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SHANE MEADOWS

Self-doubts begone – with work like TwentyFourSeven, This is England and The Virtues, Shane Meadows is one of the finest British directors working today. So to mark the rerelease of his 2004 drama Dead Man’ s Shoes, Total Film sits down with Meadows to discuss how his troubled youth infuses the personal and political nature of his work, and how he’s now entering a new chapter. ‘A full stop got put on something,’ he says.

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Dialogue

Mail, rants, theories etc.

TEASERS

BEYOND OUR KEN

CHRIS ALMIGHTY

THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER David Gordon Green gets original star Ellen Burstyn to take a leap of faith…

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

FILM QUOTES POSE AS QUESTIONS. FILM STARS TRY TO COPE.

GUITAR HEROES

FLORA AND SON John Carney scores another low-key hit as a single mum learns the guitar…

THE LL WORD

Contributing editor LEILA LATIF has something to say…

SOUND BYTES

The month in dialogue and digits.

LAST ORDERS

THE OLD OAK Ken Loach’s final film – the tale of a Syrian refugee’s bond with a pub landlord...

BETWEEN TAKES

ROSAMUND PIKE THE WHEEL OF TIME STAR ON PARTYING, ROGUE LENSES AND DOING WIRE WORK WITH A FULL STOMACH…

BLOOD TIES

BROTHER Clement Virgo gets personal with a searing drama of racial injustice in Toronto…

GUN LOBBY

THE CONTINENTAL: FROM THE WORLD OF JOHN WICK Director Albert Hughes and star Colin Woodell on their TV prequel’s killer premise…

ITALIAN JOB

THE EQUALIZER 3 Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua return for the final chapter in their action trilogy…

CAN WE TALK A BOUT?

BARBENHEIMER THE DOUBLE BILL THAT MIGHT JUST SAVE CINEMA.

RESIDENTS EVIL

R.M.N. Cristian Mungiu gives his home country Romania a cinematic brain scan…

THE HERO

DANIEL PEMBERTON THE BRITISH COMPOSER FINDS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES…

THE POWER OF THREE

A triple threat of the MCU’s most powerful women unite in The Marvels. Total Film meets the filmmakers to find out how Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan will contend with a formidable new foe, unexpected power-swaps and flerkens galore.

LOVE MATCH

Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist play tennis and wicked games in Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sensual study of fierce friendship, competition and messy love triangles. Total Film sits down with the three champs as they serve up on sex scenes, tennis camp and Ratatouille.

ACT OF CREATION

While teaming up on The Favourite, star Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos forged an electric creative partnership that shows no signs of slowing down. With eccentric feminist Frankenstein fable Poor Things up next, the duo talk to Total Film about their ‘once-in-a-lifetime connection’

MATCHO LIBER

The ultimate underdog tale, Cassandro tells the story of the real-life Mexican wrestler who both dominated the ring and changed attitudes towards homosexuality. Total Film meets director Roger Ross Williams and star Gael García Bernal to pay homage to one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most iconic athletes.

GAME OF PHONE

In the early 2000s, one smartphone dominated the market as high-flying executives craved instant communication. But as new movie BlackBerry shows, the creators flew too close to the sun. Total Film meets director Matt Johnson and his cast to talk gadgets, gangsters and Gordon Gekko.

PAST LIVES 12A

Childhood (bitter)sweethearts…

GRAN TURISMO 12A

Wheel-life drama…

THE BLACKENING 15

Death to cliches…

SCRAPPER 12

Estate of play…

BARBIE 12A

All Mattel breaks loose…

GOOD BOY 15

★★✩✩✩ OUT 11 SEPTEMBER DIGITAL A playful rules-of-dating comedy

PUFFIN ROCK AND THE NEW FRIENDS U

★★★✩✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS This feature-length spin-off

THE QUEEN MARY 18

★★✩✩✩ OUT 28 AUGUST DIGITAL Once a

AFIRE 12A

★★★★✩ OUT 25 AUGUST CINEMAS, CURZON HOME CINEMA

T.I.M. 15

Mandroid about the house…

ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA 15

★★★★✩ OUT 5 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS Hailed as

THEATER CAMP 12A

Time to act…

LIE WITH ME 15

★★★✩✩ OUT 18 AUGUST CINEMAS Returning to

BILLION DOLLAR HEIST PG

★★★✩✩ OUT NOW DIGITAL Making The Great Train

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 8 SEPTEMBER DIGITAL Nicolas delivers a

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM PG

Worth shelling out for…

FOOL’S PARADISE 15

★★★✩✩ OUT 28 AUGUST DIGITAL It’s Always Sunny

KLOKKENLUIDER TBC

★★★✩✩ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS Marking the

MAIGRET TBC

★★✩✩✩ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS With his deflated

AND THEN COME THE NIGHTJARS 15

★★★✩✩ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS Adapted from Bea

PASSAGES 18

Sachs and the city…

THE FIRST SLAM DUNK TBC

★★★✩✩ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS One of the

ALONE AT NIGHT 15

★✩✩✩✩ OUT 28 AUGUST DIGITAL Following a difficult

OTTO BAXTER: NOT A F***ING HORROR STORY 15

★★★★✩ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS OUT 23 SEPTEMBER

THE DIVE 15

★★★✩✩ OUT 25 AUGUST CINEMAS Like 2022’s

COBWEB 15

Knock and awe…

HAUNTED MANSION 12A

All the ride moves…

MOB LAND 15

★★★★★ OUT 25 AUGUST CINEMAS An ill-advised robbery

APOCALYPSE CLOWN 15

★★★★★ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS There’s plenty of

A LIFE ON THE FARM TBC

★★★✩✩ OUT 8 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS The extraordinary tale

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT TBC

★★★✩✩ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS The power

OPPENHEIMER 15

Fission quest…

THE KNOCKING 15

★★★✩✩ OUT 4 SEPTEMBER DIGITAL The familiar

THE INNOCENT 15

★★★✩✩ OUT 25 AUGUST CINEMAS A fretful widower

THE BEANIE BUBBLE 15

★ ★★★★✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS, APPLE TV+ Continuing the

KICK OUT! THE NEWTOWN NEUROTICS STORY TBC

★★★✩✩ OUT 8 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS Pogoing into

JUST SUPER U

★★✩✩✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS 25 SEPT DIGITAL

THE HIDING PLACE 12A

★★★✩✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS An ultra-slow but thoughtful

BIOSPHERE 15

★★★✩✩ OUT NOW SKY CINEMA, NOW Despite being

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 12

★★★★✩ OUT NOW DVD, BD, 4K UHD,

MAY 18 2002

★★★ ✩ ✩ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★

JURASSIC PARK PG 1993

The joy of Rex…

SERPICO 15 1973

★★★★★ OUT 18 AUGUST CINEMAS Back in cinemas

WEIRD SCIENCE 12 1985

★★✩✩✩ OUT 21 AUGUST 4K UHD EXTRAS ★★★

TOKYO STORY U 1953

★★★★★ OUT 1 SEPTEMBER CINEMAS A high-ranker

TRAINING DAY 15 2001

Washington great…

FOLLOWING 15 1998

Nolan begins…

BATMAN

CLASSIC TV

STAR WARS RIVALS

EXTRAS

CARRY ON POP ART

OUT NOW Cor blimey, it’s 65 years since

LEGO WOLVERINE CLAWS

OUT NOW Everything is claw-some… Based on Wolverine’s

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE SLAUGHTERHOUSE STRATEGY BOARD GAME

LEGO, ART & HUE, FUNKO OUT TBC Bone

DAZED AND CONFUSED

Planes, trains and, um, bongos… ‘You’ve been smoking

PIKMIN 4

Back and fourth…

VIEWFINDER

★★★★✩ OUT NOW PC, PS5 Two-dimensional photos magically

VENBA

★★★★✩ OUT NOW PC PS4/5, SWITCH, XBOX ONE/SERIES

OXENFREE II: LOST SIGNALS

★★✩✩✩ OUT NOW ANDROID, IOS, PC, PS4/5, SWITCH

KIND OF A BIG DEAL

BOOKS

BURN IT DOWN

★★★★ ✩ MAUREEN RYAN HARPER COLLINS Subtitled Power,

CLINT EASTWOOD: THE ICONIC FILMMAKER AND HIS WORK

★★★★ ✩ IAN NATHAN WHITE LION ‘This is

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE FILM

★★★★ ✩ JOHN WALSH TITAN Author and filmmaker

FILM BUFF

CINEMA CELEBRATED AND DEBATED. BOOSTING YOUR MOVIE GENIUS TO SUPERHERO LEVELS…

UNDERWEAR SCENES

We’ll keep this brief…

FLOP CULTURE

In 1993, Arnie’s post-T2 summer movie became a cautionary tale. Basically, don’t fight with dinosaurs or bust the bank on rockets…

IS IT JUST ME OR ARE TOO MANY FILMS BEING MADE INTO MUSICALS?

Mrs. Doubtfire, the musical: one of a slew

STAND BY ME’S TRESTLE CROSSING

One of the most famous scenes in Rob

TAKING STOCK

WICKED STEP-PARENTS

INTERMISSION

How 25th Hour reflects his own life

JANE BIRKIN

From Gallic songs to Euro-cinema, activism to fashion,

GOLDEN GRAHAMS

THIS MONTH Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City

STUART GORDON

Lovecraft master…

RACING MOVIES

Le Mans! Motorcycles! Mater! Start your memory engines; time to test your movie knowledge!

NAME THE FRAME

Can you guess these eight kick-ass-women scenes?