Our list again leans strongly on the cultural cinema that emerged from big festivals such as Cannes and Venice

Including Taylor Swift: The End of an Era, The New Yorker at 100, and Emily in Paris ... and Rome ... and Venice

The actor wasn’t a star until he was in his 30s. It let him make his mistakes before he got famous – unlike Jay Kelly, the A-lister he plays in his new film

So far Vince Gilligan’s show is compelling and mysterious. Let’s hope it doesn’t outstay its welcome

Television: Netflix has had a patchy year, but its bet on Stranger Things has paid off with a four-episode drop crammed with thrills, spills and chills

Donegal actor speaks her mind on self-definition, bereavement and joining the cast of Stranger Things

Geeks were already going mainstream before the sci-fi franchise landed, but the love letter to nerd culture took the trend to another level

Matthew Macfadyen plays the future assassin of US president James Garfield as an insipid, writhing worm, with an anti-magnetism that is both compellingly awful and awfully compelling

Television: This supersized serving of cornball escapism starring Matthew Rhys opposite Daines is a perplexing watch

Full of misery, and peopled by characters unable to distinguish their true desires, Viola van de Sandt’s debut novel makes for uneasy reading

In The Beast in Me, Claire Danes embodies the stress of being a late fortysomething who wonders if they will ever make anything worthwhile again

November 9th-14th: Trespasses, Hidden Assets, 10 Things to Know About, Futureville Ireland and Palm Royale

Including Beatles Anthology, Stranger Things final season, All’s Fair, Palm Royale and more

Including the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for life

Showrunner Lauren Hissrich believes, as with James Bond, the character Geralt is bigger than any one actor portraying him. Can Liam Hemsworth avoid becoming the franchise’s George Lazenby?

It seems to convey a sense of promises broken, not just in technology but in culture and politics too

Our pick of the most arresting horror films on Netflix, Prime Video and Paramount+

October 26th-31st: Hector Ó hEochagáin Down Under, plus Trigger Point, Down Cemetery Road, The Unreal and The Witcher

The most arresting, entertaining films on Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video and Paramount+

This is not a comedy anyone would need to spend the rest of their lives with – but a solid second series confirms there is no need to break things off just yet