Lovers of Todd Haynes’ sapphic and Christmas-y classic Carol will be shocked to learn how different it is from its Patricia Highsmith source material. For one, there’s a great deal more in Highsmith’s original text about Therese (pronounced the French way) and her theatrical set production career, which gets swapped in the adaptation for the more cinematic pursuit of photography. There’s also more to-do about Carol and Therese being followed by a private investigator, who gets little screen time in the film but is a pivotal plot point in the novel. Both pieces, however, are incredible time capsules of sapphic romance – the dangers and delights together with real Fifties-ass food orders. (Mint jelly on lamb? God, I’m glad I live now.) – James Scott