Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos returns with his ninth feature, "Kinds of Kindness," a quirky and slightly disturbing triptych set in modern New Orleans. Collaborating for the third time with Emma Stone, Lanthimos ditches the period trappings of "The Favourite" and the steampunk aesthetics of "Poor Things" for a more stripped-down approach.

After his master dies, gardener Chauncey Gardiner (played by the wonderful Peter Sellers), is left to fend for himself . . .

The story follows a young Sammy Fabelman, in a post-World War II America era, as he discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth . . .

We’re in London and it’s 1953 . . . Mr Williams (played by Bill Nighy) is a stiff-upper-lipped accountant who works to a meticulous routine. When faced with a devastating terminal medical diagnosis, the normally reserved man learns to live life anew – and find meaning before it’s too late . . .

On the small Irish island of Inisherin in 1923 . . . Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson) have been friends forever. But one day, as the civil war rages on the background, Colm suddenly announces that their friendship is over . . .

When Colonel Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks) spots a handsome young singer by the name of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), he knows he’s found something special . . . Parker turns Presley into a superstar . . . but fame doesn’t bring him happiness.

Julie is on the verge of 30 and struggling to find her place in the world. Joachim Trier’s Oslo romantic drama – The Worst Person in the World isn’t just a love story, it follows one relationship after another. This is an intricate, deeply emotional, intelligent view of how relationships affect a woman going through them as she grows more into herself . . .

It’s the late 1980s . . . following on from the death of her boyfriend, film-school student Julie Harte (played by Honor Swinton Byrne) decides to change her final project into a dramatised version of her tragic relationship. But, as she works through the facts to find the fiction, her journey into art proves to be far from easy . . .

After losing her job in Empire, Nevada, widowed Fern (played by Frances McDormand) heads off in a small van and decides to travel around the American West, working odd jobs and sharing experiences with fellow travellers on the fringes of society . . .

A son returns from war and doesn't want to get mixed up in the family business . . . organised crime. When his father is gunned down, he commits murder and is bound by blood, heritage, and ‘honour’ through a course of vengeance and power maintained through fear. Eventually he takes on his father's mantle as the big shot and family head . . .

The lives of Icelandic farmers Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) are altered by a discovery in their sheep shed. But a shadow is cast over their happiness when Ingvar’s ex-pop star brother Pétur (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) rocks up unexpectedly . . .

Following the death of her grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly, along with her mother & father empty the former home. Outside in the woods, Nelly befriends Marion . . . her mother’s younger self . . .

Charismatic wanderer Stanton Carlisle (played by Bradley Cooper) torches his old life and joins a carnival . . . where he learns the secrets of mentalism. Guillermo del Toro has treated us to various horror fables over the years from Pan’s Labyrinth to the fabulous The Shape of Water, but this is slight change of pace . . .

Two single women, two babies, lies, death, art & sex . . . it’s the latest from Pedro Almodóvar. Janis (Penélope Cruz) and teenager Ana (Milena Smit), meet in hospital and become friends. As they leave with their babies, nothing will ever be the same again as their lives become entwined . . .

The French Dispatch is a homage to literary magazines, in particular the New Yorker in which the film is dedicated to. A well-constructed movie with detail, comedy, technical invention. Exquisitely controlled filmmaking with a great sense of fun.

We’re transported to Denmark with four aging teachers played by Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang and Lars Ranthe, who decide to conduct an experiment with 0.5% alcohol constantly in their system.