Mark Adams

It may come in at 140 minutes but Edgar Wright’s doc is snappy and well-paced, revelling in the memorable music and delicious sense of humour that very much define the work of the brothers Mael, aka Sparks.

A thoroughly engrossing and shrewdly structured documentary that slowly draws out and explores its central character, allowing room for complexity, remorse and reflection.

A warm-hearted and at times gently insightful delve into the life of Czech sex-worker Anny.

An enthralling look back at the moment when, in the 1970s, women finally decided that enough was enough, and the time was ripe to fight for pensions, equal pay and maternity leave.

A thoroughly absorbing, beautifully structured film that offers a perspective on football, that of the ref, that is rarely seen.

War and Peace is no simplistic reinforcement about the horrors of conflict, but rather an examination of how imagery of war can and perhaps should be used.

Milo Rau’s restaging of Christ’s Passion makes for a heart-felt and at times profoundly angry film set against the backdrop of workers campaigning for basic living conditions and rights in Italy.

Cinematic boundaries are boozily and blissfully blurred in brothers Bill and Turner Ross’s absorbing and intoxicating film.

A lyrical and intimate film that both celebrates and mourns an increasingly disappearing way of life.

Who benefits in the art world? And at what cost? A film that asks plenty of questions and astutely comes up with some viable answers.