The 60th anniversary of Motown records is marked by this celebratory official documentary that tells in exhaustive detail the story of how Berry Gordy Jr built his record label. It’s a film that strikes the reverential tone of authorised biography, everyone blandly on message. Still, the archive footage of artists – some barely out of high school – making music with expressions of pure joy on their faces gives you goosebumps.

Homecoming is epic and yet intimate, sweet and yet sexy, defiant and yet inclusive, gritty and yet magical.

A documentary about a Macedonian beekeeper doesn’t sound like one of the best films of the year, does it? But few movies capture the great wheel of nature turning with as much beauty and empathy as Honeyland, and fewer still show how easily the wheel can slip its track and come crashing to pieces.

Even if the run-up takes its time, DeBlois sticks the landing ﾖ for this film, for his trilogy ﾖ and makes something that feels a bit more knowing in its themes: Life goes on, protect the ones you love, and enjoy the world we all share. There are far greater crimes children’s films can commit than positive messaging.

Those looking for answers about the Dahlia murder will find one hypothesis and accuracy at least from Fauna’s perspective. The series’ historical speculation is just dirty and plausible enough for the story.

In the Dark is a good show with a lot of promise, and it deserves to be seen and not buried, burned off, or overlooked.