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

SOULEIMAN: Your eyes never left me. They were there, within me, pouring their light into the depths. Hello everyone! Welcome to this week's post about the movie Atlantique, Atlantics in English. While it was a hard watch for me (I was very tired that day!), I found the plot very intriguing. Thank you so much for  being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! Atlantique is co-written and directed by the brilliant Mati Diop. It is her debut film - and a successful one as she received numerous awards including NYFCC Award for Best First Film and the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. While the film starts off as a love story, it gradually escalates into a supernatural plot but still manages to keep the romance fresh between the characters. The plot was especially surprising to me since I had no prior knowledge about it. By mixing elements of romance, mysticism, and (inevitable) politics, Diop presents a rich content to her viewers.                                   Before div

MR. BAGHERI: Have you lost all hope? Have you ever looked at the sky when you wake in the morning? At dawn, don't you want to see the sunrise? The red and yellow of the sun at sunset, don't you want to see that anymore?  [1] Hello everyone, thanks for joining me this week! I decided to watch Ta'm e Guilass (Taste of Cherry) by Abbas Kiarostami for this post. I've been waiting to explore Kiarostami's works for a while now, and I'm so glad to start this journey with this movie. Let's give a little background about the film and explore the characters more in-depth. I hope you'll enjoy reading the post! Ta'm e Guilass is Kiarostami's one of the most successful features ever. It received recognition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and won the grand prize (shared with another film called The Eel) at the end of the festival. The film is about an Iranian man's search for someone who will bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide. We f

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