This time the session was on cinema that challenged the dominant narrative, so we blanked the male gaze and looked at feminist films.

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Chantal Ackerman, 1975

A film I’ve seen and already thought much about. This time the thing that struck me while viewing a short section was the flashing light outside – as if an alternative life was signalling to Jeanne Dielman that she didn’t have to live the way she did.

Potiche, François Ozon, 2010

I saw this when it came out. It enjoys the clichés of the 1970s when it is set (velour tracksuits and Farrah Fawcett hair) and takes a predictable scalpel to the sexual politics of the time (a bit like “9 to 5”). You’d have to be pretty Victorian (of whatever century) to find this approach challenging, but it was entertaining.