STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE TBC

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GALAXY FEST

STAR WARS CELEBRATION Teasers was on the ground at Lucas Con 2023 for the biggest announcements from a galaxy far, far away…

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IS READY FOR SHOWTIME…

TALKING DIRTY

STRAYS A mutt voiced by Will Ferrell goes on a huge adventure in an R-rated comedy with heart…

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

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

GARDEN STATE

MASTER GARDENER Paul Schrader’s latest sees a neo-Nazi turn his back on the hate…

NATURAL SELECTION

ELEMENTAL Opposites attract in Pixar’s ambitious big-city romcom.

HEARTBREAK RIDGE

WAR PONY Journey to a place beyond the Pine in Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s debut…

THE AVENGER

DEAD SHOT On Guard – sibling directing duo Tom and Charles tackle an IRA revenge tale…

SOUND BYTES

The month in dialogue and digits.

SIGNORA BIRD

AMANDA A lonely woman has a late coming of age in this riveting debut.

NEXT BIG THING

ABBY RYDER FORTSON IS LIVING HER TEENAGE DREAMS

BETWEEN TAKES

MARY STEENBURGEN THE BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER STAR ON STILTON AND SPRITZERS…

FANTASTIC MR. FOX

STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE An intimate portrait of the actor’s life with Parkinson’s.

GALLOWS HUMOUR

ON THE COUNT OF THREE Multi-talented Jerrod Carmichael mines laughs out of chaos.

RELEASE THE KRAKEN

RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN A deep-sea adventure awaits in this animation.

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

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

GOLD WAR

SISU A Finnish gold prospector beats, bludgeons and blows up Nazis in Rambo-like revenge-a-thon.

THE HERO

RITA MORENO THE LEGENDARY OSCAR WINNER ON FAST X, BRANDO AND THE MUPPETS.

FORD FOCUS

A legendary cinema character gets a final outing in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Harrison Ford prepares to hang up the fedora for good. Total Film meets the star and his collaborators to talk ageing heroes, and stepping back in time in more ways than one…

MILITIVERSE OF RAD-NESS

The Spider-Verse is back! Ahead of the arrival of the long-awaited sequel to one of the most acclaimed animated films in recent years – and one of the most acclaimed superhero films, period – Total Film meets the team behind SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE to talk about the challenge of juggling multiple Spideys, game-changing visuals, and sky-high fan expectations.

SHORE THING

The Little Mermaid is the latest Disney animated classic seeking box-office glory with a live-action remake. But, as Ariel knows, changing form doesn’t happen without complications. Total Film meets the team hoping to make a big splash.

FACINE THE MUSIC

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s lovable bunch of a-holes prepare to bow out in style in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Total Film meets with filmmaker James Gunn and the cast to get the score on the long-awaited threequel.

My Life In Pictures DARIO Argento

Exploding on to the scene in the 1970s with a series of grisly murder mysteries punctuated by killer set-pieces, Dario Argento then made Suspiria, a supreme supernatural suspenser that is now a fixture on every Greatest Horror Movies Ever Made list. Ahead of a new season at the BF1 Southbank, the Italian maestro talks Total Film through seven of his most magnificent movies. Be afraid, be very afraid

dark matters

ROB SAVAGE DIRECTED THE SCARIEST HORROR MOVIE IN YEARS WITH LOCKDOWN SMASH HOST, AND NOW HE'S MAKING HIS STUDIO DEBUT WITH AN ADAPTATION OF STEPHEN KING'S THE BOOGEYMAN SAVAGE, LIKE THE TITLE MONSTER, THRIVES ON DARKNESS. BUT HOW DID HE SEE HIS WAY TO SHAPING A SHORT STORY INTO ONE OF THE YEAR'S MOST ANTICIPATED HORROR FEATURES?

Vision QUEST

With Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster established himself as one of the most exciting new voices in cinema. He was just warming up – his extraordinary new film, BEAU IS AFRAID, is arguably the most bold and original American film of the last 10 years. Aster explains to Total Film just how he made such a personal, ‘out-there’ movie on such a vast scale in an industry averse to taking chances…

BEAST MODE

The robots-in-disguise franchise evolves again, with a prequel set in the 90s and featuring the animalistic Maximals alongside other fresh and familiar machines. Total Film meets the filmmakers and cast to find out where Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will sit on the spectrum from Bumblebee to Bayhem.

BEAU IS AFRAID 15

Fear and loathing...

RENFIELD 15

An unfamiliar take on Drac’s servant…

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET. PG

Young and mild…

POLITE SOCIETYTBC

The fun and the Fury…

HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE 15

Words into action…

A THOUSAND AND ONE 15

Mother superior…

IP MAN: THE AWAKENING 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW ICON FILM CHANNEL 5 MAY

GOD’S PETTING YOU 18

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS Told in flashbacks as

RETURN TO SEOUL 15

Station to station…

RODEO 15

On your bike…

GHOSTED 12

Cap and Marilyn spy a romance…

LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING 15

The charismatic face behind such hits as Long

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE PG

’Shroom patrol…

THREE COLOURS TRILOGY 15

Capturing the flag…

LOCAL HERO 12A

An American in parish…

THE WIRE

Inner-city workings…

EXTRAS

TOYS/COLLECTIBLES LEGO INDIANA JONES SETS OUT NOW The

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Admit it: you have the main Indiana Jones

RESIDENT EVIL 4

Return of the possessed…

DID I EVER TELL YOU THIS?

★★★★★ SAM NEILL PENGUIN Part career memoir,

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots.

ALTERNATIVE BOX OFFICE

The biggest movies… WITH SPIDER-Y TITLES 01 GARFIELD

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REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

TICKING TIME BOMBS IN MOVIES

Second-guessing…

FLOP CULTURE

In 2005, this old-fashioned romp seemed to promise a new actionadventure franchise and star. Did it squander too much cash to break even?

IS IT JUST ME OR DO BLOCKBUSTERS REQUIRE TOO MUCH HOMEWORK?

‘No spoilers please, I’m only up to Hawkeye

INTERMISSION

A WRITER TAKES PAUSE TO CONSIDER....

GIVING CREDIT

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

JAVIER BARDEM

From Spain to outer space…

DOCUMENTARIES

Test your know-how of non-fiction flicks…

NAME THE FRAME

Can you guess these eight hat scenes?