Conclave, a breathless thriller directed by Edward Berger and starring Ralph Fiennes, plunges viewers into the secret intrigues of the Vatican after the mysterious death of the pope. In cinemas December 4,

There is one sin which I have come to fear above all others: certainty.” That line, delivered by the always reliable Ralph Fiennes, is the core of director Edward Berger’s excellent new papal thriller,

Put the two together and you get Conclave, an expertly juicy drama of Catholicism and guilt, built on that loaded question and a crackerjack performance from Ralph Fiennes. The setting is the Vatican,

Ralph Fiennes is Oscar-worthy astonishing - 5/5 Edward Berger’s account of cardinals battling to be the new Pope is a thrilling succession story, and Ralph Fiennes is simply hypnotic