WELCOME TO TOTAL FILM

Dialogue

Mail, rants, theories etc

OFFICE SPACED

Chatter ‘gems’ overheard in the Total Film office this month…

RIDING HIGH

THE HARDER THEY FALL I Jeymes Samuel spotlights the forgotten faces of the American West…

BRENDAN FRASER

IS BACK IN BUSINESS…

WORLDS APART

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME I Peter Parker enters the Multiverse of Sadness

MAN’S BEST FRIENDS

FINCH I It’s the end of the world as Tom Hanks knows it, but he has a dog and a robot for company

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

Film quotes pose as questions. Film stars try to cope

HOME TRUTHS

BELFAST I Kenneth Branagh revisits his childhood for a ’60s-set coming-of-ager

SOUND BYTES

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

SYNNØVE KARLSEN

IS GOING INTO THE NIGHT

HEAT OF THE MOMENT

BOILING POINT I A chef unravels in Philip Barantini’s stunning one-take movie…

FRIEND CHIP

RON’S GONE WRONG I A boy bonds with a wonky ’bot in new Brit animation

GROUP PORTRAIT

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND I Todd Haynes deep dives into the seminal ’60s band…

It Shouldn’t Happen To A Film Journalist

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

KILL LIST

BULL I Neil Maskell goes on a roaring rampage of revenge…

FINAL COUNTDOWN

TICK, TICK… BOOM! I Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut adapting a little known stage play with a very personal connection…

TERROR VISIONS

The other three Welcome To The Blumhouse titles…

SCARE HOME

THE MANOR I The real horror is being old in a care home in this Welcome To The Blumhouse anthology chiller…

MYTHIC QUEST

CRYPTOZOO I Indiana Jones meets Pokémon in Dash Shaw’s oddball indie animation

GALE ANNE HURD

The producer legend on terminating the patriarchy

ANDREW GARFIELD

INTERVIEW JAMIE GRAHAM PORTRAITS JASON BELL

10 IMMORTALHEROES 7,0 0 0 YEARS ONE OSCAR- WINNING DIRECTOR MARVEL’S BOLDEST MOVIE YET

THE NEXT MOVIE IN MARVEL’S PHASE 4, ETERNALS IS SET TO BE MARVEL’S BIGGEST SWINGYET . COMBINING MILLENNIA-SPANNING SWEEP WITH INDIE SENSIBILITIES AND ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ENSEMBLES YET ASSEMBLED FOR A SUPERHERO FILM, CHLOÉ ZHAO’S SUPER-FAMILY EPIC COULD CHANGE THE COMIC-BOOK MOVIE LANDSCAPE FOREVER

ANGELINA JOLIE THENA

As this is your first superhero movie, what

GEMMA CHAN SERSI

After Captain Marvel, presumably you thought you were

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Two young women with big dreams discover that London can be the stuff of nightmares in Edgar Wright’s disturbing, dazzling Last Night In Soho. Total Film cowers on set as Wright terrorises Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy in the horror event of the year

FINE PRINT

SET AROUND A FICTIONAL MAGAZINE, WES ANDERSON’S COMIC ANTHOLOGY THE FRENCH DISPATCH IS A TRIBUTE TO BOTH A BYGONE ERA AND THE WRITTEN WORD. TOTAL FILM LISTENS UP AS THE CAST AND CREW GIVE THE LOW-DOWN ON THE DIRECTOR’S MOST AMBITIOUS MOVIE YET

majors' league

AFTER CONSISTENTLY IMPRESSING IN POWERHOUSE DRAMAS, JONATHAN MAJORS IS GEARING UP FOR WORLD DOMINATION IN THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE AND CREED III. AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF REVISIONIST WESTERN THE HARDER THEY FALL, TOTAL FILM MEETS THE EFFORTLESS CHARISMATIC MEGASTAR-IN-WAITING.

GANGSTER’S PARADIGM

With prequel movie The Many Saints Of Newark about to hit cinemas, Total Film pays respect to modern TV classic THE SOPRANOS, and how a hit show changed the mob genre, long-form storytelling and audience expectations forever

STATE OF THE NATION

MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM IS ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST PROLIFIC FILM DIRECTORS, BUT IN HIS NEW BOOK HE LIFTS THE LID ON WHY IT’S SO HARD TO GET FILMS MADE IN THE UK. HAVING USED THE FIRST COVID LOCKDOWN TO INTERVIEW A WHO’S WHO OF THE COUNTRY’S AUTEURS, WINTERBOTTOM TELLS TOTAL FILM WHY THE INDUSTRY OFTEN FAILS TO NURTURE ITS MOST PROMISING TALENT

THE BITE STUFF

DRACULA has been terrifying readers ever since Bram Stoker first created the ultimate vampire. As Bela Lugosi’s screen turn as the bloodsucker celebrates its 90th birthday, Total Film examines the appeal of one of horror’s most enduring icons

ring it on

SIMU LIU KICKS THE MCU INTO FRESH TERRITORY…

all shook up

BRUTALITY, COMEDY, CHILD PROTECTION. IT’S ALL IN THE BLENDER…

hat’s amore

LESBIAN ROMANCE IS A WARM-HEARTED WINNER…

rocks off

NIC CAGE LOSES A BALL, FINDS A SOULMATE…

boss baby

ACE NORWEGIAN COMEDY LISTENS TO MOTHER…

wonder boy

CROWD-PLEASER GOES TO THE MAX…

all shook up

GERARD BUTLER STARTS STRONG, STUMBLES. AGAIN…

buzz killer

BEE AFRAID. BEE MILDLY AFRAID…

past imperfect

FLAWED SCI-FI OFFERS TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES…

Highly strung

OATER WITH THE MOST STILL DAZZLES…

new hope

EAST MEETS WEST IN ANIME ANTHOLOGY STAR WARS: VISIONS…

compassion project

STEPHEN GRAHAM AND JODIE COMER ON COVID DRAMA HELP…

power shift

ELIZA CLARK’S Y: THE LAST MAN ADAPTATION NAVIGATES A NEW WORLD…

under siege

THE CHALLENGES BRITAIN’S FACING IN COBRA S2…

dark ages

HOW MOORDALE GETS MOODY IN SEX EDUCATION S3…

The velvet underground

TEN OF THE NEW YORK ALT-ROCK PIONEERS’ FINEST FILM TRIPS…

groundhog daze

TWISTY TIME-LOOP THRILLER WILL LEAVE YOU STUNNED

THE GREAT PEACE : A MEMOIR

Suvari (right) with American Beauty co-stars Wes Bentley

two more

The magic in the mundane and the Muppets that made you move…

GHIBLIOTHEQUE

BOOK★★★★☆ MICHAEL LEADER AND JAKE CUNNINGHAM | WELBECK

20TH CENTURY FOX

BOOK ★★★★☆ SCOTT EYMAN | RUNNING PRESS

DARK MATTER

BOOK ★★★★☆ MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM | BLOOMSBURY/BFI Seeking to

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots

ALTERNATIVE BOX OFFICE

THE BIGGEST MOVIES… WITH NUMERICAL TITLES

ON LOCATION

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

WATCHES

top timepieces…

HUDSON HAWK

In 1991, the flop of Bruce Willis’ self-conscious caper wiped the selfaware smirk off his face. A little self-control might have helped…

IS THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE THE FRANCHISE’S PEAK?

asks Tim Coleman

POINT BREAK’S SKYDIVING SCENE

S hit… whoa,” cries Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves)

ROMEO JULIET

Back in October 1996, Baz Luhrmann presented his latest film to journalists – an audacious, modern take on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. Filmed in Mexico during extreme weather (and with crew kidnappings!), it starred 22-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio and a teenage Claire Danes as the titular star-crossed lovers, and had yet to be seen, let alone embraced, by audiences. As it celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, Total Film looks back to the eve of its premiere (just as DiCaprio began work on Titanic) when the trio discussed language, love and lots of water

THE WITCH

To the devil a daughter…

TOM SAVINI

Sultan of splatter…

THE TF BRAIN

PREQUELS

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