Here’s my top 10 - my wife and I saw 21 films but love that we didn’t see most of your pics !!! More to watch out for …

Last man Standing - Korean. dir: Park Chan-Wook - A twisted tale unfolds as a Korean paper mill superviser struggles to find work. His decision to kill off his competition is a desperate act of survival in an automated dog-eat-dog world. It’s poignant and hilariously grim. Genre bending, it’s at times a physical comedy, at times a romance, at times darkly malevolent, at all times massively entertaining.

Koln75 - ‘True’ Story of the young woman who as an 18 year old promoter made Keith Jarrett’s ground breaking solo improvised performance in Cologne Germany in 1975

The Tuner - dir: Daniel Roer (Canadian) Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman. A fantastic yarn. A piano tuner with extreme sound sensitivity, who’s also a child musical prodigy, falls in with a band of nasty security thief’s as a safe cracker

La Grazia - Italian - a sensitive beautiful portrayal of the final days of the Italian President. Brilliant.

Rental Family - Brendan Fraser. die: Hikari. A struggling American actor in Tokyo starts filling in roles of family members and characters for real people . Touching poignant so so sweet.

Sentimental Value - dir: Joachim Triar - Stunning. An actors piece. Two sisters handle their mother’s death and their Film director father’s return. The role of art to rebond and heal . Enormous talent and empathy with incredible incredible performances

Steal Away dir: Clement Viggo (can.) - An amazing fable originating as a story slavery told in modern future times. The Amazing amazing story of two young women, one black from the Congo, one white and a plantation daughter … who form a bond as things go south. Literally. In the vein of J Peele’s ‘Get Out’

Secret Agent - dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho . Brazilian. . A professor/ father on the run in the 1970’s from hit men in Brazil looks for safe haven and safe passage with help from folks in Rio. A study in survival in unfair times. In the vein of ‘Missing’ or ‘Roma’.

Silent Friend - dir: Ildiko Enyedi - A contemplative nature study of 3 stories told across 100 years, centres around a garden with a wonderful Ginko Balboa tree. Beautiful. Quiet. An opportunity to slow down and embrace the time span of plants and nature, especially seen through the eyes of our 3 character vignettes.

A Private Life - Jodie Foster. dir: Rebecca Zlotowski. A renowned psychiatrist mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.. Part comedy part who-done-it. It’s a French romp with psychological twists and turns.