Movies at Dawn

DORIAN COREY: I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Hello everyone! I'm back this week with the brilliant Paris Is Burning by Jennie Livingston! As we're fast approaching the end of Pride Month, I couldn't think of a better film to close the month as well as my special series consisting of LGBTQ+ cinema. To read my previous posts of the series, I invite you to visit the last three posts (too lazy to attach a link) and give them a look! Now, let's talk about our film/documentary for the week and explore its glamorous characters more in-depth! Paris Is Burning is a documentary that focuses on New York's drag scene in the 1980s. This underrepresented community was shown beautifully along with glamorous balls, stylish voguing, and most importan...

JOURNALIST: What are you looking for Laurence Alia? LAURENCE: I'm looking for a person who understands my language and speaks it. A person who, without being a pariah, will question not only the rights and the value of the marginalized, but also those of the people who claim to be normal. Hello everyone! I'm back this week with the brilliant Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan. I heard both positive and negative comments about this film as making a movie about a transgender person is never easy and can't please everyone. Before we start, I'd like to invite you to visit my previous posts about the  LGBTQ+ cinema  as I've picked the movies carefully for the Pride Month! Now, let's talk about our movie for this week and explore the characters more in-depth! Laurence Anyways is written and directed by the great Xavier Dolan. It's important to underscore that Dolan made this film when he was only 23 years old! With its flamboyant dresses, buoyant colors, and kinetic...

BERNADETTE: [ to Bob] Believe me, Bob, these days gentlemen are an endangered species. Unlike bloody drag queens who just keep breeding like rabbits. Hello everyone! I'm back this week with the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! As you may know, in honor of the Pride Month I'll be covering LGBTQ+ movies in the next weeks - and Priscilla (bear with me the title is too long!) is the second film of this series. If interested to read the first one, I invite you to  visit this link  before we start ! Now, let's talk more about our movie for this week and explore the characters! Priscilla is written and directed by the brilliant Stephan Elliot. The film tells the story of two drag performers and a transgender woman's journey across the Australian desert to perform their act. While many people think the plot focuses on drag culture, Elliot  says that the real heart of the movie lies in seeking acceptance of what drag performers do for a living. I'll ta...

  HEDWIG: It is clear that I must find my other half. But is it a he or she? What does this person look like? Identical to me? Or somehow complementary? Does my other half have what I don't? Did he get the looks? The luck? The love? Were we really separated forcibly or did he just run off with the good stuff?  Hello everyone! I'm back slightly late this week with the movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In honor of Pride Month, I'll be blogging about LGBTQ+ movies in the next four weeks. I'm quite pleased with my selection of movies for this month, and I hope you'll like it as well! Now, let's talk about this week’s movie as I’m too excited about it! Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a rock musical written by John Cameron Mitchell and composed by Stephen Trask. The movie tells the story of a transsexual rock singer (Hedwig) who tours the U.S. with her band and follows her former lover who stole her songs. The storytelling in this movie was unlike anything I've ever s...