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The 20 best feelgood films of all time, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: The Independent’s culture team select 20 of the best comfort films across the years to cure even the worst case of January blues

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2025

Poem of the week: The Journalist by Grahame Davies

A reporter on the Aberfan disaster reflects on his uneasy duty to write dispassionately about a devastating tragedy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

Jamie Lee Curtis explains why she makes everyone on her movie sets wear name tags

The Oscar-winning actress has also vowed to ‘never’ retire, insisting she wants to ‘create until I die’

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2024

Collins Dictionary names AI as word of the year

Other words getting more mentions include ‘nepo baby’ and ‘debanking’

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

AI named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary

Other words getting more mentions include nepo baby and debanking.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

Piper Laurie obituary

American actor best known for her roles in the classic films The Hustler, Carrie and Children of a Lesser God

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

Piper Laurie, starred in ‘The Hustler’ and ‘Carrie,’ dies at 91

Laurie went on to receive Academy Award nominations for the 1961 poolroom drama “The Hustler”; the film version of Stephen King’s horror classic “Carrie,” in 1976; and the romantic drama “Children of a Lesser God,” in 1986.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 15, 2023

Actor Piper Laurie, known for roles in 'Carrie' and 'The Hustler,' dies at 91

She received Academy Award nominations for the 1961 poolroom drama The Hustler, the horror classic Carrie in 1976, and the romantic drama Children of a Lesser God in 1986.

WEKU · Oct 15, 2023

Piper Laurie, 3-time Oscar nominee with film credits such as 'The Hustler' and 'Carrie,' dies at 91

Piper Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a “more meaningful” life, has died

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2023

20 best film noirs: From The Big Heat to Sunset Boulevard

Rain-streaked streets, femmes fatales, hard-boiled gumshoes and antiheroes fated to die... Graeme Ross presents his pick of the 20 greatest film noirs of the classic era

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023