Tag Archives: feel-good movies

too much chocolate can be dangerous to your health (film: Chocolat – Lasse Hallström, 2000)

‘Chocolat‘ (2000) is one of those very successful films that I should have seen at their time and that somehow I missed, caught up in the whirlwind of my previous lives. I kept putting it off, but now its turn … Continue reading

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Goya pays the television fees (film: The Duke – Roger Michell, 2020)

‘The Duke‘ (2020) is one of those films whose fate was influenced by the pandemic. Filming was finished before the isolation periods and the film managed to premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which that year took place in a … Continue reading

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a grumpy old man (film: A Man Called Otto – Marc Foster, 2022)

‘A Man Called Otto‘, Marc Forster‘s 2022 production, is a remake of a Swedish film I haven’t seen (yet), which seems to have been very good according to the ratings and comments posted by those who watched it. The American … Continue reading

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love and feel-good in 1973 (film: Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021)

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s ‘Licorice Pizza‘ is the second favorite in the race for the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2021. With a little luck, it might even win the big prize, as it is a much friendlier and more … Continue reading

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‘All You Need Is Love’? (Film: Yesterday – Danny Boyle, 2019)

If they create a category of “best idea for a film” at the Academy Awards, “Yesterday” directed by Danny Boyle would undoubtedly be a formidable competitor this year. The starting point of this movie, which is part of the wave … Continue reading

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