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DISPATCHES

TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

EMPIRE COMMENT

LETTER OF THE MONTH DON’T PULL THE PLUG

How the UK became a blockbuster factory

TRUMP’S PROPOSED MOVIE TARIFFS HIGHLIGHT THE RAPIDLY RISING DEMAND TO SHOOT ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND

THE PIPELINE

EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

It takes three, baby

CELINE SONG RETURNS TO THE TRICKY LOVE TRIANGLE IN HER PAST LIVES FOLLOW-UP MATERIALISTS

NEED TO KNOW

GET UP TO SPEED ON… TONY

On A Role DAMSON IDRIS IS JOSHUA PEARCE

THE LONDON-BORN ACTOR PLAYS A BRITISH ROOKIE RACER IN F1

MEET THE NEW SCORSESE

MARTIN’S DAUGHTER FRANCESCA ON FOLLOWING IN HIS FILMMAKING FOOTSTEPS

PAYNE AND (TV) GAIN

WITH A SMALL-SCREEN ADAPTATION OF THE HOLDOVERS INCOMING, WHAT OTHER ALEXANDER PAYNE MOVIES COULD GET THE TELLY TREATMENT?

What’s in an asterisk?

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE THUNDERBOLTS* TITLE CHANGE ON KEEPING MARVEL’S BIG SECRET

TIME TO GRIP IT AND RIP IT (AGAIN)

HAPPY GILMORE 2 ’ S DIRECTOR ON WHY THE CLUB-SWINGING HERO IS BACK IN THE BUNKER

Auteurs assemble!

RICHARD LINKLATER ON BRINGING LEGENDARY DIRECTORS BACK TO LIFE FOR NOUVELLE VAGUE

THE HONTHY MIXTAPE

‘MAIN TITLES’ MAX ARUJ & ALFIE GODFREY

BIG CATS, BIGGER DRAMA

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WILD THINGS , THE UNBELIEVABLE TALE OF SIEGFRIED & ROY

Making a horror that goes harder

WEAPONS ’ WRITER-DIRECTOR ZACH CREGGER ON HIS RULE-BREAKING FOLLOW-UP TO BARBARIAN

“Sinners is everything that Hollywood wants more of. Yet it was labelled a risk”

AMON WARMANN ON THE FRUSTRATING DOUBLE STANDARDS APPLIED TO THE TRAILBLAZING MOVIE

The Spotilight

Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Jack Champion & Bailey Bass

Smells like screen spirit

HOW A RISING NUMBER OF YOUNG CLASSIC-MOVIE LOVERS ARE KEEPING CINEMAS ALIVE

A CANNES LEGEND PUSHES HER LIMITS

JULIA DUCOURNAU FOLLOWS HER PALME D’OR WIN WITH HER MOST PERSONAL FILM YET, ALPHA

ON OUR MINDS ON OUR MINDS

DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk?

THE ACTOR LOVES WATCHING FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS . JUST NOT ON A PLANE

reviews

FILMS, TV, BOOKS, GAMES - ALL THE BIG RELEASES, RATED

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — THE FINAL RECKONING

HAS TOM CRUISE FINALLY RUN OUT OF THINGS TO FALL OFF?

KARATE KID: LEGENDS

WAX ON, WAX OFF WITH TWO MARTIAL-ARTS MASTERS

LOLLIPOP

★★★★ OUT 13 JUNE / CERT 12A /

HALLOW ROAD

★★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 80

DEEP COVER

THE DEPARTED MEETS WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?

FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES

DEATH RETURNS FROM SICK LEAVE

BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER

WILL THIS FILM GIVE YOU VERTIGO?

POKER FACE: SEASON 2

JUST ONE MORE THING FROM NATASHA LYONNE’S COLUMBO RIFF

STAR WARS: TALES OF THE UNDERWORLD

★★★★ OUT NOW (DISNEY+) / EPISODES VIEWED 6

ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOUR

★★★ OUT NOW (PRIME VIDEO) / CERT 15

MOUNTAINHEAD

JESSE ARMSTRONG’S HIGH-ALTITUDE SUCCESSION FOLLOW-UP

MY NEXT BREATH

RENNER TURNS WRITER

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

★★★★ There’s something bittersweet about this beautiful portfolio.

ROBERT SHAW

★★★ Subtitled ‘An Actor’s Life On The Set

I LOVE YOU, BYEEE

★★★★ Adam Buxton is fast approaching national-treasure status.

MURDERBOT

ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD’S LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33

THIS GAME IS CLAIRLY BRILLIANT

THE HORROR AT HIGHROOK

PC

DAYS GONE REMASTERED

PS5

STARLESS ABYSS

PC

LILO & STITCH

THIS MONTH’S LIVE-ACTION REMAKE OF AN ANIMATED CLASSIC

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

WES ANDERSON GONNA BE WES ANDERSON-ING

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

DOES IT BELONG IN A MUSEUM?

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Alternate RealIties

FOUR MOVIES CRONENBERG ONCE WEIGHED UP

ONE SHOT TO RULE THEM ALL ONE SHOT TO RULE THEM ALL

FOR DECADES, DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN IMMERSING US IN THE ACTION WITH DAZZLING, REAL-TIME, SINGLE-TAKE SEQUENCES. NOW, WITH THE LIKES OF ADOLESCENCE UPPING THE ANTE, WE FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO CAPTURE AN EPIC ONER

NICHOLAS HOULT IS MISBEHAVING

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE ACTOR HAS FOUND HIMSELF DRAWN TO THE DARK AND THE DISTURBING… AND THE STRANGE. NOW, AS HE PLAYS POWER-HUNGRY MANIAC LEX LUTHOR IN SUPERMAN , HE TELLS US WHY NORMALITY IS HIS KRYPTONITE

High On The Hog

IN 1995, A TINY TALKING PIG WON THE PLANET’S HEARTS, PUSHED THE VFX ENVELOPE — AND PUT A SERIOUS DENT IN THE PORK INDUSTRY. AS BABE TURNS 30, GEORGE MILLER REVISITS THE GROUNDBREAKING FAMILY CLASSIC (AND ITS UTTERLY BONKERS SEQUEL)

RAISING HELL

WITH TALK TO ME , DANNY AND MICHAEL PHILIPPOU WENT FROM YOUTUBE UPSTARTS TO HORROR HEROES. AS THEY RETURN WITH BRING HER BACK, WE MEET THE DIRECTOR DUO WHO CAN’T STOP CAUSING CARNAGE

THE BARBARIAN BROTHERS

THIS MONTH

Fantastic Science

AFTER SOME SPLUTTERED PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS — AND SOME CORPORATE STUMBLING BLOCKS — MARVEL’S FIRST FAMILY ARE FINALLY JOINING THE MCU. WILL THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS HERALD A BRIGHT NEW ERA FOR SUPERHERO CINEMA? LET’S GO TO SPACE…

the fantastic maw

PLANETS GALACTUS HAS MUNCHED

OPEN MIND

FOR DECADES, DAVID CRONENBERG HAS TAKEN US ON BOUNDARY-BREAKING, TABOO-BUSTING JOURNEYS. AND WITH HIS NEW, HUGELY PERSONAL FILM THE SHROUDS , HE SHOWS NO SIGN OF LETTING UP

The Star-Spangled Man

TALKING RUNNING AND RED HULK WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD DIRECTOR JULIUS ONAH

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

THE MOVIE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

PICKS OF THE MONTH

1 BLACK BAG (OUT 16 JUNE, DVD/BR/4K)

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy

DIRECTOR MICHAEL MORRIS ON HOW TO KEEP UP WITH THE JONES

How to pull off a heist

WRITER-DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN GUDEGAST ON STAGING DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA ’ S NEAR-SILENT SKULDUGGERY

Saturday Night Live movies

LIVE FROM EMPIRE TOWERS, IT’S FOUR WRITERS DISCUSSING SNL !

SITCOM VAMPIRES AND MASS WEREWOLVES

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

Rocky

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO STALLONE’S CROWD-PLEASING CLIMB

RYAN KEMP

PAUL FEIG CREDITS are not like normal credits.

Jason Isaacs

TALKING WAISTCOASTS, WIZARDS AND THE WHITE LOTUS WITH THE BELOVED BRIT

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

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

The Battle Of Algiers

Kevin Macdonald: “ The Battle Of Algiers is

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