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THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS I Breaking down the major theories and talking points from our first look at the long-awaited sequel…

OWEN WILSON

IS WOWING ONCE AGAIN

GAME OF DEATH

RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY I The horror series goes back to basics

BEAST WITHIN

NIGHTMARE ALLEY I A new kind of monster movie from Guillermo del Toro…

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

Film quotes pose as questions. Film stars try to cope

LITTLE SAINT NICK

A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS I Director Gil Kenan retells the legend of Santa Claus

BULLET TIME

OLD HENRY I Tim Blake Nelson saddles up for an old-school western

MAKING WAVES

PIRATES I Reggie Yates turns feature director for a nostalgic ’90s pirate radio comedy

JORDAN PETERS

IS DROPPING THE MIC

HOUSE OF FUN

ENCANTO I Inside Disney’s new Colombia-set animated musical

HALL PASS

PASSING I Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is a lifetime in the making

SOUND BYTES

Quotable dialogue from this month’s movies – and their stars

CHILD’S PLAY

PETITE MAMAN I Small is beautiful in Céline Sciamma’s portrait of two little ladies…

FEST PRACTICE

VENICE & TIFF I The films to look forward to from this year’s autumn festivals

HANDMADE TAIL

ROBIN ROBIN I Aardman swaps Plasticine for needlecraft in a beautifully handmade short

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

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

ORIGIN STORY

BLUE BAYOU I Justin Chon’s impassioned immigration drama burns with injustice…

MYTH MAKER

LAMB I Icelandic director Valdimar Jóhannsson’s debut is completely baa-my

Halle Berry

The Oscar-winner making a bruising directorial debut

SPIRITUAL REAWAKENING

The ’busters are back in long-awaited legacy sequel Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a film that’s keeping it in the family both on and off screen. Jason Reitman and the next generation of spook-catchers answer Total Film’s call and reveal how their radical new take is keeping the spirit of a comedy classic alive

And The Philosopher’s Stone at 20

AS THE VERY FIRST WIZARDING WORLD MOVIE REACHES A LANDMARK TWO-DECADE ANNIVERSARY, TOTAL FILM CHATS TO DIRECTOR CHRIS COLUMBUS TO REFLECT ON THAT FIRST YEAR AT HOGWARTS…

RISE UP

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA CONQUERED THE WORLD WITH MUSICAL PHENOMENON HAMILTON, AND NOW HE’S STEPPING UP TO ADD MOVIE DIRECTOR TO HIS LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. TOTAL FILM MEETS THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING MULTI-HYPHENATE TO FIND OUT WHY HE STILL RELATES TO THE STORY OF A STRUGGLING SONGWRITER IN HIS SURPRISINGLY PERSONAL ADAPTATION OF STAGE SHOW TICK, TICK…BOOM!

HIGH STAKES

Following his first-ever Oscar nomination for First Reformed, Paul Schrader returns with The Card Counter, casting Oscar Isaac as a pro gambler with a dark, military past. Total Film puts all its chips on a chat with the director and his cast

A GRADE

AFTER KEEPING A LOW PROFILE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, ALICIA VIKANDER IS BACK IN A BIG WAY. THE SWEDISH OSCAR WINNER TELLS TOTAL FILM ABOUT TAPPING INTO HER WORKING-CLASS ROOTS FOR DEPORTATION DRAMA BLUE BAYOU, AND HER HOPES FOR THE UPCOMING TOMB RAIDER SEQUEL

THE END OF THE AFFAIR

SENSUALLY ADAPTING GRAHAM SWIFT’S NOVELLA ABOUT LOSS AND PASSION, EVA HUSSON’S MOTHERING SUNDAY UNITES ODESSA YOUNG AND JOSH O’CONNOR TO REDEFINE HERITAGE CINEMA. TOTAL FILM JOINS THE DIRECTOR AND HER LEADS FOR ENGLISH LESSONS

my life in pictues JAMIE LEE CURTIS

Since Halloween kickstarted her career, she’s killed it in everything from Trading Places to A Fish Called Wanda and True Lies. Returning in Halloween Kills as the irrepressible Laurie Strode, Jamie Lee Curtis sits with Total Film at the Venice Film Festival to unpack her movie highs…

RIDE WITH THE DEVIL

JANE CAMPION RETURNS WITH HER FIRST MOVIE IN 12 YEARS, THE POWER OF THE DOG, A HEART- WRENCHING – AND POTENTIALLY OSCAR-WINNING – 1920S TALE OF SIBLING RIVALRY. JOINING HER AND THE CAST, TOTAL FILM SADDLES UP TO TALK RANCHING, RAGE AND REPRESSION

enter sandworm

VILLENUEVE DELIVERS, BIG TIME…

live and let bye

NOBODY’S HAD A BETTER SEND-OFF…

ed trip

THE WRIGHT WAY TO DO LONDON…

THE RESCUE TBC

FILM ★★★★☆ OUT 22 OCTOBER CINEMAS The filmmakers

dangerous game

JUST ANOTHER GAMBLING FLICK? DON’T BET ON IT…

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND TBC

FILM ★★★★☆ OUT 15 OCTOBER CINEMAS, APPLE TV+

ANTLERS 15

FILM ★★★☆☆ OUT 29 OCTOBER CINEMAS Set in

blaze of gory

A WESTERN THAT GIVES IT BOTH BARRELS…

french twists

HISTORY IN THE RE-SHAPING…

myers’ market

RE-PAINTING THE TOWN RED…

slam trunk

GAWAIN’S WORLD, ARTY TIME, EXCELLENT…

HIGHWAY ONE TBC

UNIVERSAL, ENTERTAINMENT, AMAZON, MIRACLE COMMS, NEW WAVE FILM

THE BOSS BABY 2: FAMILY BUSINESS PG TBC

FILM ★★☆☆☆ OUT 22 OCTOBER CINEMAS T he

THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURIDICE GUSMAO TBC

FILM ★★★★☆ OUT 15 OCTOBER CINEMAS This Brazilian

keeping it royal

A PERFORMANCE FIT FOR A PRINCESS…

hard return

A BRIT AUTEUR BACK MAKING WAVES…

sheet happens

GREAT NEWS – WES IS BACK WITH A WINNER…

the song goodbye

A MUSICAL THAT’S ALL ABOUT THE NOTES…

young again

A SECOND COMING OF AGE FOR FFC’S TEEN PIC…

killer upgrades

ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF 4K HORROR…

offenders assemble

STEPHEN MERCHANT TACKLES COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH THE OUTLAWS…

sting of the past

RIDLEY ROAD SHEDS LIGHT ON A DARK CORNER OF BRIT HISTORY

breaking point

JESSICA CHASTAIN ON THE PAIN AND GAIN OF SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE…

ready to ’ware

NEW TECH YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON…

dirty harry

LALO SCHIFRIN/ADA GLOBAL

another round

WHY ARKANE’S SHOOTER SHOULD TOP YOUR HIT LIST

BOOKS

We love the smell of a hardback cover

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

THIS MONTH JUNGLE CRUISE

BOX OFFICE

THE BIGGEST MOVIES… STARRING JAMIE LEE CURTIS

SUITS IN MOVIES

Clothes maketh the (wo)man…

JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO

1933-2021

MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS

1966-2021

HOT SHOTS!

AS JIM ABRAHAMS’ SLAPSTICK CLASSIC TURNS 30 – AND BEFORE TOP GUN TAKES TO THE SKY AGAIN SOON – BUFF JUMPS INTO THE COCKPIT AND FLIES BACK TO 1991 TO FIND OUT HOW TOPPER HARLEY RESTORED THE AIRPLANE! DIRECTOR’S CONFIDENCE…

DANCES WITH WOLVES’ BUFFALO HUNT

As John Barry’s epic score soars, a herd

JENNIFER CONNELLY

Maze runner…

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

On Wes Anderson’s secret service…

GHOSTS

The Sixth Sense! Statham! Headlessness! Test your mo-oo-oo-vie knowledge…

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

There are 10 to find…