THIS MONTH

WAKANDA FOREVER. Two words, uttered by the great

EMPIRE

WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH

No./1 How to orchestrate a stellar performance

Cate Blanchett and director Todd Field on blistering drama TÁR

No./2 The odd magic of Weird Al

Daniel Radcliffe, star of WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY, tells us why he simply had to play the comedic, singular musician

No./3 House Of The Tiny Dragon

Nora Twomey on following down-to-earth Oscar-nominee The Breadwinner with the fantastical but equally emotional My Father’s Dragon

No. /4 “Success isn’t about selling tickets. It’s about getting the chance to try again”

[ THE Q&A] He may be returning to Star Wars in rebel-rousing Disney+ series Andor, but DIEGO LUNA is refusing to repeat himself

No./5 Behind Marvel’s hairy horror

Michael Giacchino steps behind the camera with Werewolf By Night

No./6 DJINNS

Three actors are bringing mystical magic to the modern world

No./7 Jodie Whittaker bids farewell to the TARDIS

The 13th star of DOCTOR WHO reflects on her impending exit

No./8 Prepare for festival fever

Empire writers pick highlights from this year’s London Film Festival

No./9 The role that pulled Greta Gerwig back to acting

The lauded director is back in front of the camera for Noah Baumbach’s WHITE NOISE

No./10 ALAN RICKMAN’S FILM REVIEWS

AMONG THE DELIGHTS OF THE STAR’S POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED DIARIES ARE HIS MOVIE MUSINGS. SOME HIGHLIGHTS...

BLACK IN FOCUS

AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month

No./11 My life among the undead

As THE WALKING DEAD finally wraps up, director/ make-up effects supremo Greg Nicotero reflects on the gory TV phenomenon

No./12 NEXT IN THE SERIE

You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next

No./13 When childhood icons go rogue

With Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey giving the gentle bear a horror makeover, we imagine how four other kids’ favourites could follow suit

No./14 Inside Paul Dano’s inky riddle

The actor on turning his Batman villain into comic-book series THE RIDDLER: YEAR ONE

No./15 Ethan and Ewan’s brotherly love

Two stars talk about teaming up for the first time in RAYMOND & RAY

No./16 Putting a fresh spin on neo-noir

Nicolas Winding Refn brings a superhero twist to the genre with Copenhagen Cowboy

Babylon

Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

Markella Kavenagh

THE AUSTRALIAN ACTOR ON PLAYING THE RINGS OF POWER’S HARFOOT HERO, NORI

No./17 Walter Hill’s guide to settling a score

The filmmaker dusts off his Western sensibilities with Dead For A Dollar

No./18 Remembering Jean-Luc Godard, a New Wave pioneer

The radical filmmaker blazed a trail through conventional cinema

No./19 How Strange World is braving new frontiers

The film’s co-directors on transporting Disney’s animation into a new era

No./20 A Haunted Mansion history

Take a ride through the Disneyland attraction’s journey from big screams to the big screen

GUY PEARCE

Do you have a favourite animal? I was

THE WOMAN KING

Viola Davis steels herself as General Nanisca;

DECISION TO LEAVE

★★★★ OUT 14 OCTOBER / CERT 15 138

EMILY

★★ OUT 14 OCTOBER / CERT TBC /

FLUX GOURMET

★★★★ OUT 30 SEPTEMBER / CERT 15 /

PINOCCHIO

“What do you mean, my acting is a

CLERKS III

This was frankly a startling amount of meta.

ALL THAT BREATHES

★★★★ OUT 14 OCTOBER / CERT TBC /

THE LOST KING

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THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Maybe the horse will be Pádraic’s (Colin

DON’T WORRY DARLING

Thank goodness for Deliveroo. ★★★ OUT NOW /

MRS. HAR RIS GOES TO PARIS

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BEAST

★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 93

CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY

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SEE HOW THEY RUN

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FALL

★★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 107

ME TIME

★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT 15 /

BLONDE

Blonde bombshell — Ana de Armas as Marilyn

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS

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BLACKBIRD

★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 88

THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER

“Dude, I asked for a Babycham.” ★★★ OUT

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER

Stormy weather for Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and

THE OLD MAN

Jeff Bridges didn’t take too kindly to being

ANDOR

Nurchi (Raymond Anum), Andor (Diego Luna) and Vetch

THE CAPTURE: SEASON 2

It’s no holiday for Holliday in The Capture.

RISING UP

IN 2018, THE MCU AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN CHANGED THE WORLD. AND THEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. NOW, EMPIRE SPEAKS TO DIRECTOR RYAN COOGLER AND HIS CAST ABOUT BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER — THE SUPERHERO SEQUEL THAT REQUIRED SUPERHUMAN RESILIENCE

HER DARKMATERIALS

IT’S A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN — OR HELL — AS TIM BURTON TAKES ON THE ADDAMS FAMILY WITH WEDNESDAY.

TRIPLE TROUBL

We get the trio together to talk reunions, break-ups and — of course — donkeys

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

IN PARK CHAN-WOOK’S DECISION TO LEAVE, A DETECTIVE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A MURDER SUSPECT. WRITING EXCLUSIVELY FOR EMPIRE, THE DIRECTOR EXPLAINS WHY HE’S DIALLED BACK THE DEVIANCE TO MAKE AN INTIMATE ROMANCE…

EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE

IT WAS LAST YEAR’S MOST OUTRAGEOUS AND HILARIOUS TV DRAMA. AS THE WHITE LOTUS RETURNS FOR MORE, WE GO ON SET IN ITALY TO MEET A WHOLE NEW ARRAY OF DYSFUNCTIONAL CHARACTERS. READY TO UNPACK?

THE FUTURE

WITH HER MARVEL AND BOND ROLES, LASHANA LYNCH HAS BECOME A REVELATORY ACTION-HERO. NOW, WITH THE WOMAN KING, SHE’S SET TO PUSH THINGS EVEN FURTHER. IT’S TIME TO SMASH THE CEILING, SHE SAYS

HIGH SCHOOL R HIGHS

FORTY YEARS ON. CAMERON CROWE AND AMY HECKERLiNG FLASH BACK TO FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH... THE FiLM THAT BROKE ALL THE RULES, LAUNCHED A CDNSTELLATiON OF MOViE STARS, AND CREATED A WHOLE NEW GENRE

Exiting the Park

INDISPENSABLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Rashomon

THE MASTERPIECE

KUROSAWA IN NUMBERS

23/3/10 BORN IN TOKYO, JAPAN 1943 THE YEAR

Dial H For Horror

THE BLACK PHONE’s writing duo, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, on turning a Joe Hill short story into the year’s best horror film

MARK KERMODE'S MOVIE PLAYLIST

THE CRITIC AND SCALA RADIO PRESENTER CHOOSES SCORES HE’S BEEN PLAYING ON HIS WEEKLY SHOW

THE CULT OF KIM NEWMAN

The critic and novelist selects the month’s weirdest home-ent releases

Marilyn Monroe movies

THE RANKING

THE TOP TEN

1 SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Helen: “A

Brian And Charles

SPOILER WAENING THE VIEWING GUIDE

An American Werewolf In London

THE STORY OF THE SHOT

A Little More Conversation

Director Baz Luhrmann on the standout musical numbers of ELVIS

6 OF THE BEST

PICK OF THE MONTH

CROSSWORD AND COMPETITION

ACROSS 1/27 Across He asked, “You talkin’ to

CLASSIC SCENE

Miracle In Milan