EMPIRE

Editor NICK DE SEMLYEN Creative Director CHRIS LUPTON

DISPATCHES

TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

COMMENT

AN OLD GIFFA WRITES Just wanted to send

WELCOME

THE MEMORY OF seeing Seven for the first

Pain, pleasure and a party palace

EMPIRE TRAVELS TO THE SALTBURN ESTATE TO MEET THE KEY PLAYERS IN EMERALD FENNELL’S HOT NEW THRILLER

The making of a maestro

HOW BRADLEY COOPER’S LATEST IS BRINGING LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S DECADES-SPANNING LEGACY TO THE SCREEN

“When it comes to Snow White, Rachel Zegler has a point”

AMON WARMANN ON WHY THE ACTOR IS RIGHT ABOUT THE FIRST DISNEY PRINCESS

Scott Pilgrim Vs. Your TV

THE GUITAR-ROCKING CANADIAN HAS GONE ANIME. WE FIND OUT HOW THE PILGRIM-VERSE IS GETTING EVEN WILDER

A whole new ball game

TAIKA WAITITI ON TEACHING HIS TEAM TO FAIL IN SPORTS COMEDY NEXT GOAL WINS

HI AGAIN, BARBIES!

WE TRACK WHERE THE CAST OF THE YEAR’S BIGGEST HIT ARE HEADING POST-DREAMHOUSE

How to make a relationship toxic

FAIR PLAY FILMMAKER CHLOE DOMONT ON THE VOLATILE COUPLE AT THE HEART OF HER BUZZY DEBUT

THE CINEMAGOERS RALLYING AGAINST RAUNCHINESS

ARE MORE MOVIE VIEWERS SAYING NO TO SEX? EMPIRE INVESTIGATES

WHEN HOLLYWOOD GETS HYPERBOLIC

WE CHART THE MOST BOMBASTIC PREDICTIONS IN MOVIE HISTORY

Prepare for Chicken: Impossible

TOM CRUISE, WATCH YOUR BACK. ON SET OF CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET, WE FIND OUT HOW AARDMAN IS TAKING POULTRY TO THE NEXT LEVEL

NEED TO KNOW

GET UP TO SPEED ON TAYLOR SWIFT’S ERAS TOUR MOVIE

The comedy that takes trolling back in time

WE VISIT THE SET OF WICKED LITTLE LETTERS, A VERY SWEARY HISTORY LESSON

THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE LFF

EMPIRE HANDPICKS SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING ELEMENTS FROM THIS YEAR’S LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

ON OUR MINDS

DAFT MUSINCS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

On A Role CAILEE SPAENY AS PRISCILLA PRESLEY

THE ACTOR ON HER VENICE FILM FESTIVAL PRIZE-WINNING TURN IN BIOPIC PRISCILLA

INSIDE AN INFRARED NIGHTMARE

HARMONY KORINE ON USING NASA TECH TO CREATE HELLSCAPE AGGRO DR1FT

THE HITMAN PARADE

WATCH YOUR BACK — THERE’LL SOON BE ASSASSINS EVERYWHERE ON SCREEN

Resurrecting the studio to end all studios

FINALLY DAWN’S FILMMAKER ON HIS EPIC HOMAGE TO CINECITTÀ‘S LEGACY

THE MONTHLY MIXTAP

EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL TUNES

THE SCIENCE OF TRUE LOVE: CALCULATED

FINGERNAILS’ CHRISTOS NIKOU ON HIS ONE-MAN MISSION TO REVIVE ROMANCE

Michael Mann’s need for speed

THE FERRARI FILMMAKER ON HIS AFFINITY FOR CARS AND HOW THEY FUELLED A MOVIE DECADES IN THE MAKING

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk?

Nick Frost

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

SCORSESE FINDS MURDER AND ROMANCE AT THE OLD WEST’S END

AHSOKA

SNIPS FINALLY GETS THE LIVE-ACTION SPOTLIGHT

THE OLD OAK

RETIREMENT LOOMS, BUT THERE’S STILL A FIRE IN KEN LOACH’S BELLY

THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR

WES ANDERSON’S LATEST IS THE SPOONFUL OF SUGAR YOU NEED

BLACKBERRY

THIS REVIEW WAS TYPED USING TWO THUMBS ON A TINY KEYBOARD

THE CHANGELING

★★★ OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / EPISODES VIEWED

THE GREAT ESCAPER

★★★★ OUT 6 NOVEMBER / CERT 12A /

THE CONTINENTAL

YEAH, WE’RE THINKING HE’S… NOT BACK, ACTUALLY (IT’S A PREQUEL)

OPPOSABLE THUMBS

IN WHICH A FILM CRITIC REVIEWS A BOOK ABOUT FILM CRITICS, WRITTEN BY A FILM CRITIC

FILM KOREA

★★★★ AUTHORS MICHAEL LEADER, JAKE CUNNINGHAM / OUT

THE WORLDS OF DUNE

★★★★ AUTHOR TOM HUDDLESTON / OUT 5 OCTOBER

SURELY YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS

★★★ AUTHORS JIM ABRAHAMS, DAVID & JERRY ZUCKER

THE EQUALIZER 3

THE FILM THAT AT NO POINT WAS EVER TITLED ‘THE THREEQUALIZER’

ONE PIECE

★★★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / EPISODES VIEWED 8

EL CONDE

★★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT TBC /

FAIR PLAY

Office politics: Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) and Emily (Phoebe

GOLDA

HELEN MIRREN GOES FROM THE QUEEN TO THE PRIME MINISTER (OF ISRAEL)

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

WHO WILL SURVIVE THIS GAME, AND WHAT WILL BE LEFT OF THEM?

ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON

★★★★ PC / PS4/5 / XBOX ONE /

VAMPIRE SURVIVORS

★★★★★ NINTENDO SWITCH / OUT NOW With its

WRESTLEQUEST

★★★ NINTENDO SWITCH / PC / PS4/5 /

A HAUNTING IN VENICE

CINEMA’S SECOND-FAVOURITE BELGIAN (AFTER JCVD, OF COURSE) IS BACK ON THE CASE

SEX EDUCATION: SEASON 4

CLASS DISMISSED FOR EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE FORMER VIRGINS

also out

HEAD TO EMPIREONLINE.COM TO READ THESE REVIEWS IN FULL

MAKING A MURDER

METHODICAL . UNCOMPROMISING. ULTRA-DISCIPLINED. SOUND FAMILIAR ? EMPIRE FOLLOWS DAVID FINCHER — AND NEW MUSE MICHAEL FASSBENDER — AROUND THE WORLD FOR THEIR BOLD NEW KIND OF HITMAN FILM: THE KILLER

KEY FRAMES

A PRECISE AND EXACTING FILMMAKER, DAVID FINCHER CRAFTS SHOTS THAT STRIKE HARD AND LINGER LONG. HERE, HE TALKS EMPIRE THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC MOVIE MOMENTS FROM HIS INCREDIBLE CAREER

CHANGING THE GAMES

DIRECTOR FRANCIS LAWRENCE RETURNS TO — AND REBUILDS — A DANGEROUS WORLD WITH LONG- AWAITED PREQUEL THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES. WE FIND OUT HIS BRAND-NEW RULES OF COMBAT

THE END OF THE EXTRA?

SINCE CINEMA BEGAN, BACKGROUND ACTORS HAVE POPULATED AND PROPPED UP THE MOVIES. NOW, THOUGH, AT A PIVOTAL TIME FOR THE INDUSTRY, ARE THEY ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR INTO A DIGITAL SUNSET?

IN THE BLIND

A LOST SOUL, FACING INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, HOPING TO SURVIVE. AS GRAVITY TURNS TEN, DIRECTOR ALFONSO CUARÓN REVEALS HOW ITS ON-SCREEN EVENTS MIRROR HIS BATTLE TO MAKE IT

BAD TRIP

DIRECTOR MOLLY MANNING WALKER AND LEAD ACTOR MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE INVITE EMPIRE TO THE PARTY — AND ITS FALLOUT — FOR THEIR ULTRA-PERSONAL HOLIDAY-RESORT TEEN DRAMA HOW TO HAVE SEX

TERMITE TERRACE

IN OUR REGULAR SERIES, WE EXPLORE A SLICE OF CINEMA LORE

GO FIGURE

TERMITE TERRACE’S VITAL STATS

Chapter and Spider-Verse

THE MAKERS OF SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE O NCHAOS, CLIFFHANGERS AND CREATIVE RISKS

Marty

ERNEST BORGNINE’S OSCAR-WINNING TOUR DE FORCE. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

PICKS OF THE MONTH

1 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (2

Hurd mentality

LEGENDARY PRODUCER GALE ANNE HURD O NTHE KEY PROJECTS OF HER CAREER

OUR CRITICS

BOYD HILTON Look at him, scanning for influence

Succession

TIME TO DECIDE WHICH EPISODE IS THE NUMBER-ONE BOY

THE TOP TEN

1 ‘WITH OPEN EYES’ (S4, E10) 2 ‘ALL

Sisu

DIRECTOR JALMARI HELANDER ON THE STANDOUT MOMENTS FROM HIS ULTRA-VIOLENT WORLD WAR II MOVIE

TALES FROM KIM'S CRYPT

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

CRYPT KEEPERS

KIM'S PICK OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

Koepp’s Way

SCREENWRITER DAVID KOEPP ON CRAFTING CARLITO’S WAY, 30 YEARS ON

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

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

WIN!

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Kill Bill Vol. 1

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