Movies at Dawn

[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...

"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...