See How They Run (2022), directed by Tom George

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is celebrating its 100th performance in the West End and is about to be made into a film by an obnoxious Hollywood director. When he is found dead the case is investigated by a world-weary Scotland Yard inspector with an enthusiastic WPC as his offsider. The twisty plot involves Christie herself and sends up both the author and the play’s star, Richard Attenborough. The film is funny and suspenseful, with lots of sly in-jokes, paying homage to Christie’s oeuvre with tongue firmly in cheek. Amid a stellar cast, including Adrien Brody, Sam Rockwell, Ruth Wilson and Shirley Henderson, Saoirse Ronan shines brightest as the rookie copper, Constable Stalker. Set in 1950s London, it all looks beautiful and along the way makes a few gentle points about appropriating true crime stories for fictional entertainment.