April's Mystery Movie

 

TONIGHT'S SCREENING IS SOLD OUT

You guys, this is getting out of hand. So far this year, we've sold out every month! Bananas.

This month's move theme: Did you know that Aztec people are alive on this continent today? Also, did you know that they're largely responsible for one of the best cuisines on our food-filled planet? From Wikipedia: "Mexican cuisine continues to be based on staple elements of Mesoamerican cooking and, particularly, of Aztec cuisine: corn, chili, beans, squash, tomato, avocado. Many of these staple products continue to be known by their Nahuatl names, carrying in this way ties to the Aztec people who introduced these foods [...] to the world. Through spread of ancient Mesoamerican food elements, particularly plants, Nahuatl loan words (chocolate, tomato, chili, avocado, tamale, taco, pupusa, chipotle, pozole, atole) have been borrowed [...] into other languages around the world." Just checking...

Hints: Pretty sure this month's movie was made by people who didn't know any of the above. (And I know I have the internet, but if all that is true now, it was true then too.) This month's movie is also weird on nearly every front it could be, so maybe Aztec culture isn't the only subject they could use a refresher on.

Content Warnings: The action in this movie is mainly driven by misconceptions of Aztec culture. 

If you have additional concerns/questions about this month's film, feel free to reach out through facebook, or email info@TimMonsters.com and Tim or I will happily address any concerns, big or small. We want fun surprises for everyone!

Mutual Aid Suggestion: This one is super easy, take yourself out for Mexican food, and tip HUGE. We are so extremely spoiled with excellent Mexican food in the metro, and not unlike other ethnic cuisines, the prices we pay for that food doesn't line up with the amount of effort and skill that goes into making it for the masses 💖📼💖

Get Your Tickets FOR NEXT MONTH Here: Tape Freaks presents: Mystery Movie @ the Trylon, 7pm $5 

March's Mystery Movie

The swing from last month's movie to this month's movie may be the most drastic yet, but that hardly matters because:

TONIGHT'S SCREENING IS SOLD OUT

Again, I know! Who knew this year we'd be so popular? Certainly not us!

This month's move theme: Did you know dragons eat lettuce?

Hints: This month's movie stars an actor who also stared in a film we screened only a few months ago. This month's movie is directed by someone who has action coordinating credits on some pretty noteworthy films. This movie is weird, impressive, unpredictable, sometimes all at once!

Content Warnings: No content warning that we noted, but please reach out if you ever have concerns!

If you have additional concerns/questions about this month's film, feel free to reach out through facebook, or email info@TimMonsters.com and Tim or I will happily address any concerns, big or small. We want fun surprises for everyone!

Mutual Aid Suggestion: This month's mutual aid suggestion is easy breezy! Prepare yourself to vote. If you haven't already, take the "quiz" at I Side With to see which candidates align with your political values. (Don't forget to click the "show more" button at the end of each section, you can get shockingly deep into each topic.) Closer to the election day, double check what else will be on your ballot. And if you want your political party to take specific actions, start making noise now and keep it up until they act! 💖📼💖

Get Your Tickets FOR NEXT MONTH Here: Tape Freaks presents: Mystery Movie @ the Trylon, 7pm $5 

Timmonsters Online Shop!

Have we ever mentioned that you can avoid paying shipping on Timmonsters website, if you regularly attend Cinema of the Macabre or Tape Freaks screenings? Just select "store pickup" at checkout and be ready to pickup at either screening! Pretty convenient right?

Just figured someone may need to know...

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February's Mystery Movie

TONIGHT'S SCREENING IS SOLD OUT

This month's move theme: Colette's birthday wildcard! 

Hints: This month's movie isn't one of my favorites, but it is one of my favorite movies to have shown to a friend! A friend of mine had a lifelong thing for one of the actors in this movie, and yet hadn't ever seen this film; showing it to her was truly one of the best movie watching experiences ever. (This month's movie also happens to feature a stunt actor who stared in a film we screened not so far back!)

Content Warnings: This movie is a pretty gross body-horror flick, so I hope that's your bag, because you clearly all have tickets already! 

If you have additional concerns/questions about this month's film, feel free to reach out through facebook, or email info@TimMonsters.com and Tim or I will happily address any concerns, big or small. We want fun surprises for everyone!

Mutual Aid Suggestion: This month's mutual aid suggestion is to follow b.resale on Instagram. They're an excellent secondhand store on Nicollet Ave in Minneapolis, but they also consistently share in their stories mutual aid needs, community gatherings, community resources, citizen actions, and so much more! Follow them, take action when you can, and share their content to get it in front of as many eyes as possible: https://www.instagram.com/bresalempls/ 💖📼💖

Get Your Tickets FOR NEXT MONTH Here: Tape Freaks presents: Mystery Movie @ the Trylon, 7pm $5 

January's Mystery Movie

This month's move theme: Advances in technology cannot be trusted.

Hints: On paper, this sci-fi thriller should have been a success, however it was poorly received by both audiences and critics. This movie stars capable and well regarded actors, was written by a well regarded writer, and was directed by someone who even had a few successes under his belt. 

Content Warnings: Light flashes. Not strobing, but it happens often enough that it's worth mentioning. 

If you have additional concerns/questions about this month's film, feel free to reach out through facebook, or email info@TimMonsters.com and Tim or I will happily address any concerns, big or small. We want fun surprises for everyone!

Mutual Aid Suggestion: This month's mutual aid suggestion is the same as last month, because I'm writing this on Tuesday night! So contribute to Community Driven! They're a non-profit that works with medium-to-small scale local grocers and restaurants, taking their potential food-waste and delivering it to appropriate food distribution non-profits. (Most food-rescue non-profits won't work with smaller scale businesses due to how inconsistent their surplus can be.) Community Driven's website, instagram and facebook 💖📼💖

Get Your Tickets Here: Tape Freaks presents: Mystery Movie @ the Trylon, 7pm $5

December's Mystery Movie

Oh boy. When you put it all on paper, you start to wonder...

This month's move theme: The devil made me do it. 

Hints: This movie is subtitled, on the dark side of things, on the non-stop action side of things, and has some some pretty intense gross-out/shock elements. This month's movie might be the director's most straightforward film, which is sayin' somethin' about his body of work...

Content Warnings (there are many, read all the way through): This movie is FULL of blasphemy, casual misogyny, contains a smattering of symbols of American racism (in some background shots and shop windows), and even has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of "But it's tradition!!!" blackface. [BTW, blackface is literally never acceptable, and really REALLY shouldn't be something people want to partake in so badly.] There's also a couple of right-wing-flavored racist utterances by side characters, seemingly to punctuate the terribleness of those characters, as they are buried in dialogue that sets them up as terrible people. There's a couple scenes where a character prepares freshly caught rabbit, and although the animal was certainly obtained by the film crew pre-deceased, it's preeeeetty gnarly. Less terribly, there's a long talk between two characters about virginity, but somehow it leans more to the "this is what I've chosen for myself" end of things than the "this is the only pure way to live" end. And just for funnzies, there's multiple shots of unabashed, older-man, full-frontal. (So many warnings this month, I hopefully didn't forget any, but see below if you have further questions or concerns!)

If you have additional concerns/questions about this month's film, feel free to reach out through facebook, or email info@TimMonsters.com and Tim or I will happily address any concerns, big or small. We want fun surprises for everyone!

Mutual Aid Suggestion: This month's mutual aid suggestion is to contribute to Community Driven, a non-profit that works with medium-to-small scale local grocers and restaurants, taking their potential food-waste and bringing it to appropriate food distribution non-profits. (Most food-rescue non-profits won't work with smaller scale businesses due to the amount of work it takes to obtain their surplus, and how inconsistent their surplus can be.) Community Driven's website, instagram and facebook 💖📼💖

Get Your Tickets Here: Tape Freaks presents: Mystery Movie @ the Trylon, 7pm $5

November's Mystery Movie

This month's movie might be the biggest departure from our usual range of offerings, as it might be grittier and darker than any of our other picks. This movie is just a good film from beginning to end, though not without it's genre charm; we are very curious how this one will be received! 

This month's move theme: ACAB, all power, to all people!

Hints: This movie could be considered tower-defense film, if that genre was extended to movies. This month's movie is flush with high stakes tension, and tangible consequences for all manner of actions. It also doesn't pull any punches as far as illustrating who the villains are, just as much as it highlights the importance of community action. 

Content Warnings [Two topics, SPOILERS]: CW #1 Violence, general phobic treatment, and death of LGBTQIA+ community members. The opening of this film is intentionally reminiscent of the harassment suffered by patrons of the Stonewall Inn, that lead to the Stonewall Uprising. However in this film, the harassment escalates to a different end [SPOILER]... featuring multiple brutal deaths of LGBTQIA+ people. CW #2 General police fuckery. The opening of the film uses news footage from an unlawful strike by police, which leads pretty directly into the aforementioned CW. 

[If you have additional concerns/questions about this month's film, feel free to reach out through facebook, or email info@TimMonsters.com and Tim or I will happily address them. We want fun surprises for everyone!] 

Mutual Aid Suggestion: Once upon a time, a Whole Foods higher up (maybe someone in the regional offices, maybe someone in global) decided we all needed to watch this short film edited to a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace. They made us watch this short between Thanksgiving and Christmas, our most brutally busy time of year. With that in mind, please watch the video here and see first hand how out of touch people who work in offices are, even when they manage thousands of retail workers. And then, remember that retail workers are treated poorly from every angle, paid abysmally, and have non-work holiday stress just like everyone else. This holiday season tip well, find the joys, and spread compassion plz! 💖📼💖

Get Your Tickets Here: Tape Freaks presents: Mystery Movie @ the Trylon, 7pm $5