Spotlight (2015 Tom McCarthy)

Oscar and BAFTA-winning screenplay from McCarthy (The Station Agent, The Visitor, story of Up) and Josh Singer (The West Wing, The Post, First Man) tells the story of how The Boston Globe uncovered a massive child abuse scandal (involving seventy priests preying on disadvantaged children) in the Catholic Church in a calm and methodical way, gradually revealing the characters of some of the participants.

With Mark Ruffalo (Oscar and BAFTA nominated), Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams (nicely methodical), Leiv Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup (rather good as dodgy solicitor), Neal Huff (action group), Richard Jenkins (uncredited voice of Catholic paedophile investigator).

Nice details - Ruffalo's character says he's married but doesn't appear to be so, McAdams' stops going to church, Keaton's school friend has never told a soul... And the old priest who McAdams doorsteps and he basically just admits his abuse - shocking moment caught matter-of-factly.

Music Howard Shore, photography Masanobu Takayanagi, editor Tom McArdle.