WELCOME TO TOTAL FILM

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TOTAL FILM WINGMAN

TF’S CINEMATIC AGONY UNCLE HAS YOUR BACK

OLIVIA COLMAN

From sitcom standout to Oscar-winning heavyweight, Olivia Colman has made her journey to national treasure status look easy. But, ahead of the release of searing, awards-attracting dementia drama The Father, she tells Total Film she’s never had a gameplan

EXCLUSIVE HOME MOVIE

LOCKED DOWN I  How Doug Liman made a star-studded heist movie in the middle of a global pandemic

SEBASTIAN STAN

WANTS TO ROCK YOU…

THE GOOD KILLER

SAS: RED NOTICE I THE GOOD KILLERSAS: RED NOTICE Terrorists take the Channel Tunnel in this Andy McNab adaptation

Q & A

SAM HEUGHAN

BAT OUT OF HELL

MORBIUS I BAT OUT OF HELLMORBIUS The doctor is in. Jared Leto promises startling set-pieces and full-on fear…

CAPTAIN AMERICA’S UNEXPECTED RETURN

Is redeploying Chris Evans’ Cap a good idea?

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

Film quotes pose as questions. Film stars try to cope

HARD LABOUR

THE WORLD TO COME I HARD LABOURTHE WORLD TO COME Mona Fastvold finds love and loss in frontier America…

Q&A

KATHERINE WATERSTON

GHOST BUSTER

SCREAM |   Neve Campbell on resurrecting Sidney Prescott for next year’s horror sequel

DOMINIQUE FISHBACK

IS POWERING ON

LOVE AND DEATH

A GHOST WAITS I   Get ready to enter the haunted-house movie with soul…

POSITIVE THINKING

YES DAY I   Jennifer Garner reunites with Miguel Arteta for affirmative family fun

SOUND BYTES

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

FAMKE JANSSEN

The X-Men star talks caffeine boosts and dancing the night away

BABY FATHER

NOWHERE SPECIAL I A dying man seeks a family for his son in this true-life weepie…

Q&A

JAMES NORTON 

PEN PALS

LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER I Or how to find romance in the lost art of missive-writing…

WAY OF THE DRAGON

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON I Inside Disney’s epic new animation

WINTER'S TALE

SLALOM I   Startling debut of cold truths…

REMEMBER ME

APPLES I Christos Nikou’s amnesia drama is one you won’t forget…

A WOMAN SCORNED

UNDINE I Christian Petzold dives into the great underwater myth…

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

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

SOUND MIND

CREATION STORIES I SOUND MIND Britpop king Alan McGee gets an explosive biopic…

GERARD BUTLER

The Scot star on a career worth shouting about…

To live AND die IN LA

THE LITTLE THINGS

Finding a killer

THE FIVE FINEST SERIAL KILLER MOVIES OF THE ’80S AND ’90S

Gold Standard

THE MOVIE CASTS WITH THE MOST OSCAR WINNERS…

Gold Standard…

7 MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974) Lauren

Open Season

How will the Oscars and all t he other awards ceremonies cop e with Covid-19 restrictions?    Total Film looks at a race whe re there’s everything to play for…

THIS BOY'S LIFE

After directing the biggest film of all time, the Russo brothers reteam with star Tom Holland and change gears for a powerful, based-on-reallife story of a young man dealing with love, war and opioid addiction. Total Film meets the actor and filmmakers to discuss a personal project that’s attracting awards buzz

,TALKIN 'BOUTA REVOLUTIONARY

WORDS MATT MAYTUM PORTRAIT SHAYAN ASGHARNIA/AUGUST

Cooking on hot

Made in lockdown on a tiny budget with a skeleton crew, volatile relationship drama Malcolm & Marie has emerged as an Oscar favourite. Total Film gets the lowdown from writer/director Sam Levinson and stars Zendaya and John David Washington…

SECOND COMING

Thirty-three years after the beloved original, Eddie Murphy returns as Prince Akeem in COMING 2 AMERICA. Total Film chats exclusively with Murphy and his team about recreating Zamunda, reprising Reverends and revisiting an ’80s classic. WORDS JAMES MOTTRAM

Cabin Fever

Aubrey Plaza, Sarah Gadon and Christopher Abbott retreat to a remote lake house and turn on each other in Lawrence Michael Levine’s Trump-era metathriller, Black Bear. Total Film talks stir craziness with the writer/director and cast

CELLULOID STATES

NOMADLAND WILL HAVE YOU ITCHING FOR AN AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, SO GET ON THE TRAIL WITH TOTAL FILM AS WE TAKE A CINEMATIC RIDE THROUGH EVERY US STATE. BRING THE CAR SNACKS AS WE HIT THE ASPHALT VIA 51* EVOCATIVE WANDERLUST FILMS… 

route mastery

FRANCES MCDORMAND GOES WEST

NEWS OF THE WORLD 12A

HANKS FOLLOWS A FAMILIAR PATH…

THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS TBC

DISNEY, NETFLIX, ALTITUDE, SONY, WARNER BROS OUT 5 FEBRUARY CINEMAS D irectors Michael

BATMAN: SOUL OF THE DRAGON 15

OUT NOW DIGITAL HD 15 FEBRUARY DVD, BD

THE DISSIDENT TBC

OUT 5 MARCH CINEMAS A comprehensive docuinvestigation by

MALCOLM & MARIE 15

AS EPIC AS INTIMATE GETS…

POSSESSOR 18

OUT NOW DIGITAL HD 8 FEBRUARY DVD, BD

THE OWNERS TBC

OUT 22 FEB DIGITAL HD 1 MARCH DVD

RAMS TBC

OUT 5 FEB CINEMAS, DIGITAL HD T his

BLISS TBC

OUT 5 FEBRUARY PRIME VIDEO Y ou can’t

THE INTERGALACTIC ADVENTURES OF MAX CLOUD 12

OUT NOW DVD, BD, DIGITAL HD A ction

EYE FOR AN EYE 15

OUT 5 FEBRUARY PRIME VIDEO T he title

MUSIC TBC

THE QUIRKS DON’T WORK IN SIA’S DEBUT…

THE MAURITANIAN TBC

A HARROWING TRUE STORY TOLD FROM THE INSIDE…

IMPERIAL BLUE 15

OUT NOW DIGITAL HD A promising hybrid of

AGAINST THE TIDES 12 OUT

1 MARCH DIGITAL HD S tefan Stuckert’s documentary

THE STYLIST TBC

OUT 1 MARCH ARROW PLAYER A dapted from

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN TBC

VENGEANCE IS MULLIGAN’S…

I CARE A LOT TBC

ROSAMUND’S DIGGING FOR OLD…

DRAGON RIDER TBC

OUT 12 FEBRUARY SKY CINEMA, NOW TV T

WRONG TURN TBC

OUT 26 FEBRUARY DIGITAL HD C annibals are

RUNNING NAKED TBC

OUT 8 FEBRUARY DIGITAL HD Y oungsters Ben

THE DOORMAN

OUT NOW DVD, DIGITAL HD EXTRAS Making Of W

THE CAPOTE TAPES

OUT NOW DIGITAL HD N ovelist Truman Capote

THE RENTAL TBC

OUT NOW AMAZON PRIME VIDEO A ctor Dave

CLEMENTINE

OUT 8 FEBRUARY DIGITAL HD A n invitation

WILLY’S WONDERLAND

OUT 12 FEBRUARY DIGITAL HD A fter his

SLALOM

OUT 12 FEBRUARY CURZON HOME CINEMA Set in

down to earth

SHOVEL SAVE THE DAY IN A BRIT TRUE-LIFER…

BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC 12

OUT NOW DVD, BD, 4K EXTRAS Comic-Con panel,

ANTI-LIFE

OUT 12 FEB DIGITAL HD 15 FEB DVD

THE WHITE TIGER

OUT NOW NETFLIX

RECON

OUT NOW DVD, BD, DIGITAL HD EXTRAS None

VANGUARDOUT

NOW DVD, BD, DIGITAL HD EXTRAS Featurettes J ackie

PENGUIN BLOOM PG

OUT NOW NETFLIX B ased on a true

at a loss

MARRIAGE STORY CAN’T MAKE IT WORK…

baz appeal

NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WHOA

LINK 12

1986 OUT NOW DVD, BD EXTRAS Commentary, Deleted

[REC] 18

2007 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Alt versions, Commentaries,

TOMORROW I’LL WAKE UP AND SCALD MYSELF WITH TEA 12

1977 OUT NOW DVD, BD EXTRAS Commentary, Booklet

CHARADE PG

1963 OUT 15 FEBRUARY BD EXTRAS Commentary, Booklet

MARLENE DIETRICH AT UNIVERSAL 1940-1942 PG

1940-42 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Commentaries, Music-only tracks,

THE DON IS DEAD 18

1973 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Commentary, Booklet R

THE TIN DRUM 15

1979 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Featurettes, Booklet L

THE LAST WARNING 12

1928 OUT 15 FEBRUARY BD EXTRAS Commentary, Video

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL 15

2014 OUT 22 FEBRUARY BD EXTRAS Commentary, Featurettes,

INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES PG TBC

1943-45 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Commentaries, Documentaries, Featurettes,

TAMMY & THE T-REX 15

1994 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Alt cut, Commentary,

BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS PG

1976 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Alternate cuts, Featurette,

plague for today

PERIOD HORROR BRINGS A TIMELY CHILL…

london’s falling

BATMAN’S BUTLER RETURNS FOR A DARKER SERVING OF PENNYWORTH…

breaking dad

BRYAN CRANSTON JUGGLES MORALITY AND FAMILY IN LEGAL THRILLER YOUR HONOR…

screen saviours

HOME-CINEMA COMING ATTRACTIONS…

teen and heard

WHY SMALL-SCREEN SPIN-OFF LOVE, VICTOR IS A BIG DEAL…

THE AVENGERS POP ART PRINTS

WALL ART OUT NOW

BTTF MINI-HOVERBOARD

DE SK TOY OUT NOW For over 30

POP! FUNKOS

COLLECTIBLES OUT NOW

BLACK WIDOW MERCHANDISE

VARIOUS OUT NOW

LEGO HARRY POTTER HOGWARTS CRESTS

WALL ART OUT NOW Who needs a sorting

original synth

TEN GREAT SOUNDTRACK MOMENTS FROM TANGERINE DREAM…

fresh spin

TF scores the latest soundtracks…

fever glitch

THE RAMIFICATIONS OF CYBERPUNK 2077’S CATASTROPHIC LAUNCH…

three more

Sand, Sunrise and Snoopy…

LOOKING FOR A NEW ENGLAND

BOOK

STAR WARS: LIGHT OF THE JEDI

CHARLES SOULE | DEL REY T he opening

CARY GRANT: A BRILLIANT DISGUISE

SCOTT EYMAN | SIMON & SCHUSTER S easoned

THE DISNEY PRINCESS

CHARLES SOLOMON | CHRONICLE T hough it (oddly)

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots

BOX OFFICE

THE BIGGEST MOVIES… 

ON LOCATION

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

LETTERS

Missives of note…

BACKGROUND ARTISTRY

Celebrating the extras and bit parters stealing scenes

HINDSIGHT CORNER!

Stars eat their words…

PLAIN TALKING

Learn the movie lingo

THE GOLDEN COMPASS

New Line’s 2007 adaptation severed the soul from Lyra’s story. Could more faith in Philip Pullman’s novels have saved it?

PARK CHAN-WOOK

Baroque’n’roll artistry…

CRAZY RICH ASIANS’ OTT WEDDING

Kevin Kwan’s bestselling novel, Crazy Rich Asians,

Prescr ibed Viewing

Six films to help you beat the lockdown blues, by life coach, author and ‘movie mentor’ Dawud Gurevitch

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

There are 10 to find…

60 Second Screenplay

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

OR IS HOODWINKED! ONE OF THE MILLENNIUM’S BEST KIDS’ FILMS?

“Grandma, what pixellated eyes you have.” EONE, UNIVERSAL

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Bad moon rising…