Significant other forget to buy you an Advent calendar again? Never mind, darling, we’re here to dry your tears. Every day from now until we get bored Christmas Eve, you can open a fresh window and find cinematic treats behind it!

SET PHASERS TO oh just shut up John don’t even bother.

How much do you know about manga? Specifically, gekiga? Specifically, the gekiga of Yoshihiro Tatsumi? Loads? Fantastic, you’ll absolutely love Tatsumi. This beautiful, profound and very odd animation veers between enthralling and unnerving, but the casual viewer may leave the cinema a wee bit baffled.

“All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don’t break them for no one.” Beat that, Ayer.

of Mars

We hope there’s a whole orgy of nuns waiting for you, Ken.

You can’t write ‘Branagh and Fiennes’ without ‘BIFAAA’ !

KHAAAAAAAAAAAN!

Oh god, who’s going to play him? If it’s an American we’re going to strike.

STOP PRESS: Michelle Williams is fabulous in My Week with Marilyn. As she is is literally everything else she’s ever made, ever. By rights, you should know her blood type and preferred cut of underwear by now – and if you don’t, then why are you lingering here and not ploughing straight into this Cheat Sheet? Go! Go!