There is great power to Julianne Moore’s impressive dementia role in Still Alice

THE mantelpiece in actress Julianne Moore’s home must be pretty crowded. She has won 20 awards for her performance in Still Alice, as a woman diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

These include her first Oscar, for best actress, having been nominated four times previously.

Moore is just 54 and her moving portrayal of how linguistics professor, Alice, struggles to keep control of her life, and to cope with her gradual loss of independence, makes for powerful viewing.