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DISPATCHES

TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

EMPIRE COMMENT

LETTER OF THE MONTH THAT’S GOLD, JERRY! Your

EMPIRE WELCOME

I BELIEVE IT was Dorothy Parker who once

Kathryn Bigelow’s rallying cry

HOW POLITICAL THRILLER A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE BROUGHT THE DIRECTOR BACK TO FILMMAKING

Notes on a scandal

AYO EDEBIRI AND ANDREW GARFIELD ON THEIR PROVOCATIVE NEW DRAMA AFTER THE HUNT

“I want to see print journalism romanticised again”

BETH WEBB ON WHY THE BYLINE SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO SCREENS

The sky’s the limit

THE AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH STUNT TEAM ON DEFYING GRAVITY WITH ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST BATTLES YET

THE PIPELINE

EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

The Spotlight

Frank Dillane

WHERE NEXT FOR THE BIG BALD BAD?

MAN OF TOMORROW PROMISES THE RETURN OF AN AMPED-UP LEX LUTHOR. HOW WORRIED SHOULD SUPERMAN BE?

This time it’s personal

HOW SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE IS GOING BIGGER, BOLDER AND OLDER

GET READY TO GO THE DISTANCE

ROCKY TURNED A NOBODY INTO A STAR. HERE’S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THE FILM ABOUT ITS MAKING, I PLAY ROCKY

DO YOUR BLEAK HOUSE BIDDING

GUILLERMO DEL TORO IS AUCTIONING OFF PART OF HIS LEGENDARY PERSONAL ARCHIVE. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS

The unsung heroes raising the roof

EMPIRE DIVES INTO THE WILD AND WEIRD WORLD OF LOOPING, A SPECIALIST FORM OF VOICE ACTING

NEED TO KNOW

GET UP TO SPEED ON… HIGHLANDER

On A Role

ETHAN HAWKE IS LORENZ HART

THE COPPOLA DOC THAT CONFRONTS THE CHAOS

MIKE FIGGIS ON HIS FRONT-ROW SEAT TO THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF MAKING MEGALOPOLIS

REFWENDS OF THE SITH

THE INBETWEENERS ’ SIMON BIRD HAS JOINED STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER . HERE ARE THE CROSSOVER EVENTS WE’RE DYING TO SEE…

Kate Winslet takes her shot

THE ACTOR MAKES HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH THE EMOTIONAL, PERSONAL FESTIVE DRAMA GOODBYE JUNE

THE MVP

MEET OUR HERO OF THE MONTH

A TOXIC RELATIONSHIP WITH A TWIST

OSGOOD PERKINS FINDS THE DARKER SIDE OF LOVE IN NEW HORROR KEEPER

Getting to the heart of Marty

REBECCA MILLER ON CRAFTING AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF AN ICONIC DIRECTOR IN DOCU-SERIES MR. SCORSESE

THE HELL-FIGHTING HOUND MAKING HEADLINES

HOW GOOD BOY ’ S FILMMAKER COLLARED A CANINE STAR FOR HIS BUZZY HORROR DEBUT

ON OUR MINDS

DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE STRANGE BRAINS OF TEAM EMPIRE

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk?

Brett Goldstein

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON IN ‘EXCELLENT MOVIE’ SHOCKER

THE LONG WALK

KING OF THE ROAD

STEVE

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THE ROSES

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THE SMASHING MACHINE

IF YOU SMEEEEELL WHY THE ROCK IS CRYING

AFTER THE HUNT

A #METOO THRILLER WITH NO EASY ANSWERS

THE LOST BUS

PAUL GREENGRASS TAKES ON A REAL-LIFE INFERN0

SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES

GOODBYE, CLEVELAND!

HONEY DON’T!

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ON SWIFT HORSES

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HIM

A PSYCHOLOGICAL-SPORTS-BASED-HORROR-THRILLER (ANOTHER ONE)

MARK KERMODE’S SURROUND SOUND

★ ★★★ The tenth book from critic Mark

THE BOOK OF SHEEN

★ ★ From ’80s nepo-brat bad boy to

ED WOOD: MADE IN HOLLYWOOD USA

Alamy ★ ★★★ For decades, cult filmmaker

URCHIN

IS THERE ANYTHING HARRIS DICKINSON CAN’T DO?

TALES OF THE SHIRE

A SECOND-BREAKFAST SIMULATOR

MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY

★ ★ ★ PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES X|S

SHINOBI: ART OF VENGEANCE

★ ★ ★ ★ NINTENDO SWITCH, PC, PS4,

SWORD OF THE SEA

★ ★ ★ ★ PC, PS5 Kickflipping

THE PAPER

PRINT MEDIA IS ALIVE AND WELL, WE PROMISE YOU

I SWEAR

FOUR STARS FOR A FILM WITH MANY FOUR-LETTER WORDS

ROOFMAN

CHANNING TATUM CAN QUOTE YOU FOR GUTTERING REPAIRS

also out

HEAD TO EMPIREONLINE.COM TO READ THESE REVIEWS IN FULL

RETURN TO Oz

WITCHES AND WIZARDS AND SEQUELS, OH MY! THE FIRST FILM SHOOK UP THE BOX OFFICE LIKE A CYCLONE — AND WICKED: FOR GOOD AIMS TO GO DEEPER AND DARKER. GET READY TO FLY, MY PRETTIES…

GOING ALL IN

AFTER LAST YEAR'S TRIUMPHANT CONCLAVE , EDWARD BERGER IS BETTING BIG WITH GAMBLING SAGA BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER . EMPIRE SPEAKS TO THE DIRECTOR AND HIS CAST ABOUT CAUSING CHAOS IN THE CASINOS OF MACAU

Re - emerging

AFTER YEARS OFF-GRID, DANIEL DAY-LEWIS HAS RETURNED TO CINEMA IN ANEMONE , A BRACING DRAMA DIRECTED BY HIS SON, RONAN. WE MEET THEM TOGETHER IN NEW YORK TO UNPACK THEIR UNIQUE COLLABORATION

LOVING THE ALIEN

PREY , A BOLD REINVENTION OF AN ICONIC ANTAGONIST, WAS JUST THE BEGINNING. AS WE FIND OUT ON SET OF PREDATOR: BADLANDS , DIRECTOR DAN TRACHTENBERG JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THE MERCILESS, MANDIBLE-WIELDING HUNTERS…

REBORN IN THE USA

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S 1982 ALBUM NEBRASKA WAS AN INTIMATE ABOUT-TURN. AND AS DIRECTOR SCOTT COOPER AND STAR JEREMY ALLEN WHITE TELL US, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE AIMS FOR THE SAME…

JOSH BROLIN WON'T QUIT

HE’S FRANK, HE’S NO-NONSENSE, AND HE’S ON A ROLL. WITH A TRIO OF BUZZY MOVIES OUT THIS YEAR, THE ACTOR TELLS US WHY HE STARES FEAR IN THE FACE

Magnificent Obsession

GUILLERMO DEL TORO HAS WANTED TO MAKE FRANKENSTEIN FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY. HERE’S HOW THE FILMMAKER AND CAST SHED NEW LIGHT ON A DARK CLASSIC

Lord of the jungle

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH DIRECTOR GARETH EDWARDS ON HOW LIFE FOUND A WAY

Excalibur

JOHN BOORMAN’S MAGICAL KING ARTHUR CLASSIC

PICKS OF THE MONTH

1 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — THE FINAL RECKONING

Eenie Meanie

ITS WRITER-DIRECTOR ON THE GETAWAY THRILLER THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE

Time Capsule Kyle MacLachlan

SCALING THE MANY PEAKS OF THE ACTOR’S CAREER

Second verse

STARS/WRITERS TOM BASDEN AND TIM KEY ON EXPANDING THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND

Goldfinger

“DO YOU EXPECT ME TO TALK?”

STACEY SHER & RAJA GOSNELL

CHRIS COLUMBUS ON A DUO WHO HELPED HIM ON HIS MAIDEN VOYAGE

The Ranking Scarlett Johansson movies

TEAM EMPIRE RANKS THE ALL-TIME BOX-OFFICE CHAMPION

WHEN EVIL LURKS

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

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

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

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