Ten Impressively Joyful Movies
(Movies I admire for how bright they allow their brightness to be, and how much they make you feel it. Arranged chronologically.)
Small Change (directed by François Truffaut, 1976)
The Muppet Movie (directed by James Frawley, 1979)
Local Hero (directed by Bill Forsyth, 1983)
Tampopo (directed by Juzo Itami, 1985)
Mediterraneo (directed by Gabriele Salvatores, 1991)
Show Me Love (directed by Lukas Moodysson, 1998)
Buddy (directed by Morten Tyldum, 2003)
I Wish (directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2011)
Mistress America (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2015)
Sing Street (directed by John Carney, 2016)
— February 9, 2021