John Maguire and Ruth Barton have been watching a bumper crop of New Year movies for RTÉ Arena - listen above.
New releases under discussion include real-life US civil right drama Till, Tom Hanks in A Man Called Otto, filmmaker Sam Mendes' Empire of Light, Christian Bale in The Pale Blue Eye, and Berlin Film Festival-winning family drama Alcarrás.
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