Spotlight

Exceptional, as always, with his actors, McCarthy has made a true ensemble drama, with nary a bum note in the sprawling cast.

...with all its pain and urgency, is a pure celebration of journalists doing what they do best.

...its tone is led by its characters, moving from scepticism to revelation and the uncomfortable sense that we should all feel guilty for ignoring the secrets too hard to acknowledge.

...the cast powerfully convey the journalists’ horror at realising the abuse stretches back decades...