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SNOW TIME TO DIE

RED ONE J.K. Simmons’ Santa gets kidnapped. Luckily, Dwayne Johnson’s on hand to save him…

HOT RIGHT NOW

MICHAEL B. JORDAN IS STEALING THE SHOW…

DOG DAYS

NIGHTBITCH Amy Adams is a mum on the edge in Marielle Heller’s wild parenting fable.

BAD BLOOD

NOSFERATU Robert Eggers’ scary reimagining makes the vampire foul and frightening again…

BRICKIN’ IT

PIECE BY PIECE Telling Pharrell Williams’ life in Lego, Morgan Neville reinvents the doc form…

MARK EYDELSHTEYN IS SMOKING HOT…

POLINA AND SOFIA NABOKI Culture is a universal

IT’S SHOWTIME

SATURDAY NIGHT Jason Reitman brings the chaotic birth of SNL to the screen – in real time…

THE LL WORLD

Contributing editor LEILA LATIF has something to say…

MONSTER’S KINK

YOUR MONSTER Melissa Barrera learns to live, laugh and love again with a most unexpected flatmate.

RETURN TO THE SEA

MOANA 2 This sequel lures Moana back to the ocean to save her island once more…

CAT AND MOUSE

THE DAY OF THE JACKAL Lashana Lynch pursues Eddie Redmayne’s enigmatic assassin…

A FAMILY HEIRLOOM

THE PIANO LESSON Malcolm Washington’s feature debut is all about family…

INFECTION CONTROL

GENERATIONZ A virus causes the elderly to go mad in Ben Wheatley’s new show…

CALLING THE SHOTS

NEVER LOOK AWAY Lucy Lawless directs a bio-doc about a trailblazing camerawoman…

I, SPY

CITADEL Classified intel on spin-off shows Citadel: Diana and Citadel: Honey Bunny...

HUMPH DAY

BOGART: LIFE COMES IN FLASHES Behind every great man is a great woman. Or in Humphrey Bogart’s case, four great women…

TROUBLED TIMES

SAY NOTHING This limited series follows the lives of young people during The Troubles…

TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Payal Kapadia’s film shows the Mumbai you’ve never seen…

THE HERO

After all the years of doing this, it’s

BACK WITH A WENGEAANCE

Sir Ridley Scott returns to the Colosseum with Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel to the greatest historical epic of this century. Total Film meets the director and cast to discover how Maximus’ legacy is echoing in eternity.

BORN TO BE WILD

BROTHERS IS THE MOST SURPRISING ACTION COMEDY OF THE YEAR, AND NOT JUST BECAUSE JOSH BROLIN AND PETER DINKLAGE PLAY CRIMINAL TWINS. TOTAL FILM ROUNDS UP THE STARS TO TALK ABOUT DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES, THE ‘HARD AS NAILS’ COMEDIES THEY GREW UP WITH, AND MASTURBATING MONKEYS…

McQueen & Country

A moment of national pride and terror comes to the screen with World War Two historical drama Blitz. Total Film speaks to writer/director Steve McQueen and his stars Saoirse Ronan and Stephen Graham about uncovering the truth and celebrating the triumph of a defining moment in modern British history.

Taking Wing

Unscripted, unexpected and impossible to pigeonhole… The cast and crew of Andrea Arnold’s Bird talk Total Film through the making of a modern fable.

STICKY SITUATION

Seven years on from his last big-screen appearance, marmalade’s biggest fan returns for Paddington in Peru. Total Film talks to director Dougal Wilson, actor Hugh Bonneville and the visual-effects wizards who make the magic happen…

ROLE REVERSAL

After storming Cannes, transgender narcos tale Emilia Pérez arrives ready to change the way you think about musicals. Total Film joins hardboiled director Jacques Audiard and stars Karla Sofia Gascón and Zoe Saldaña to discuss the year’s most radical, rousing movie

JEFF GOLDBLUM

‘I WAS, AND AM STILL, SURPRISED BY EVERY OPPORTUNITY. I’VE BEEN CONTINUOUS AND FEEL AT THE TOP OF MY FORM’

SCREEN

THE WORLD’ S MOST TRUSTED MOVIE REEVIEW

SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY 12A

Not all heroes wear capes…

EMILIA PÉREZ TBC

Key change…

BLITZ TBC

London’s falling…

TRANSFORMERS ONE PG

The land before Prime… ★★★★★ OUT 11 OCTOBER

THE 4:30 MOVIE 15

★★★✩✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS 21 OCTOBER DIGITAL Kevin

ROAD DIARY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 25 OCTOBER DISNEY+ Springsteen carpe diems

THE CRIME IS MINE TBC

★★★✩✩ OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS The third in

MILISUTHANDO TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS Award-winning writer Milisuthando

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 12A

Friends till the end…

IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON 12

★★★★✩ OUT 13 OCTOBER CINEMAS 28 OCTOBER DVD,

MIDAS MAN 12

★★★✩✩ OUT 30 OCTOBER PRIME VIDEO Film’s Fabs

BLACK BOX DIARIES 15

★★★★✩ OUT 25 OCTOBER CINEMAS Nimbly stitched

A SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS TBC

WARNER, ALTITUDE, PRIME VIDEO, DOGWOOF, CONIC, UNIVERSAL, STUDIOCANAL

THE WILD ROBOT U

Tech shelter…

THE APPRENTICE TBC

Trump start…

ANORA 18

Crazy in love…

TIMESTALKER TBC

Alice Lowe’s eras tour…

HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE TBC

★★✩✩✩ OUT 14 OCTOBER DIGITAL Purporting to be

THE RUBBER-KEYED WONDER TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS First available in

DAHOMEY PG

★★★★✩ OUT 25 OCTOBER CINEMAS Director Mati Diop’s

ENDURANCE TBC

★★★✩✩ OUT 14 OCTOBER CINEMAS TBC NOVEMBER DISNEY+

THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE TBC

The man with the golden touch…

WOMAN OF THE HOUR 15

Date fright…

SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT 12A

★★✩✩✩ OUT 11 OCTOBER CINEMAS Hope sounds

NEVER LET GO 15

★★★✩✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS Halle Berry is Momma,

FALLING INTO PLACE TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 11 OCTOBER CINEMAS German actor Aylin

TERRIFIER 3 18

LEAH GALLO/NETFLIX, KOVA/ANGEL, 606 DISTRIBUTION, SIGNATURE, MARGOT FILMS,

HARDER THAN THE ROCK 12A

★★★★✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS Founded by Jamaican

THE MOUSE TRAP 15

★✩✩✩✩ OUT NOW DIGITAL 14 OCTOBER DVD

REBELLIOUS PG

★★★★✩ OUT 25 OCTOBER CINEMAS ‘I kneel to

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 15 NOVEMBER CINEMAS Meticulously researched,

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 12A

Murphy’s raw…

SALEM’S LOT 15

Back from the dead…

MAYA AND THE WAVE TBC

★★★★✩ OUT NOW CINEMAS An absorbing portrait

HEAD SOUTH TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS Charming if somewhat

SINCE YESTERDAY: THE UNTOLD STORY OF SCOTLAND’S GIRL BANDS TBC

★★★★✩ OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS The majority of

CHILDREN OF THE CULT TBC

WARNER, MUSICFILMNETWORK, TULL STORIES, DARTMOUTH FILMS, COSMIC CAT

GLADIATOR 15

Ring of power…

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 15

Glove-struck teenagers…

WATERSHIP DOWN PG

Bunny business…

CAGE OF GOLD PG

1950 ★★✩✩✩1950 OUT NOW DVD, BD, DIGITAL EXTRAS

THE FALL 15

2006 ★★★✩✩ OUT NOW MUBI Accused of style

NIKITA 15

1990 ★★★★✩ OUT NOW 4K UHD 1990

CARRIE 15

1976 ★★★★★ OUT 18 OCTOBER CINEMAS BFI, STUDIOCANAL,

HALLOWEEN 15

1978 ★★★★★ OUT 25 OCTOBER CINEMAS Pumpkins at

THE HITCHER 15

1986 ★★★★★ OUT NOW 4K UHD, BD

IKIRU PG

1952 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary,

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 15

1968 ★★★★★ OUT NOW 4K UHD EXTRAS

TECH ROUND-UP

Home-cinema kit to make a noise about…

WALKING WITH DINOSAURS

Boom boom, acka lacka lacka boom…

CLASSIC SOUNDTRACK

THE WIZARD OF OZ

FILM MAP

OUT NOW The landscape of cinema is ever-changing…

LEGO WICKED SETS

OUT NOW What is this feeling? It’s that

DISNEY HALLOWEEN COLLECTION

DISNEY, DOROTHY CREATIVE LTD, LEGO, NUMSKULL OUT NOW

MICHAEL MYERS COUNTDOWN CHARACTER

OUT NOW Like most of the people he

3 MORE

Memories, Miyazaki and mid-century glamour…

THE SEARCH FOR BOND: HOW THE 007 ROLE WAS WON AND LOST

Five famous faces – but who missed out

THE SPAMALOT DIARIES

★★★★✩ ERIC IDLE CROWN There’s rarely an idle

SPIELBERG: A RETROSPECTIVE

★★★★✩ RICHARD SCHICKEL, JOHN H. FOOTE THAMES &

THE WORLDS OF WES ANDERSON

HISTORY PRESS, TASCHEN, FRANCES LINCOLN, THAMES & HUDSON,

BUFF

CINEMA CELEBRATED AND DEBATED. BOOSTING YOUR MOVIE GENIUS

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots.

ALTERNATIVE BOX OFFICE

The biggest movies… STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

GETTY, MELINDA SUE GORDON, SONY, WARNER UNIVERSAL WHAT?

EYEBROWS IN MOVIES You’ll be surprised…

1 DUCK SOUP Groucho Marx’s verbal dexterity and

REEL ESTATE

FOR SALE

HINDSIGHT CORNER

MICHAEL KEATON DUMBO (2019)

FLOP CULTURE

RETURN TO OZ

IS IT JUST ME OR ARE HEIST MOVIES ALL THE SAME?

Just how much has the genre moved on

MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN

He’s still a very naughty boy. Terry Gilliam on 45 years of Python’s cinematic peak

GOLDEN GRAHAMS

Editor-at-Large Jamie Graham unearths underrated classics…

FOUND FOOTAGE

Keeping it reel…

KEY MOVIES

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 1980 ★★★★✩ Problematic but brutally effective,

MAGNOLIA’S RAIN OF FROGS

ALAMY Two hours and 45 minutes into Paul

GIVING CREDIT

Saluting the behind-the-scenes talent making movie magic.

JAMES EARL JONES

GETTY The Force is strong with this one,’

WHICH PRESIDENT ARE YOU?

Are you saving the planet or your own skin? At odds with comets, E.T.s or other films with the same plot?

NAME THE FRAME

Can you guess which films these sword-based scenes are from?

Dialogue

Mail, rants, theories etc.

60 SECOND SCREENPLAY

TF SAVES YOU THE COST OF A MOVIE EVERY MONTH. THIS ISSUE: BORDERLANDS…