Mimi

Divine Mugisha by Andrew Vowles for W Magazine China July 2024

Hi Anon!

*This is just a general list of the films I've heard mentioned in these circles. I’ll go by decade:

1930s:

The Wizard of Oz ,It Happened One Night, Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, Gone with the Wind, King Kong.

1940s:

Citizen Kane, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street.

1950s:

A Streetcar Named Desire, An Affair to Remember, All About Eve, Singin' in the Rain, The Curse of Frankenstein, Some Like it Hot, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, To Catch a Thief, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

1960s:

West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Psycho, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady, Rosemary's Baby, Dr. No, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, Mary Poppins, The Birds, The Music Man, Lolita, Funny Girl.

1970s:

Jaws, Star Wars, The Godfather, Grease, Taxi Driver, Last Tango in Paris, Carrie, Clockwork Orange, Saturday Night Fever, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Love Story, The Way We Were, Bye Bye Birdie, Paris when it Sizzles.

1980s:

The Shining, E.T., Stand by Me, Dirty Dancing, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Back to the Future, the Princess Bride, Top Gun, the Goonies, Star Wars, The Color Purple, Footloose, Scarface, Labyrinth, When Harry Met Sally, Beetlejuice, Dead Poet's Society, Top Gun.

1990s:

Bram Stokers Dracula, Titanic, Jurassic Park, Fight Club, Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs, Good Will Hunting, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Ghost, Forrest Gump, Goodfella's, Braveheart, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Edward Scissorhands, Clueless.

2000s/10s:

Slumdog Millionaire, Brokeback Mountain, Training Day, The Dark Knight, the Dark Knight Rises, Pride and Prejudice, Million Dollar Baby, Napoleon Dynamite, The Lord of the Rings, Inglorious Bastards, Remember the Titans, Zoolander, American Psycho, Inception, Interstellar, The Wolf of Wall Street, Whiplash, Shutter Island, Selma, Gone Girl, the Social Network, 12 Years a Slave, Django, Moonlight, Nightcrawler, The Pursuit of Happyness, Men in Black.

**Bonus: The Star Wars, James Bond, Die Hard, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and Star Trek, series'.

Lovingly,

be kind: what is more beautiful than someone who is genuinely kind? there was no doubt audrey had a huge heart! among her many amazing qualities this is what also magnified her beauty, she was a philanthropist and did humanitarian work around the world, constantly at aid to the people who needed it. audrey hepburn believed in kindness, she treated everyone around her with respect.

when you are kind your aura immediately becomes brighter, you attract what you put out into the world and people who are the same will naturally gravitate towards you because of the positive energy you’re putting out. treat everyone around you how you would like to be treated, say your pleases and thank you’s, give out compliments, and most importantly spread love!

“for beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” ~ audrey hepburn

“remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm. as you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.” ~ audrey hepburn

learn languages: audrey was fluent in 6 languages! learning a new language brings you closer to the people and the culture for sure, and improves so many functions in your brain as well! It brings you so many job opportunities, and more of an excuse to travel the world!

the best part about learning a language in the twenty first century is that there is access to soooo much information for free online! youtube, tumblr, and language exchange apps have so much information when it comes to common languages people are learning around the world.

audrey speaking italian ♡:

be graceful: audrey hepburn exuded grace, despite all of the hardships she experienced in life including the natzi occupation in her home which resulted into a lot of unfortunate events, she still followed the things close to her heart like practicing ballet and attending classes before and after the occupation, becoming a actress and movie star, and devoting her time and energy to UNICEF. what a hard working woman!

audrey also had amazing posture from her ballet background and spoke to everyone soft and smoothly, it was so pleasant to hear her speak!

being graceful makes you radiate from the inside out, it’s in how you speak to yourself and others, it’s how you carry yourself, it’s giving your best to everything you do and are passionate about and wanting to better yourself as a person, it’s walking with confidence with everything you do that it will rub off on the people around you as well! walk tall with your shoulders back and chin held high, walk into your grace and own it!