Carol

This season kicks off with a contemporary classic and a landmark moment in mainstream queer cinema, named the ‘Best LGBT Film of All Time’ by the BFI only months after its 2015 release. It’s 1952: Photographer Therese (Rooney Mara) encounters the glamorous and soon-to-be-divorced Carol (Cate Blanchett) while working at a department store over Christmas and soon embarks upon a whirlwind romance that will challenge the homophobic strictures of American high society. This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Price Of Salt was nominated for six Academy Awards, and remains a crucial touchstone of LGBT storytelling and looks as stunning as anything you’ll see on our cinema screen this year.