In alphabetical order:

• Beanpole – gripping story of survival in Leningrad after World War 2
• A Dog Called Money – after seeing this documentary I’m an even bigger PJ Harvey fan
• The Favourite – Emma Stone, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz stretched my imagination in enjoyable ways
• Foxtrot – a great anti-war film; something goes terribly wrong at an isolated Israeli military checkpoint
• If Beale Street Could Talk – a beautifully made adaptation of a James Baldwin novel
• It Must Be Heaven – a fresh angle on what it means to be Palestinian
• Judy and Punch – Punch and Judy for feminists, a heady mix of anarchy, comedy and violence
• La Belle Époque – for anyone (like me) who wants to revisit a key time in their life
• The Lighthouse – what could be better than two lighthouse keepers losing their sanity, especially when they are Willem Defoe and Robert Pattinson?
• Loro – everything you ever wanted to know about bunga bunga sex parties
• Marriage Story – breaking up is the hardest thing to do, as Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver show us with sharpness and humanity
• Shooting the Mafia – documentary about a remarkable Sicilian woman, Letizia Battaglia, who defies the odds by exposing the brutality of the Cosa Nostra