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Welcome to TOTAL FILM
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DANIEL RADCLIFFE
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TOMORROW’S WORLD
D23 Teasers went to Anaheim for Disney’s annual showcase of the upcoming projects from their biggest brands.
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WICKED SIDE
DISENCHANTED Director Adam Shankman on Amy Adams’ long-awaited fairytale follow-up.
YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?
FILM QUOTES POSE AS QUESTIONS. FILM STARS TRY TO COPE.
DOUBLE VISION
THE SILENT TWINS A pair of siblings build their own secret world in this moving drama.
TRUE BRIT
THE ENGLISH A sweeping western revenger that already feels too big for the small screen.
SOUND BYTES
The month in dialogue and digits.
DISCOVERY CANAL
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL Five films making waves in the floating city
OVER THE RAINBOW
LYNCH/OZ Director Alexandre O. Philippe is the man behind the curtain of a new David Lynch doc.
NEXT BIG THING
DIEGO CALVA HAS HOLLYWOOD IN HIS SIGHTS…
CLASS ACT
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL Director Paul Feig on his classroom-set fantasy adventure…
LAST RESORT
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Paul Mescal
You’re in your mid-20s, playing a dad. Was
ROYAL BLOOD
THE KINGDOM EXODUS Lars von Trier prescribes us this comic-horror medical odyssey.
THE ODD-YSSEY
STRANGE WORLD A fantastic voyage into Disney’s retro sci-fi wonderland.
BETWEEN TAKES
THE SUMMIT FEVER STAR ON CLIMBING AND CHAPSTICK…
HARRIS DEEDS
THE GHOST OF RICHARD HARRIS The screen legend’s sons unearth his legacy.
LIVING NIGHTMARE
THE DEVIL’S HOUR A Lecter-like foe makes a social worker’s life sheer murder.
OUT OF THE WOODS
SOMEWHERE BOY An 18-year-old emerges from captivity to confront his monsters.
Asa Butterfield
What grabbed you from the script? I’ve never
STAR- CROSSED
YOUR CHRISTMAS OR MINE? Asa Butterfield spends Christmas in the wrong house in this festive romcom.
IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST
Editor-at-Large JAMIE GRAHAM lifts the lid on film journalism.
DEAD FUN
FINAL CUT The cult Japanese zom-com gets a meta French remake.
THE HERO
Having risen to fame with David Lynch’s
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Enola Holmes and her famous big brother Sherlock are back for a riproaring adventure full of mystery, thrills… and a surprising amount to say about today’s messed-up world. Can so much fun really be so serious? Total Film asks producer/star Millie Bobby Brown, co-star Henry Cavill and director Harry Bradbeer to clue us in on Enola Holmes 2…
Hungry Heart
Timothée Chalamet and Luca Guadagnino reunite for a love story with bite in Bones And All. They tell Total Film how their ’80s midwest cannibal romance is a relatable tale of isolation and being socially ‘other’.
ROYAL SUCCESSION
As a nation mourns the loss of a king, the cinemagoing world mourns the loss of one of its brightest stars. The team behind Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tell Total Film about carrying a legacy forward after an unimaginable loss.
Fallout BOYS
Martin McDonagh reunites his In Bruges cast for a testy tale of friendship failure, tiny donkeys and severed digits. Total Film enjoys the craic on The Banshees Of Inisherin, a nailed-on awards botherer.
TASTE TEST
Satire. Thriller. Horror. Comedy. These are the spicy ingredients of THE MENU, in which Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult and other fine diners have their stomachs tested by Ralph Fiennes’ world-famous chef. Total Film chews over some dark, juicy themes with director Mark Mylod and his cast.
A Matter of Life and Death
Akira Kurosawa’s classic drama Ikiru has been reimagined and relocated to post-war London in LIVING, a movie that will cause even the stiffest upper lips to wobble. Total Film seeks the meaning behind it all with director Oliver Hermanus, writer Kazuo Ishiguro and star Bill Nighy.
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
The latest major director to excavate his youth, James Gray turns the clock back to 1980 New York for Armageddon Time. Total Film meets the filmmaker and his starry cast to discuss the era of Reaganomics, rocketships and reckoning with your own family history.
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WRITER STEVEN KNIGHT FOLLOWS UP PEAKY BLINDERS WITH SNEAK Y SOLDIERS IN A NEW MINISERIES DEPICTING THE ORIGINS OF A LEGENDARY SPECIAL FORCES UNIT OF TOUGH MISFITS IN WORLD WAR 2… WITH ADDED PUNK AND HARD ROCK MUSIC. TOTAL FILM RENDEZ VOUSES WITH THE CAST AND CREW OF SAS ROGUE HEROES.
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BROS 15 TBC
You’ve got male…
THE WOMAN KING 15
Warrior class…
LIVING 12A
Mighty Nighy…
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN TBC
Finger ruck…
RETURN TO DUST PG
★★★★☆ OUT 4 NOVEMBER CINEMAS Set in rural
WATCHER TBC
★★★☆☆ OUT 4 NOVEMBER CINEMAS A sense
PIGGY 18
★★★★☆ OUT 21 OCTOBER CINEMAS This smart Spanish
MY NEIGHBOUR, ADOLF TBC
★★☆☆☆ OUT 4 NOVEMBER CINEMAS , DIGITAL
THE GOOD NURSE 15 TBC
Bad medicine…
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS 15
Sinking rich…
CALL JANE TBC
Activist measures…
VESPER 15
★★★☆☆ OUT 21 OCTOBER CINEMAS, DIGITAL Kristina
MIA AND ME: THE HERO OF CENTOPIA U
★★★☆☆ OUT 21 OCTOBER CINEMAS Based on successful
DOCTOR WHO AM I TBC
VERTIGO, KALEIDOSCOPE, SIGNATURE, APPLE, 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, DISNEY
THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER 12
Buds for his buddies…
AMSTERDAM TBC
Collision corpse…
DECISION TO LEAVE 15
A matter of wife and death…
DARK GLASSES TBC
★★★☆☆ OUT NOW SHUDDER From 1975’s Deep Red
HILMA TBC
★★★☆☆ OUT 28 OCTOBER CINEMAS Lasse Hallström’s lush
SOMEONE’S DAUGHTER, SOMEONE’S SON TBC
★★★★☆ OUT 28 OCTOBER CINEMAS Exploring homelessness in
THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS 12A
★★★★☆ O UT NOW CINEMAS Patricio Guzmán directs
BARBARIAN TBC
What? Eh? Oh God, no!
CONFETTI TBC
★★★★★ OUT 21 OCTOBER CINEMAS Writer/director Ann Hu
MCCURRY: THE PURSUIT OF COLOUR TBC
★★★★★ OUT 19 OCTOBER DIGITAL This 90-minute documentary
DIONNE WARWICK: DON’T MAKE ME OVER 12
★★★★★ OUT 7 NOVEMBER DVD, BD Shockingly presented
HOPPER: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY TBC
★★★★★ OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS Released to coincide
THE STRANGER 15
Caught in a trap… ★★★★★ OUT 19 OCTOBER
BIG VS SMALL TBC
★★☆☆☆ OUT 21 OCTOBER CINEMAS There is plenty
MIDWIVES TBC
★★★★☆ OUT NOW CINEMAS, DIGITAL This powerful documentary
EMILY TBC
It’s she, Mackey, she’s so cool…
SOMETHING IN THE DIRT TBC
★★★★☆ OUT 4 NOVEMBER CINEMAS Returning to the
MEDIEVAL TBC
★★☆☆☆ OUT 28 OCTOBER CINEMAS, DIGITAL Ben Foster
EMILY THE CRIMINAL 15
She’s no dummy…
ALL THAT BREATHES TBC
★★★★☆ OUT 14 OCTOBER CINEMAS “Delhi is a
TICKET TO PARADISE
12A ★★☆☆☆ OUT NOW CINEMAS Guess who’s coming
SPEAK NO EVIL TBC
★★★★☆ OUT NOW SHUDDER Passivity and politeness are
SIDNEY 12A
★★★★☆ OUT NOW CINEMAS, APPLE TV+ The late
BLONDE 18
No business like Monroe business…
VENGEANCE IS MINE, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH 18
★★★☆☆ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Featurettes, Video
THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST 18
★★☆☆☆ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★☆☆ Commentaries, Featurettes,
NIL BY MOUTH 18
London’s churning…
DEADSTREAM TBC
★★★★☆ OUT NOW SHUDDER A disgraced livestreamer seeks
SOUND FOR THE FUTURE TBC
★★☆☆☆ OUT 28 OCTOBER CINEMAS Obsessed by memories
LOVE (SZERELEM) PG
1971 ★★★★☆ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★☆ Commentary, Featurettes,
LOST HIGHWAY 18
1997 ★★★★★ OUT 31 OCTOBER BD EXTRAS ★★★★☆
PARANORMAN PG
2012 ★★★☆☆ OUT 28 OCTOBER CINEMAS An 11-year-old
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS PG
2002 ★★★☆☆ OUT 28 OCTOBER CINEMAS 2002 Squished
THE LOST BOYS 15
Time to rejoin the club…
POLTERGEIST 15
They’re heeere again…
MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE 15
1983 ★★★★★ OUT NOW 4K UHD EXTRAS ★★★★★
ROBIN HOOD AT HAMMER PG
1960/67 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentaries,
IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN 18
1982 ★★★☆☆ OUT NOW BD, DIGITAL EXTRAS ★★★★★
EVE’S BAYOU 15
1997 ★★★★☆ OUT 31 OCTOBER BD EXTRAS ★★★★★
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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
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Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots.
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The biggest movies… starring Javier Bardem
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Home is where the hearth is…
REEL ESTATE
FOR SALE Beautiful panorama house in Seoul with
CAR FOR SALE
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FLOP CULTURE
In 2002, Danny DeVito’s scabrous satire of children’s TV show hosts died at the box office. Was it just too bilious for viewers?
IS IT JUST ME OR SHOULD MOST MINISERIES BE MOVIES?
“Follow me, young one, for this walk will
TAKING STOCK SCHOOL BULLIES
Celebrating the standout stock characters in movies…
GIVING CREDIT
Saluting the behind-the-scenes talent making movie magic
TOBE HOOPER
Texas danger…
JEAN-LUC GODARD
GETTY French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard died at his
WHICH CROCODILE ARE YOU?
ARE YOU A FISH OUT OF WATER OR A LEVIATHAN IN A LAKE? DO YOU HAVE THE DEVIL IN YOU, OR AN ALARM CLOCK?
NAME THE FRAME
Can you guess these eight cityscape scenes?
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