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Never mind its wider significance – The Bat hangs from its own two feet, and delivers lively entertainment throughout.

Jeffrey Schwarz, one of the most prolific documentarians working today and a man who has dedicated his life to redressing the balance in regard to LGBTQ+ narratives, is careful not to deliver only those stories which we have all heard before.

Anyone who has seen Herzog's Fitzcarraldo will know of the director's fascination with doomed quests and magnificent obsessions, and in Treadwell he has found his dream subject.

The wild energy of the soundtrack perfectly suits the inventive, tongue-in-cheek onscreen action, and the cast, split as it is between established actorly talent and youthful enthusiasm, alternately bring great comic timing and fearless exuberance.

There are arduous stretches, between ill-organised sorties, in which conversation dries in the mouth.

Knowing, loving, kidding and one of the year's best films.