From showgirls to nuns: the latest sensation from the king of erotic thrillers immerses us in the religious visions and illicit desires of a 17th-century mystic abbess. Sensual, elegant and scandalous, Benedetta offers up a perversely provocative critique of religious hypocrisy.

Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay both won Silver Bears for their extraordinary, understated performances in this acclaimed marital drama from Andrew Haigh. The atmospheric Norfolk Broads are a potent backdrop to this devastating portrait of a once-solid marriage plunged into crisis.

Wander through Paris’s mesmerizing museums with Bertrand Bonello in this never-before-seen version of Antoine Barraud’s Le dos rouge. There, the French filmmaker roams in search of monstrosity, and shares the screen with some of France’s finest actors, including Jeanne Balibar and Alex Descas.