The month kicks off with The Intern, the charming tale of unexpected friendship between high-flying business woman Anne Hathaway and Robert de Niro, her 70-year-old intern. I saw it last week and it's as heart-warming and full of immaculately dressed Pinterest-worthy sets as every other Nancy Meyer film... Visionary director Guillermo del Toro scares the bejesus out of the world with classic horror Crimson Peak: the trailer looks terrifying (I wish I hadn't seen it!) so horror fans should be extremely pleased! The latest origin story of Peter Pan - the imaginatively named Pan - has been met with mixed reviews, but the giant CGI crocodile and Hugh Jackman's dodgy facial hair are more than enough to make it look vaguely intriguing. Plus, documentaries are having a moment, with The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution and Listen To Me Marlon screening towards the end of the month.
Then there's the more serious awards contenders. Since premiering at Cannes in the summer tense thriller Sicario has been collecting universal praise and has often been dubbed with the title 'film of the year'. Macbeth - which I saw this past weekend - is an absolute triumph and an example of masterful film-making: it's brutal, visceral and has astonishing central performances from Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. Furthermore, there's Lance Armstrong doping film, The Program; vitally important feminist film chronicling the early fight for votes for women Suffragette; and bonkers dystopian film The Lobster, about a world where single people have 45 days to find a romantic partner before they are transformed into animals and sent off into the woods. Finally, the true story of Frenchman Philippe Petit's dream to walk the void between the Twin Towers in The Walk has had everyone talking recently. Apparently people were sick in press screenings from vertigo, so if you're not a fan of heights then maybe give the IMAX 3D option a miss!
Oh, and 007's back, not that anyone's really noticed!
