Sat. Review of Literature Norman Cousins watches comedy films & takes Vitamin C to combat a serious illness doctors have given up on.
Anatomy of an Illness (1984)
Amsterdam (2022)
Though Amsterdam is a romantic comedy-thriller set in the 30s, it deals with racism & fascism, making it very relevant to today’s fascists movement.
Yesterday (2019)
Jack Malik is the only one who remembers the Beatles, so by singing their songs he becomes famous, though in danger of losing his soul due to his deception.
5B (2018)
A powerful film about the pioneering healthcare workers who first confronted AIDS. Click the film’s title to read my entire review.
Five Feet Apart (2019)
Will & Stella refuse are being treated in a hospital for CF, but fall in love & decide to rebel a bit by moving to 5′ rather than the mandatory 6′.
Hotel Artemis (2018)
In a riot-torn L.A. in the near future the Nurse presides over a fortress/hospital where high-paying criminals only are admitted for medical attention & guns are not allowed–but for how long?
A Wish for Giants (2018)
Should a wish foundation volunteer, struggling over how to grant the wish of a dying girl that she meet Bigfoot, resort to deception to please the little girl?
The Heart of Nuba (2016)
This moving documentary is worth the effort to see it. Click the image to read my entire review.
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
When transgender Marina’s lover dies she suffers from his family’s exclusion of her at the wake and funeral.
Noel (2004)
On Christmas Eve a mysterious stranger brings comfort to Rose sitting with her ill mother in a hospital, while elsewhere 4 other lonely people try to cope.