Released in the US in October of this year and directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave is, as the name suggests, a portrayal of the Church’s process of electing a new pope. Based on Robert Harris's 2016 novel of the same name, the film begins with the current Pope’s apparent sudden death, which seems to have taken many by surprise and is treated with a fair amount of suspicion. This all feels slightly ridiculous, as the fictional Pope looks like he is in his late 80s and could as easily have died from natural causes as from anyone wishing him ill.