Movies at Dawn

VINCENT: I don't care who you are. You are my son no matter what. Hello everyone! I'm back after a really busy weekend! As our tiny precious local film festival took off on Friday, I finally got to see my most anticipated films of 2021, so I've been running from one film to another for the past few days.  Is this how professional film critics feel all the time? (exaggerated sigh).  Even though I have three more films to see, I am super excited to talk about my favourite one so far: Titane, from the one and only Julia Ducournau. This work of hers hit me too hard this time, I can't stop thinking about it and am looking forward to seeing it once more after watching some interviews.  Well, until then, I'm here to discuss all about it ! Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! Titane is Ducournau's second feature after Raw (2016) . Despite carrying similar themes such as exploring the animalistic side of human beings or displaying the malleability...

MARION: I'm already thinking of you. Hello everyone! Welcome to this week's post about Celine Sciamma's latest feature, Petite Maman! I'm particularly excited about this one because I got to see the film earlier than most of the viewers. Although not as grand as her previous feature Portrait of a Lady on Fire , this time  Sciamma tells a minimalistic story that can easily resonate with the audience . The film tells the story of Nelly (8), who has recently lost her grandma and is staying at her mother's childhood home to help her clean out. Petite Maman is, in essence, a time travel movie. As Nelly wanders around the forest and seeks company, one day she befriends a girl at her age, Marion, who will later turn out to be her mom at the age of eight.  Instead of focusing on the touristic aspects  like most of the other time travel movies, Petite Maman follows a different path that urges the audience to question how would we get along if we were to meet our parents as a...

DELPHINE: I'm not normal, like you. I make an effort to try to listen, to talk to people. I watch what's going on. If people don't come to me it's because I'm worthless and... if I had something to show, people would see it, that's all.  Hello everyone! Summer has been quite busy for me with travelling  (which is something I haven't done in 1.5 years!)  and constantly packing stuff, so I couldn't find time to update the blog. I'm really back this time though, and for this post, I chose a beautiful summer classic called Le Rayon Vert! This is my first Eric Rohmer film and it definitely won't be the last as I loved his style.  Let's give a little background about the film and explore its characters. Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! Le Rayon Vert is Eric Rohmer's fifth movie of his series called Comedies et Proverbes. The series consists of six movies and each movie starts with a quotation: "Ah, for the days/...

HUBERT: Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: So far so good... so far so good... How you fall doesn't matter. It's how you land! Hello everyone! Welcome to this week's unusually early post: La Haine by the brilliant Mathieu Kassovitz! This film is especially important because I finally watched it in a movie theater! It felt great to laugh with a room of people and shed some tears in the end. Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! Mathieu Kassovitz is originally an actor that is most famous for his film Amelié (2001). He started writing this film following the accidental shooting of an immigrant by police - which I'll mention more in a bit. La Haine, similarly, tells the daily lives of  " black-blanc-beur" (black-white-Arab) boys living in the Parisian ghetto. The main conflict of the film is built between the minority groups and the police. Despite taking a ser...

Hello everyone! I'm back much later than usual this week because everything has been quite hectic recently. I missed blogging terribly though, s o to celebrate my return, I chose an extraordinary film: Raw by the brilliant Julia Ducournau! I've heard Ducournau's name a lot recently as she won the grand prize at Cannes Film Festival with her latest feature Titane, so that led me to explore her films more. Much to my delight, Raw never disappointed me and I can't wait to talk more about it! Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post (I even missed writing that sentence!). Aforementioned, Raw is written and directed by Julia Ducournau. It is her first feature film, though she directed a short feature called Junior in 2011 before. Both films carry similar themes in them: a coming-of-age story told in a uniquely exciting way. With its interesting plot, Raw takes centre around our protagonist Justine who demonstrates cannibalistic behaviour throughout the fil...

PSYCHIATRIST: Your parents say you're always lying. ANTOINE: Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I'd tell them the truth and they still wouldn't believe me, so I prefer to lie.  [1] Hello everyone, welcome to this week's post about the movie Les Quatres Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) by François Truffaut. I was quite prejudiced about the movie because of its production year (something I'm trying to work on), but Truffaut has such an amazing storytelling ability that eventually proved me wrong. It was a very emotional yet satirical movie, and I'm so excited to talk about it. Thank you so much for being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! Les Quatre Cents Coups is Truffaut's first feature, and it was a very successful one as it received many awards including the Best Director Award at Cannes Film Festival. The reason behind its success is the film's intimacy. It follows a 14-years-old boy who is left without attention and care from his parent...