
• Body horror.
• Finger mutilation.
• Squashed head.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Decapitation.
• Throat mutilation.
• Hanging.
• Shaving.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Asphyxiation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Broken bones.
• Dislocations.
• Death by falling.
• Unconsciousness.
• Choking.
• Stabbing.
• Amputation.
• Hand damage.
• Suicide.
• Able-bodied actor lays disabled character.
• Death of parent.
• Razors.
• Bath scene.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Audio gore.
• Prison scene.
• Smoke.
• Gun violence.
• Needles.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Mental illness.
• Suicide.
• Flashing lights.
• Jump scares.
• Screaming.
• Crying baby.
• Underwater scenes.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Childbirth.
• Death of pregnant person.
• Babies.
• Misgendering.
• Ableism.
• Discussion of religion.
• Nudity.
• Terminal illness.
• Chronic illness.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Homelessness.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Through a Glass Darkly: https://tankie.tube/w/8hiRNJJTL3sSxMcCicoP1s
• Frankenstein: https://tankie.tube/w/mJuZuD1DeRBXUoM9sWjghU