Very cool! 

Continuing the theme of feel good movies, SWMBO and I re-watched Local Hero  last night for the first time in many years and it has held up beautifully over time - the Scottish scenery, Mark Knopfler's music, a very young Peter Capaldi etc.  Worth a look.

As is Whiskey Galore.  Both versions are good - the 1940s/50s original, and the much more recent remake with Eddie Izzard.  Again, the Scottish scenery, a very good ensemble cast, and a stunning soundtrack makes for a good family movie night.

I might have to go chase down some more Bill Forsyth movies - Gregory's Girl, Comfort & Joy, and Gregory's Two Girls now spring to mind.
 

I've started The Queen's Gambit.  Hard to put down.  (Reading it, not watching.)

Kokipy wrote:

Back to Ministry: in a funny way it reminds me of the Mars trilogy. The story starts from a very barren place, and gradually, very gradually, things start to turn around. It’s the same kind of story, since he is fundamentally and eternally an optimist. I would say definitely worth reading.

This is excellent news, and I am more excited to start it now. On last chapter of current book.

I never got back to say that I agree that Ministry is worth reading. But not because I regard it as an especially worthy piece of fiction. He's just so damn thorough in his imagining of future climate change mitigation efforts, that it seems like it ought to be something that everyone reads in order not to be so demoralized. It's a tonic for the paralyzed. Incidentally, the book has not gone unnoticed by the larger climate community. I've heard it recommended by people who have never read an SF book in their lives, but are driven by the climate crisis.
You are right K - he is very much the eternal optimist. At least as regards the Earth. Contrast this with Aurora, his argument against the dream of interstellar migration. There too, and in other works, his answer is "Here on Earth". Or at least, "Within Our Solar System".