What To Watch: Awards Season Favourites

We present you with some of our favourite award contenders, because if you ask us about our favorite season, the answer will always be "awards!"

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) dir. Martin McDonagh

On the fictional Irish isle of Inisherin , Pádraic Súilleabháin finds himself heartbroken when his lifelong friend Colm Doherty decides to end their friendship because, to him, the former is simply "dull", and instead focus on his composing music.

Available to stream on Disney+.

Aftersun (2022) dir. Charlotte Wells

The film follows Sophie, a Scottish woman, who grapples with her final happy memories of her father. It chronicles their last vacation together in a Turkish resort as she unpacks the nuances of him that she didn't quite understand when she was eleven.

Available to stream on MUBI UK.

Decision To Leave (2022) dir. Park Chan Wook

In this romantic thriller, a detective investigates the

death of a man who plummets from a mountain. He starts suspecting that it's not a suicide and that the man's wife killed him. However, in true Chan Park Wook fashion, things take a different turn when he starts to fall in love with her.

Available to stream on MUBI UK.

Argentina, 1985 (2022) dir. Santiago Mitre

Inspired by true events, this political drama follows trial lawyers Julio and Luis during the 1985 Trial of the Juntas and their efforts to prosecute the ringleaders of Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship.

Available to stream on Amazon Prime.