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‘I THINK I STILL DO FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER, TO BE HONEST’

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TF SAVES YOU THE COST OF A MOVIE EVERY MONTH. THIS ISSUE: AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM

FANG GIRL

ABIGAIL The Scream team is back with a heist/ vampire movie full of biting twists and turns.

HOT RIGHT NOW

JOHN BOYEGA IS ALL BOOKED UP

SATANIC PANIC

THE FIRST OMEN Turns out that before the birth of Satan’s son, things were really scary…

NOA’S ARC

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES New hairy hero Noa heads up a fresh chapter in the apocalyptic primate saga, as past and future begin to converge…

DYNAMIC DUO

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE The Merc with a Mouth has a claws to join the MCU…

JEEPERS KEEPERS

HOARD British newcomer Luna Carmoon’s distinctive debut comes straight from the heart…

THE LL WORLD

Contributing editor LEILA LATIF has something to say…

YAS QUEEN

SEIZE THEM! Aimee Lou Wood and Nicola Coughlan go to war in this medieval satire…

SOUND BYTES

The month in dialogue and digits.

KING FOR A DAY

JEANNE DU BARRY Actor-director Maïwenn confronts controversy with Johnny Depp…

AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

CIVIL WAR Alex Garland looks into a nearfuture where the States are far from united… 

THE GREEK ESCAPE

DRIFT Anthony Chen’s refugee drama features Cynthia Erivo like you’ve never seen her before…

NEXT BIG THING

SOFIA OXENHAM IS STEPPING INTO HER POWER.

ALL ABOUT STEVE

STEVE! (MARTIN) ADOCUMENTARY IN 2PIECES Apple gets to the core of a crazy guy…

MOTHER SUPERIOR

IMMACULATE You can’t conceive of what happens in Sydney Sweeney’s biblical horror.

ESSEX GIRLS

SILVER HAZE Sacha Polak reunites with Vicky Knight for a tale of revenge and reconciliation…

BETWEEN TAKES

LUKE EVANS ON INDIE SETS, FRESH UNDERWEAR AND SWIMMING WITH SNAKES… 

ROYALLY SCREWED

SCOOP Philip Martin brings one of TV’s most spectacular car crashes back to our screens.

NORTHERN FRIGHTS

PASSENGER A close-knit community is torn apart by mysterious disappearances.

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

DISCO BOY Giacomo Abbruzzese’s debut digs into the mystery of the French Foreign Legion…

THE HERO

SEAN PENN THE AMERICAN ACTOR ON LIFE, DEATH AND POLITICS 

BOUT TIME

JAKE GYLLENHAAL IS THE NEW BOUNCER IN TOWN AS A UFC-FLAVOURED REMAKE OF 80S FAVOURITE ROAD HOUSE FINALLY HITS SCREENS – AND HE’S GOT MMA STAR CONOR McGREGOR TO GRAPPLE WITH. TOTAL FILM TAKES IT OUTSIDE WITH THE STARS TO TALK REINVENTING FILM FIGHTS, PATRICK SWAYZE AND OFF-SCREEN BATTLES…

THE BIG CHILL

GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE

THE LONG GAME

3 BODY PROBLEM

NUKE WORLD ORDER

FALLOUT

AMERICAN MUSCLE

LOVE LIES BLEEDING

ROBOT DREAMS PG

There are no words…

SPACEMAN 15

Into the talking-spider-verse…

LISA FRANKENSTEIN 15

Bo(d)y meets girl…

DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD 18

Safety-video games…

THE INVENTOR PG

★★★★★ OUT 8 MARCH CINEMAS Stephen Fry plays

DRIVING MUM 12A

★★★★★ OUT 1 MARCH CINEMAS Iceland’s Hilmar Oddsson

FOUR DAUGHTERS 12A

★★★★★ OUT 1 MARCH CINEMAS Writer/director Kaouther Ben

THE NEW BOY TBC

★★★★★ OUT 15 MARCH CINEMAS Heavy on symbolic

DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS 15

It’s all Coen south…

RED ISLAND 12A

★★★★★ OUT 1 MARCH CINEMAS, CURZON HOME CINEMA

LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP 15

★★★★★ OUT 25 MARCH DIGITAL Barbarian star Georgina

VINDICATION SWIM PG

★★★★★ OUT 8 MARCH CINEMAS First-time director Elliott

BANEL & ADAMA 12A

★★★★★ OUT 15 MARCH CINEMAS As a drought

SHAYDA 15

Taking shelter…

LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL TBC

Fright entertainment…

SHOWING UP 12

Seize the clay…

MADAME WEB 12A

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS Sony Pictures’ quest to

ORIGIN 12A

★★★★★ OUT 8 MARCH CINEMAS Ava DuVernay’s (Selma)

AMERICAN STAR 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS, DIGITAL Ageing hitman Wilson

THE DELINQUENTS 12A

★★★★★ OUT 22 MARCH CINEMAS Unfolding in Buenos

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE 12A

There’s a lot to jam in…

HEAD COUNT 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW DIGITAL There’s a dash of

EUREKA 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS Three apparently disparate narratives

MONSTER 12A

Points of view…

HIGH & LOW: JOHN GALLIANO 15

★★★★★ OUT 8 MARCH CINEMAS Kevin Macdonald’s (Touching

THE PERSIAN VERSION 15

PICTUREHOUSE, BLUE FINCH, MUBI, SOVEREIGN, SONY, DOGWOOF, ALTITUDE

COPA 71 PG

Goal power…

DOGMAN 15

Arf-decent…

ARGYLLE 12A

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS Wobbling unevenly between self-awareness

ORION AND THE DARK PG

★★★★★ OUT NOW NETFLIX You wouldn’t call Emma

THE BRICKLAYER 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW SKY CINEMA, NOW Renny Harlin’s

BALTIMORE 15

BLUE FINCH, ICON, NETFLIX, SKY, UNIVERSAL ★★★★★ OUT

THE ROARING TWENTIES PG

1939 ★★★★★ OUT 11 MARCH BD, 4K

DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS PG

1954 ★★★★★ OUT NOW DVD, BD, DIGITAL

AKID FOR TWO FARTHINGS PG

1955 ★★★★★ OUT NOW DVD, BD, DIGITAL

CIRCLE OF DANGER U

1951 ★★★★★ OUT NOW DVD, BD, DIGITAL

DAZED AND CONFUSED 15

Sweeeeet emotion picture…

IMPOSSIBLE OBJECT 15

1973 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Alternative

MUDBOUND 15 2017

★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary,

BEVERLY HILLS COP TRILOGY 15

Foley order…

THELMA &LOUISE 15

ARROW, EUREKA, FESTIVAL AGENCY, MGM, NETFLIX, PARK CIRCUS,

CITY OF GOD 18 2002

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS With its chapter

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 15

1978 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD, 4K UHD EXTRAS

CONTAGION 12

2011 ★★★★★ OUT NOW 4K UHD EXTRAS ★★★★★

AFTER HOURS 15

1985 ★★★★★ OUT 22 MARCH CINEMAS It may

HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM 12

1959 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary,

PATHS OF GLORY PG

‘No, I’m Colonel Dax!’ Kubrick goes forth… 1957

CLASSIC TV

Blood and porridge…

EXTRAS

PRINTS EALING COMEDIES POSTERS OUT NOW The Ealing

GHOSTBUSTERS

ELMER BERNSTEIN AND VARIOUS SONY MUSIC CLASSICAL

LI KE ADRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH

So money…

SO FETC H : THE MAKING OF MEAN GIRLS

2 MORE Life-story time… QUENTIN BY TARANTINO ★★★★★

BRIDGES IN MOVIES

Spanning cinema for greatness…

FLOP CULTURE

In 1989, James Cameron’s watery fantasy didn’t float with audiences. For once, was he out of his depth?

IS IT JUST ME OR HAVE WE REACHED PEAK DRONE?

Yes, we get it, you have a flying

CARL WEATHERS

GETTY When news of Carl Weathers’ death broke,

NORMAN JEWISON

GETTY Imake a lot of different movies and

FLYING BICYCLE

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GOLDEN GRAHAMS

Editor-at-Large Jamie Graham unearths underrated classics…

JOHN BARRY

Bold as brass…

NAME THE FRAME

Can you guess these eight bar scenes?

WHICH FROSTY FIENDARE YOU?

ARE YOU A STONE-COLD BADASS OR A BIT DRIPPY? DO YOU WIELD THE POWER OF WINTER OR DEADLY WEA-PUNS?