Movies at Dawn

FERN: Y ou see... Bo never knew his parents and we never had kids. But he loved Empire. He loved being there. He loved his work. Everybody loved him. So I stayed. Same town, same house. It's like my dad used to  say 'what's remembered, lives'. I might've spent too much of my life  just... remembering. Know what I mean, Bob? [1] Hello everyone, and welcome to this week's post about the movie Nomadland. I especially chose this movie as we're fast approaching the 93rd Academy Awards. Being the front-runner in all Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Adapted Screenplay categories, I'm just too excited to see this film getting all the awards it deserves. I hope you enjoy reading this post and, as always, thanks for being here. Nomadland is written, directed, and edited by the brilliant Chloé Zhao. It is her third feature film, the other two being Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) and The Rider (2017). It is obviously her biggest budget ...

[THE FATHER]: At times something happens and I stop dreaming of the house and the pine trees of my childhood around it. Then I get depressed. And I can't wait to see this dream in which I'll be a child again and feel happy again because everything will still be ahead, everything will be possible...  [1] Hello everyone! I'm back this week with Tarkovsky's beloved Zerkalo, Mirror in English. I'll try to add enough background information as the film is known to be quite non-traditional. Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading this post! Zerkalo is Andrei Tarkovsky's fourth film and the one that holds a special place in his heart. The film contains a lot of autobiographical elements, such as the house we see in rural Soviet Russia and the depiction of the mother figure, Maroussia. The house from the film was in fact built on the foundations of Tarkovsky's childhood home, which is a very meaningful detail to me. Because of the movie's unconventiona...

CHARLOTTE: Sometimes, when I lie awake at night, I wonder whether I've lived at all. Is it the same for everybody? Do some people have a greater talent for living than others or do some people never live, but just exist? Hello everyone, I'm back earlier than a week. I had an overwhelming day, so decided to watch Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata) that has been in my watchlist for a long time. While the scenes are fresh in my head, I wanted to write down my opinions. I hope you enjoy!                         As usual, to give a brief background information, the film is written and directed by the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Bergman shot this movie in Oslo, Norway while he was exiled from Sweden. Being homesick is one of the movie's themes, as Bergman himself carried this feeling at some point in his life. He later expressed his thoughts about getting exiled from his own country in an  interview . He said:" It was not difficu...

"Anywhere there is people, there is power." Hey everyone, a million hugs and welcome to my very first post! I've been thinking of starting a movie blog for a while, and now here I am writing these lines at 2 am on a Saturday night. I'm particularly glad that I finally started this hobby with a special movie:  Judas and the Black Messiah. I hope you'll enjoy reading this review as much as I enjoyed writing it! To give a brief background information, Judas and the Black Messiah is co-written and directed by Shaka King, a 41-year-old filmmaker. The most unforgettable part of this movie is its performances: the talented cast consists Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield and Dominique Fishback. Kaluuya won a (well deserved!) Golden Globe award for his performance as well as the Critics' Choice Award. The movie also got nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.                         The film starts off with our...