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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Like Father, Like Son (2013), a Japanese family drama from renowned auteur Hirokau Kore-eda, whose films Shoplifters (2018), Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After Life (1998) we previously watched. It centers on an overworked architect with a wife and kids who learns that his six-year-old son was swapped with another child at birth. Drama ensues as the two families meet, and try to decide whether they should swap sons again. This received wide critical acclaim, and is currently ranked #380 on the Letterboxd Top 500.

After that is The Pilgrim (1923), Charlie Chaplin’s 39-minute slapstick short/featurette. This time, the Tramp is criminal who escapes from jail and disguises himself as the pastor of the local church. Hilarity ensues as he adjusts to his new, fraudulent job. Considered one of Chaplin’s better shorts.

Last is Little Caesar (1931), an old-timey gangster film starring Edward G. Robinson as a small-time hoodlum who shoots his way to the top of the Chicago mafia hierarchy. Uh-oh, turns out the very aggressiveness and ruthlessness that proved so useful in his rise will also lead to his downfall, as he makes many enemies and attracts the attention of the law. I’m sure this will all turn out well for him. Director Mervyn LeRoy also did the showbiz rom-com Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), which we previously watched. This is considered one of the classic gangster flicks of the 1930s, so let’s check it out.

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Letterboxd:

• Like Father, Like Son: https://letterboxd.com/film/like-father-like-son-2013/
• The Pilgrim: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-pilgrim/
• Little Caesar: https://letterboxd.com/film/little-caesar/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Like Father, Like Son: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2331143/parentalguide/
• The Little Caesar: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021079/parentalguide/

CWs for Like Father, Like Son:

• Reference to prostitution.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• A child runs away from home.
• Child abandonment.

CWs for Little Caesar:

• Gun violence.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Misogyny.
• Police brutality.
• Beatings.

Links to movies:

• Like Father, Like Son: https://tankie.tube/w/4JE7RuVejAjV4P1DcWbTYG
• The Pilgrim: https://tankie.tube/w/43nurhwV5ncNvSxgobuwkA
• Little Caesar: https://tankie.tube/w/hzkE1pGaDi3LhkeCR93Hd4