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What a year! We’re all in need of some light relief – here we pick out the top films, books and music reviewed by New Internationalist in 2017

Mountains May Depart, by Jia Zhangke, and Makala, by Emmanuel Gras are reviewed this month.

Dolores directed by Peter Bratt; Félicité directed and co-written by Alain Gomis.

I Am Not a Witch, directed and written by Rungano Nyoni; Menashe, directed and co-written by Joshua Z Weinstein

Tramontane directed and written by Vatche Boulghourjian; Kills on Wheels directed and written by Attila Till.

In Between; Quest; ¿Donde estás María?

Our pick from the 2017 Toronto Hot Docs – the largest documentary film festival in the world

Machines; The Other Side of Hope: what should be on your watchlist this month.

The Handmaiden; Frantz: have a look at the film reviews of the month.

A Quiet Passion; The Salesman.

Certain Women, directed by Kelly Reichardt; Elle, directed by Paul Verhoeven; Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins.

Cameraperson, directed by Kirsten Johnson; Twentieth Century Women, directed by Mike Mills.

Malcolm Lewis reviews Chi-Raq and The Unknown Girl.

I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach; The Innocents, directed and co-written by Anne Fontaine.

The Clan, directed and co-written by Pablo Trapero; Urban Hymn, directed by Michael Caton-Jones.

The Lovers and the Despot, directed and written by Ross Adam and Robert Cannan; The Confession, directed by Ashish Ghadiali.

Richard Swift reviews some of the best offerings at the world's largest documentary film festival.

Tale of Tales, directed by Matteo Garrone; Where to Invade Next, directed by Michael Moore; Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare), directed by Gianfranco Rosi.

Suburra, directed by Stefano Sollima; Heaven Knows What, directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie; Mustang, directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven.

Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard; The Measure of a Man, directed by Stéphane Brizé; Our Little Sister, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu.