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Feb-23
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TAKE 20
No./1 Is this game over for the video-game curse?
T H I S M O N T H ’ S E S S E N T I A L F I L M A N D T V N E W S
No./3 Memoir-movie mania!
With a wave of personal films from A-list directors crashing in, Empire measures just how close-to-life they get
No./4 Creating a character through music
Hildur Guðnadóttir on composing TÁR’s high-concept soundtrack
No./5 ONE SMALL STEP FOR SHEEP
AARDMAN CO-FOUNDER PETER LORD ON SHAUN THE SHEEP BECOMING THE FIRST OF HIS KIND TO VISIT THE MOON IN NOVEMBER’S NASA MISSION
BLACK IN FOCUS
AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month
INTRODUCING...
Bailey Bass
No./6 The gay-Marine biopic that defied the odds
The filmmaker behind The Inspection on bringing his personal story to the screen
No./7 Beyond the chaos of Cocaine Bear
ELIZABETH BANKS on why her thriller is much more than a Pablo Escobear rampage
No./8 Inside a black-market baby heist
In BROKER, Hirokazu Kore-eda keeps his focus on oddballs and outcasts
No./9 NEXT IN THE SERIES
You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next
No./10 MCU: PHASE DAD
With kids popping up all over the place, we speculate what it all means for Marvel’s future
No./11 “Movies are a chance to escape from reality. Sometimes we need that just to breathe.”
[ THE Q&A] In The Witcher: Blood Origin, MICHELLE YEOH continues to prove there’s nothing she can’t do (except singing)
No./12 The making of Unwelcome’s little monsters
Director Jon Wright takes goblin mischief to violent extremes in his new horror
No./13 A-LIST ACCORDIONS
It's not just a load of hot air: accordions are now the cinematic instrument du jour
No./14 The Martin Scorsese crime epic that doesn’t exist
How fake Mafia movie GONCHAROV blew up the internet
No./15 Bruce’s baubles
Horror icon — and star of Hallmark’s latest Christmas movie — Bruce Campbell on his perfect festive season
No./16 WHO WILL CHECK BACK INTO THE WHITE LOTUS?
After Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya returned for Season 2, we ponder who might be back for the third resort mystery
No./17 The fight sequence that’s the cat’s meow
Why you should be excited for PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (really)
No./18 Disney’s forgotten rabbit returns
Animation academic Sam Summers on the legacy of the long-lost, long-eared Oswald
No./19 The mystery of the accidental detective
Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne on their new whodunnit series, POKER FACE
No./20 How Evil Dead got its groovy back
Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin on his Sam Raimi-blessed sequel
PINT OF MILK
What is the best thing you’ve ever stolen
ON SCREEN
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
BIG SCREEN. SMALL SCREEN. YOUR REVIEWS BIBLE STARTS
ENYS MEN
The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine), seriously hard at work.
EMANCIPATION
★★★ OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / CERT 15
SPIRITED
★★★ OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / CERT 12
VIOLENT NIGHT
★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 112
TILL
Danielle Deadwyler gives a powerhouse performance as Mamie
WHITE NOISE
That’ll be the Airborne Toxic Event, then. ★★★
TÁR
We’re saying that’s not ‘Agadoo’ ★★★★★ OUT
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
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CORSAGE
★★★★ OUT 26 DECEMBER / CERT 15 /
DISENCHANTED
★★★ OUT NOW (DISNEY+) / CERT PG /
STRANGE WORLD
How not to pose for a fairground-ride photo.
“SR.”
★★★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT 15 /
THE ENFORCER
★★ OUT 6 JANUARY / CERT 18 /
STUTZ
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THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL
★★★ OUT NOW (DISNEY+) / CERT 12 /
PETER VON KANT
★★★★ OUT 30 DECEMBER / CERT 15 /
LAST FLIGHT HOME
★★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 106
HIS DARK MATERIALS: SERIES 3
Will (Amir Wilson) and Lyra (Dafne Keen) consider
1899
★★★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / EPISODES VIEWED 3
WILLOW
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WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES
Bottoms up: Kumail Nanjiani as Chippendales creator Somen
SLOW HORSES: SERIES 2
Gary was new to the countryside. ★★★★ OUT
ON SCREEN CHECKLIST
Your at-a-glance view of this month’s reviews
FEATURES
the Gratest Actors
YOU VOTED FOR THEM, AND HERE THEY ARE.
“HE’S AN ANARCHIST”
Tim Burton points Jack in the right
SIDNEY POITIER
THE SLAP IN IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
the Boss
BREAKING DOWN THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE DENZEL WASHINGTON ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT
“HER ACTING SYNAPSES ARE SO ATTUNED”
Luhrmann confers with his muse on set.
MICHELLE YEOH
YU SHU LIEN FIGHTS FOR HER LIFE IN CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000)
the Shaman
THERE IS NO ACTOR ON PLANET EARTH QUITE LIKE NICOLAS CAGE. DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY MORNING IN HIS LAS VEGAS COMPOUND, HE EXPOUNDS ON HIS MYSTICAL CRAFT
“HE CHANGED THE COURSE OF CINEMA”
Buster Keaton as the penniless projectionist who dreams
the Enigma
BEHIND THE MYSTIQUE AND THE WHITE-HOT FAME, MARILYN MONROE WAS A FINELY TUNED ACTOR WITH TALENT TO BURN
“HE IS AS FAR FROM CONVENTIONAL AS YOU CAN GET”
RIDLEY SCOTT ON JOAQUIN PHOENIX
BETTE DAVIS
MARGO’S DRUNKEN DIATRIBE IN ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
the Chameleon
NEVER REPEATING, ALWAYS REINVENTING: TILDA SWINTON IS THE ULTIMATE SHAPESHIFTER. SHE TELLS US WHY SHE HAS TO KEEP MOVING
“HE HAD A GOD-GIVEN GIFT”
ANG LEE ON HEATH LEDGER
the Warnor
TOSHIRŌ MIFUNE WAS THE WORLD’S GREATEST CINEMATIC SAMURAI — YET THAT ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE…
“SHE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR HER ART”
GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD ON VIOLA DAVIS
ROBERT DE NIRO
FRANK SHEERAN’S TROUBLING PHONE CALL IN THE IRISHMAN (2019)
Half of Fame
THE 50 GREATEST ACTORS OF ALL TIME, AS VOTED FOR BY YOU!
THE OUT SIDER
IN DARREN ARONOFSKY’S THE WHALE, BRENDAN FRASER STARS AS A MAN HIDING AWAY, SHUNNED BY SOCIETY. IT IS ALL, THEY TELL US, ABOUT DIGGING BENEATH THE SURFACE…
UNBROKEN
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OUT OF THE DARKNESS
DIRECTOR CHINONYE CHUKWU’S TILL TELLS THE DEVASTATING TRUE STORY OF A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS LYNCHED, AND HIS MOTHER’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. GETTING IT ON SCREEN WOULD BE AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY
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INDISPENSABLEHOME ENTERTAINMENT
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MARK KERMODE’S MOVIE PLAYLIST
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