DISPATCHES

TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

WELCOME

“DIFFICULT TO SEE. Always in motion is the

A new age for Middle -earth

THE LORD OF THE RINGS IS EXPANDING, WITH NEW ANIME THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM AND MORE. SERIES STALWART PHILIPPA BOYENS FILLS US IN

A castle fit for a vampire

ROBERT EGGERS TELLS US HOW HE MADE THE TITULAR FIEND OF NOSFERATU FEEL AT HOME

“Sexually liberated middle -aged women are getting their happy ending ”

BETH WEBB CELEBRATES THE YEAR OF THE MOMS WHO LIKE TO…

ON A ROLE REBECCA HALL IS CLAIRE

THE ACTOR PLAYS A TEACHER TORMENTED BY AN INEXPLICABLE HUM IN DRAMA SERIES THE LISTENERS

CELEBRATING A MOVIE MAESTRO

NEW DOC MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS SALUTES A COMPOSING LEGEND. PRODUCER RON HOWARD CUES IT UP FOR US

HOLLYWOOD GOES BRAT

CHARLI XCX’S BUZZY POP STATUS IS EXPANDING INTO MOVIE STARDOM. HERE’S WHAT SHE HAS IN STORE…

Chalamet faces the music

HOW THE A-LISTER TOOK BOB DYLAN LIVE AND LOUD FOR A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Better Man

TEAM EMPIRE WEIGH IN ON ROBBIE WILLIAMS’ CHEEKY CHIMP BIOPIC

KIERAN CULKIN’S SUCCESSION SUCCESSOR

COMEDY-DRAMA A REAL PAIN SEES THE ACTOR MOVE ON FROM THE ROY FAMILY

ON OUR MINDS

Marco Vittur BETH WEBB IS THINKING ABOUT…LEGO BOMBSHELLS

Fred Hechinger

THE GLADIATOR II ACTOR PAUSES TO REFLECT UPON HIS MILE-A-MINUTE CAREER

FROM THE SUNKEN PLACE TO AN ICONIC SQUARE

HOW DANIEL KALUUYA’S GET OUT CHARACTER BECAME IMMORTALISED IN STATUE FORM

The POV drama that’s smashing conventions

RAMELL ROSS ON NICKEL BOYS, HIS RADICAL FILM SHOT FROM ITS HEROES’ POINTS OF VIEW

A cat- and - mouse game turns deadly

EMPIRE BRAVES THE SET OF SPY SHOW THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, TO WITNESS LASHANA LYNCH VS. EDDIE REDMAYNE

Back to the future (and past, and present)

ROBERT ZEMECKIS ON HIS TIME-SPANNING, CUTTING-EDGE TALE, HERE

THE PIPELINE

SCARPETTA Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis

A thriller powered by prayer

BUZZY NEW FILM CONCLAVE TESTS THE FAITH OF RALPH FIENNES. DOMINUS!

HOW A NIMBLE-FINGERED ELF BROKE OUR HEARTS

THE RINGS OF POWER’S SECOND SEASON DELIVERED A NEW MIDDLE-EARTH HERO: THE LOVEABLE, DOOMED CELEBRIMBOR

How Much Is A Of Milk?

Danny Dyer

BLITZ

War torn: Evacuee George (Elliott Heffernan) goes on

SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY

MEET A TRUE MAN OF STEEL

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE

★★★★ OUT 1 NOVEMBER / CERT 12A /

THE CRIME IS MINE

★★★★ OUT 25 OCTOBER / CERT 12A /

AGATHA ALL ALONG

THE (FIRST) SEASON OF THE WITCH

ANORA

A CINDERELLA STORY WITH A DIFFERENCE

TERRIFIER 3

THIS CLOWN IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAY PARTIES

THE PIANO LESSON

THE WASHINGTON FAMILY TINKLE THE IVORIES

TOMB RAIDER: THE LEGEND OF LARA CROFT

COME BACK, ANGELINA, ALL IS FORGIVEN

SONNY BOY

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE OUT… ★★★★

THE FRANCHISE

THERE WA S AN IDEA… TO BRING TOGETHER A GROUP OF NOT-SOREMARKABLE PEOPLE

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: ECHOES OF WISDOM

THIS TIME, IT’S LINK WHO NEEDS RESCUING

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

PEDRO ALMODÓVAR GOES FULL ENGLISH

EMILIA PÉREZ

MAMMA MIA!, THIS AIN’T

PIECE BY PIECE

PHARRELL WILLIAMS IS BRICKING IT

also out

HEAD TO EMPIREONLINE.COM TO READ THESE REVIEWS IN FULL

DOUBLING DOWN

AFTER THE SEISMIC SUCCESS OF PARASITE, BONG JOON HO HAD THE WORLD AT HIS FEET — SO HOW ON EARTH WOULD HE FOLLOW IT UP? THE ANSWER WAS TO LEAVE EARTH ALTOGETHER — AND IN BONKERS SCI-FI MICKEY 17, IN WHICH ROBERT PATTINSON IS PITTED AGAINST HIMSELF, THE DIRECTOR TRULY GOES FOR BROKE

THE FUTURE OF CINEMA

NEARLY 130 YEARS SINCE THE LUMIÈRE BROTHERS INVENTED CINEMA, HERE WE ARE, WITH HOLLYWOOD TRANSFORMING BY THE D AY, STREAMING CHANGING THE GAME, AND AI LOOMING LARGE. WITH THE INDUSTRY MORE EXCITING — BUT MORE UNPREDICTABLE — THAN EVER BEFORE, WE ASK BLOCKBUSTER FILMMAKERS AND INDIE DIRECTORS ALIKE HOW THEY’RE FEELING… AND WHAT’S IN STORE

ON THE MONEY

LAST YEAR, JAPAN’S GODZILLA MINUS ONE PROVED THAT JAW-DROPPING EFFECTS DON’T HAVE TO COST $200 MILLION. CAN HOLLYWOOD FOLLOW SUIT?

NEXT LEVEL

AFTER DECADES OF REVOLUTIONISING FILMMAKING, WE ASK WHAT ’S IN STORE FOR VFX

HOW HO PIZONES

BARRY JENKINS JOURNEYED DEEP INSIDE THE DISNEY DREAM

THE MANE MAN

FRESH FROM KICKING BUTT IN REBEL RIDGE, AARON PIERRE IS ABOUT TO ROAR AS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN MUFASA. HE REFLECTS ON HIS HUGE YEAR SO FAR

“I’ve felt different my entire life”

IN WIZARD OF OZ SPIN-OFF WICKED, CYNTHIA ERIVO P L AY S OSTRACISED OUTCAST ELPHABA. BEING OFF-KILTER, THOUGH, SAYS THE ACTOR, HAS A LWAYS BEEN A BADGE OF HONOUR

CALL OF THE WILD

EVER FEEL A BIT FERAL? IN COMIC-DRAMA NIGHTBITCH, AMY ADAMS DOES, AND FOR GOOD REASON. WE GO BARKING MAD WITH HER AND DIRECTOR MARIELLE HELLER

SPICE GIRLS

A SISTERHOOD OF MYSTICAL NUNS TAKE CENTRE S TAG E IN HBO SERIES DUNE: PROPHECY, A STORY EXPLORING THE SHADIEST CORNERS OF AN EPIC GALAXY. BUT GETTING IT MADE PROVED A SAGA IN ITSELF

GRAVITATIONAL PULL

FOR NEW STAR WARS GALACTIC-PIRATE ADVENTURE SERIES SKELETON CREW, A CRACK DIRECTORIAL CREW OF SKYWALKER STANS GOT TOGETHER. WE SAT DOWN WITH THEM TO DISCUSS THEIR LOVE OF THE SAGA... AND TO ASK SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT PRUNE FACE

Unbridled Joy

A FRESH LOOK AT HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Saturday Night drive

SNL VETERANS WILL FERRELL AND HARPER STEELE ON THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY BEHIND NEW DOC WILL & HARPER

The Ranking The Saw franchise

TEN FIENDISH MOVIES. FOUR EMPIRE WRITERS. WHAT WILL BE THE FINAL PART OF THEIR JIGSAW?

Time Capsule Robert Englund

ARE YOU READY FOR A FREDDY SPECIAL?

SUPPORT BRITISH INDIE HORROR!

LEGENDARY AUTHOR AND CRITIC KIM NEWMAN BRINGS US HIS UNIQUE TAKES ON CULT CINEMA

Walk and stalk

DIRECTOR CHRIS NASH ON THE EYE-CATCHING DEATHS OF IN A VIOLENT NATURE

The Princess Bride

ROB REINER’S FANTASY FLICK IS A MASTERPIECE? INCONCEIVABLE!

PICKS OF THE MONTH

1 JUGGERNAUT (OUT 18 NOVEMBER, BR) Often

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

EVERY MONTH, WE WILL TEST YOUR MOVIE KNOWLEDGE. ARE YOU READY?

THE CHAIN GANG Cool Hand Luke

JUDE LAW: “Paul Newman, I was very lucky