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WELCOME

THIS MONTH, ONE of us found ourselves summoned

The year of the scream queen

EMPIRE SPEAKS WITH THE ACTORS BEHIND A POWERFUL, PROGRESSIVE MOMENT FOR WOMEN IN HORROR

THE PIPELINE

EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Constructing an epic event movie

BRADY CORBET ON THE BRUTALIST, AN ARCHITECTURAL THRILLER CAUSING A STIR

CLONES AND ALL

INSIDE THE TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET LOOKALIKE CONTEST THAT THE REAL DEAL COULDN’ T RESIST

THE MONTHLY ΜΙΧΤΑΡΕ

‘HAPPY’ PHARRELL WILLIAMS PIECE BY PIECE

JOHN LITHGOW IS CARDINAL TREMBLAY

THE ACTOR PLAYS AN AMBITIOUS CLERIC ASPIRING TO BE TOP OF THE POPES IN CONCLAVE

TO CARJACK OR NOT TO CARJACK

THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND BRINGING SHAKESPEARE TO SAN ANDREAS GRAND THEFT HAMLET ON

WHAT’S NEXT FOR NOLAN?

WE SIFT THROUGH THE MANY RUMOURS ABOUT THE OPPENHEIMER DIRECTOR’S NEXT FILM

How do you crack a character like Maria?

ANGELINA JOLIE AND PABLO LARRAÍN ON BRINGING A MUSICAL ICON TO THE SCREEN

“Who knows, perhaps Art The Clown will try a musical too”

CATHERINE BRAY ON TERRIFIER 3’S SURPRISE TRIUMPH OVER JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

Malachi Kirby

AS THE STAR OF ATHOUSAND BLOWS, THE BRITISH ACTOR CONTINUES TO TAKE BIG SWINGS

ARE THE SINISTER SIX READY TO STRIKE?

RUMOURS OF A SPIDEY SUPERVILLAIN TEAM-UP ARE RUMBLING. BUT NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME…

Warriors , come out to rap

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND EISA DAVIS ON THEIR MUSICAL REINVENTION OF A ’70S CLASSIC

HOW A WADDLING BIRD GOT TO SOAR

THE PENGUIN SHOWRUNNER LAUREN LEFRANC ON HOW SHE MADE HER BATMAN-FREE HBO SERIES APPOINTMENT TV

THE UNSTOPPABLE TREVOR SLATTERY

THIS LIVERPUDLIAN MCU THESPIAN JUST WON’ T QUIT

The erotic thriller that puts women on top

ACTOR-TURNED-FILMMAKER HALINA REIJN ON REVAMPING A GENRE CLOSE TO HER HEART WITH BABYGIRL

NEED TO KNOW

GET UP TO SPEED ON… BUGONIA

Brett Goldstein takes the lead

THE COMEDY STAR AND WRITER MOVES INTO CENTRE FRAME WITH SCI-FI ROMANCE ALL OF YOU

THE MISFITMOLLUSC FILM WINNING HEARTS

FILMMAKER ADAM ELLIOT ON HIS STOP-MOTION FESTIVAL HIT MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

ON OUR MINDS

DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk ?

Nathan Lane

GLADIATOR II

WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO REVIEW, SALUTE YOU!

CONCLAVE

ABANDON POPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE

GRAND THEFT HAMLET

★★★★ OUT 6 DECEMBER / CERT TBC /

ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE

★★ OUT 13 DECEMBER (DISNEY+) / CERT 12A

SILO: SEASON 2

REBECCA FERGUSON IS GOING DEEPER UNDERGROUND

PADDINGTON IN PERU

THE FUR FLIES (QUITE A LONG WAY )

JUROR #2

CLINT EASTWOOD HAS REACHED A VERDICT

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE

THE SYMBIOTE SAYS SAYONARA

MAGPIE

★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 90

MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS

★★★★ OUT NOW (DISNEY+) / CERT 12A /

QUEER

DANIEL CRAIG HEADS ON DOWN TO MEXICO

SERGIO LEONE BY HIMSELF

A FISTFUL OF INTERVIEWS

DUNE: PROPHECY

SISTERHOOD ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES

A QUIET PLACE: THE ROAD AHEAD

BE VEWWY, VEWWY QWUIET…

NIGHTBITCH

OR, HOW I PET YOUR MOTHER

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL

CRACKING SEQUEL, GROMIT!

RUMOURS

NOT AFFILIATED WITH FLEETWOOD MAC

also out

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IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ANIME

NO LONGER JUST FOR HARDCORE FANS, THE JAPANESE ANIMATED EXPORT HAS GONE MAINSTREAM — HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

EMPIRE PRESENTS

ΤΗΣ 20 25 PREVIEW

ANDOR

SEASON 2

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD

STEVE ROGERS? OLD NEWS. AND THERE’S NO TIME FOR NOSTALGIA

HOW TO RAIN YOUR DRAGON

UNLIKELY HERO HICCUP IS READY FOR HIS LIVE-ACTION GLOW-UP

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

CRIME-SOLVING PENSIONERS UNITE FOR A VERY BRITISH MYSTERY

BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT U ΤΗΣ ΒΟΥ

RENÉE ZELLWEGER ON BRINGING BACK BRIDGET… AND ON HOW MUCH SHE’D MISSED HER

BALLERINA

GET READY FOR ANA DE ARMAS’ RIP-ROARING RAMPAGE OF REVENGE

HAVOC

OUT TBC

SPINAL TAPIL

OUT TBC

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH

OUT JUL

ELIO

HERE’S WHY WE’RE HYPED FOR PIXAR’S OUTER-SPACE ADVENTURE

WE LIVE IN TIME

OUT 01 JAN

LOVE HURTS

OUT 07 FEB

WOLF MAN

OUT 17 JAN

PREDATOR: BADLANDS

THE TROPHY-HUNTING ALIEN GETS A MANDIBLE-DROPPING TWIST

TRUN ARES

OUT 10 OCT

ΝΟΒΟΟΥ 2

OUT 15 AUG

GOLDMN

OUT TBC

BACK IN ACTION

OUT 17 JAN

THE ELECTRIC STATETHE ELECTRIC STATE

THE RUSSO BROTHERS ARE BACK — AND THEY’RE BRINGING SOME ROBOTS WITH THEM

THE GORGE

MILES TELLER AND ANYA TAYLOR-JOY LOOK INTO THE ABYSS

THE AMATEUR

RAMI MALEK ON HIS ESPIONAGE THRILLER… AND A NEW BREED OF HERO

DAREDEVEL: BORN AGAIN

WHEN IS A REBOOT NOT A REBOOT? WHEN IT’S A REBIRTH…

THUNDERBOLTS

PREPARE TO HIT THE ROAD WITH THE MCU’S MOTLIEST CREW YET

THE MONKEY

HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE TERRIFYING LONGLEGS, OSGOOD PERKINS GOES BANANAS

SEVERANCESEVERANCE

AS HIS MYSTERIOUS DRAMA ABOUT WORK/LIFE BALANCE RETURNS, BEN STILLER TELLS US THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET EVEN STRANGER

25 MORE FOR 25

THE BEST OF THE REST…

FEELING THE HEAT

In sprawling sexual odyssey QUEER , Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey embark on an intensely passionate relationship in 1950s Mexico City. And for director Luca Guadagnino, everything ’s been leading to this

GAME CHANGER

DYSTOPIAN SURVIVAL THRILLER SQUID GAME TOOK THE PLANET BY STORM, BECOMING NETFLIX’S MOST WATCHED SHOW EVER. AHEAD OF THE BLOOD-SOAKED SECOND SEASON, THOSE RESPONSIBLE TELL US WE AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET

IN THE BLOOD

THE DIRECTOR FULFILS A LIFELONG DREAM — AND HAS PUSHED HIMSELF FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE. WE MEET HIM TO WAT C H THE FILM AND PICK OVER THE REASSURINGLY GORY DETAILS

Riding the wind

DIRECTOR LEE ISAAC CHUNG ON HIS WHIRLWIND CHANGE-UP FROM MINARI TO TWISTERS

Only Angels Have Wings

HOW HOWARD HAWKS REACHED FOR THE SKY

PICKS OF THE MONTH

CHOSEN BY CHRIS HEWITT

Billy Crystal

THE LEGENDARY COMEDIAN ON GREAT IMAGES FROM HIS GLITTERING CAREER

Longlegs

WRITER/DIRECTOR THE KEY MOMENTS OF HIS HORROR HIT OSGOOD PERKINS ON

NOSFERAT-ISH

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

The Third Man

HOW ORSON WELLES’ SMILE STOLE THE LIMELIGHT

Not out of the woods

AS THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT TURNS 25, ITS CREATORS REFLECT ON A HORROR CLASSIC THAT WON’T DIE

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

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

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