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SETH ROGEN

Having made his mark as one of the biggest comedic names of the 21st century, Seth Rogen’s now starring in Steven Spielberg’s prestige picture The Fabelmans, alongside a prolific slate that encompasses writing, producing and a side hustle true to his on-screen stoner persona. He also has plenty to say to those who claim that comedy, as we know it, is under threat…

Dialogue

Mail, rants, theories etc.

CITY OF DEATH

SCREAM VI Ghostface relocates to the Big Apple to continue the meta murder mayhem in the sequel to the requel.

HOT RIGHT NOW

WILL HAVE HIS VENGEANCE… SHUTTERSTOCK Recently, Paul Mescal

GENERATIONAL TRAUMA

BEAU IS AFRAID Ari Aster’s mind-bender shows the many faces of Joaquin Phoenix…

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

FILM QUOTES POSE AS QUESTIONS. FILM STARS TRY TO COPE.

BOY STORY

CLOSE The director of Girl returns with another coming-of-ager that won the Grand Prix at Cannes.

BREAKING NEW(S) GROUND

BOSTON STRANGLER Two pioneering journalists battle misogyny to bring down a killer in this true-crime thriller.

PREGNANT PAUSE

OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN The body clock is ticking in Rebecca Zlotowski’s taboo-buster…

Virginie Efira

What drew you to Other People’s Children? When

SOUND BYTES

The month in dialogue and digits.

SKY HIGH

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM From a Himalayan mountaintop to the Oscars…

BEST OF THE FEST

UNDER THE SKIN Jonathan Glazer’s otherworldly masterpiece was

NEXT BIG THING

VIVIAN OPARAH IS MOVING INTO THE FAST LANE…

CAN WE TALK ABOUT?

TRAILER TROUBLE SHOULD SNEAK PEEKS PROMISE WHAT A FILM DOES NOT DELIVER?

JOB’S WORTH

FULL TIME If Jason Bourne ever did a 9-5, it might be like Eric Gravel’s workplace thriller…

RADIO DAYS

LOLA The future is now in Andrew Legge’s innovative 1940s sci-fi…

HIGH PLAINS GRIFTER

DEAD FOR A DOLLAR Writer-director Walter Hill’s auspicious return to the western.

Rachel Brosnahan

What was the attraction of getting on the

NEW AGE

ALLELUJAH A hospital threatened with closure is the setting for a starry Alan Bennett adaptation.

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

Editor-at-Large JAMIE GRAHAM lifts the lid on film journalism.

MARINE’S CORE

THE INSPECTION Jeremy Pope navigates boot camp while keeping in the closet.

THE HERO

CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG THE ANGLO-GALLIC STAR IS KEEPING HER EYE ON THINGS…

BIG WICK ENERGY

We’re thinking he’s back… the hardest-hitting American action series returns for a Japaneseflavoured fourth instalment that promises a mano-a-mano main event with a martialarts legend, and puts John Wick under an existential spotlight in his fight for liberation from the High Table. Total Film suits up with Keanu Reeves, director Chad Stahelski, and the wider cast and crew to uncover a film gunning for greatness.

GO BIG OR GO HOME

Marvel’s tiniest hero returns in Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, as Paul Rudd’s diminutive Avenger faces off with the MCU’s newest big bad. Total Film meets Rudd and the team to talk about kicking off Phase 5 and why it’s time for Ant-Man to step up – and not be stepped on.

THE CONTENDER

Jonathan Majors’ rapid ascent is now going stratospheric as he picks a personal fight with Adonis Creed in CREED III and plays Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania. Both characters are formidable. But they are nothing next to the career goals he’s set himself…

PROS & CONS

Upcoming thriller Sharper transports us to a Manhattan filled with secrets, lies and long cons. Total Film gets embroiled in 2023’s most secretive press tour, as the cast led by Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan explain why its twists con-stitute a must-see event.

THE 10 GREATEST HORROR FILMS

Not all horror movies are gore and monsters and slashing knives. It’s time to stop being so snobby… and, after reading this, to perhaps update your own list of the greatest horror films ever made

THE GOLDEN FEARS

Playing like a Golden Age Hollywood movie slathered in blood, Pearl is the horror movie that everyone’s talking about… including Martin Scorsese. Total Film sits down with director Ti West and his co-creator/star Mia Goth to discuss how The Wizard Of Oz and Mary Poppins lead to psychosis and murder…

DISASTER ARTISTS

Torched sets and death threats, typhoons and tragedies – the movie biz has seen them all. What lessons can be learned when film shoots go crazy?

THE WHALE TBC

Inside man…

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH TBC

Hairy tale ending…?

THE SON 15

Hugh’s your daddy…

SAINT OMER 12A

Trial stun…

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON TBC

The last of mollusc…

EO TBC

Pinning the tale on the donkey…

WOMEN TALKING 15

Faith versus freedom…

THE INSPECTION 15

Training days…

HUSBAND TBC

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SHE IS LOVE 15

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THE LAIR TBC

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THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME THE MOVIE: SCARLET BOND 15

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WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? 12A

Assisted-marriage story…

ALICE, DARLING 15

Toxic shocker…

CREATURE 12A

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SHOTGUN WEDDING TBC

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YOU RESEMBLE ME 15

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SHADOW MASTER 18

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BROKER 12A

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BLUE JEAN 15

The hateful ’80s…

PLANE TBC

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I GET KNOCKED DOWN TBC

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ATOMIC HOPE TBC

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TOWN OF STRANGERS TBC

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JOYLAND 15

Making a move…

NOSTALGIA 12A

Live and yearn…

NASCONDINO TBC

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NEXT EXIT 15

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M3GAN 15

Walkin’, talkin’, livid doll…

OSCAR PETERSON: BLACK + WHITEE

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SERIOUSLY RED 15

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PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES 15 1987

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REMEMBER THE NIGHT PG 1940

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TITANIC 12A 1997

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RUN, MAN, RUN 12 1968

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THE BREAKFAST CLUB 15

Hey, hey, new Blu-ray…

SEINFELD

Much ado about nothing…

TECH PREVIEW

From cable- free living rooms to screen-packed cars

ROCKY

BILL CONTI EMI

THE LAST OF US

Is the survival smash gaming’s greatest story?

THE ART OF AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

★★★★★ TARA BENNETT DK

BUFF

CINEMA CELEBRATED AND DEBATED. BOOSTING YOUR MOVIE GENIUS TO SUPERHERO LEVELS…

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots.

BOX OFFICE

The biggest movies…

ON LOCATION

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

RUNS IN MOVIES

Great gallops…

HINDSIGHT CORNER

HENRY CAVILL SUPERMAN October 2022 “I wanted to

FLOP CULTURE

Ang Lee and Will Smith’s high-concept actioner was a box-office disaster in 2019. Did HFR map out a route to doom?

IS IT JUST ME OR SHOULD MOVIE CHARACTERS NOT BE USED IN ADS?

Well, aisle be damned... Will Ferrell’s Buddy goes

HILTS’ BIKE JUMP

THE GREAT ESCAPE

GIVING CREDIT

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

JACKIE CHAN

Stunt master…

WHICH BADASS CAT ARE YOU?

ARE YOU FROM OUTER SPACE, OR THE SEVENTH CIRCLE OF HELL? DO YOU BUCKLE SWASH OR PLOT AGAINST DOGS? FIND OUT BELOW!

NAME THE FRAME

Can you guess these eight candlelight scenes?