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Empire
November 2021
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In This Issue
THIS MONTH
SLIME CAN BRING people together. It happened when
EMPIRE
WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH IN
TALK TO US
COMMENT OF THE MONTH
MARK KERMODE’S MOVIE PLAYLIST
THE CRITIC AND SCALA RADIO PRESENTER CHOOSES HIS ULTIMATE CINEMATIC SOUNDTRACKS
6 OF THE BEST
Team Empire on the month’s essential movies
WIN!
A 50” SMART TV AND THE COURIER ON BLU-RAY
CLASSIC SCENE
Standout sequences from the great movies
TAKE 20
No. /1“I found a voice inside me that had too long been silent”
Writing exclusively for Empire, Kenneth Branagh shares his experience of returning to his childhood for BELFAST, his most personal film
No. /2 Cinema’s strangest family just got a little bigger
Ivan Reitman tells us how he cast the third star of Twins sequel TRIPLETS: Tracy Morgan
EMILIA CLARKE
Hi, Emilia. How are you? I’m good! How
No./3 The Canary sings again!
Five things we want to see in the just-announced Black Canary spin-off movie
No./ 4 2021: the year of the musical
From In The Heights and West Side Story to Dear Evan Hansen and Annette, we’re in the middle of a moviemusical revival. The people behind them explain why
BLACK IN FOCUS
AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month
The Matrix Resurrections
Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE
No. /5 CLUBBING, LYNCH STYLE
DAVID LYNCH HAS JUST OPENED AN IBIZA HOTSPOT, EL SILENCIO. HERE ARE SOME MODIFICATIONS WE SUGGEST ILENCIO. HERE ARE SOM ODIFICATIONS WE SUGGE
No. /6 Candyman’s bittersweet breakthrough
Nia DaCosta’s box-office hit is a milestone for Black female directors — but it’s one that is long overdue
No. /7 The story that Rebecca Hall had to tell
The actor explains how her family history led to her spending 15 years on her directorial debut, Passing
No. /8 Why Nolan is going nuclear
Christopher Nolan’s next movie is about the father of the atomic bomb. Here’s why it’s a perfect fit for his sensibilities
No./9 GIANT TENTACLES
They’re slippery, they’re scary. Whatever you do — do not anger these slimy enemies
No. /10 Confusing superhero multiverses — explained
Empire’s Chris Hewitt attempts to answer the big questions behind Marvel and DC’s upcoming blockbusters
No. /11 How Colombia inspired Disney to break its own rules
Three ways the South American country shook things up for new animation Encanto
No. /12 The horror team behind Host hit the road
Rob Savage and crew unleash a new kind of found-footage nightmare in car-based thriller DASHCAM
No. /13 NEXT IN THE SERIES
You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next
No./14 JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO: THE KING OF COOL
[ IN MEMORIAM ] Four legendary moments from the French actor, who died aged 88
No. /15 “I really feel like I’ve been there and back again, again!”
[ THE Q&A] ANDY SERKIS makes his comic-book-movie directing debut with Venom: Let There Be Carnage — but Middle-earth, it seems, is never too far away
No. /16 Welcome to the anti-Entourage
Jim Cummings takes a scalpel to Hollywood in The Beta Test
No. /17 CRYPTOZOO
A PSYCHEDELIC ANIMATION SET IN A HIPPY COMMUNE OF MYTHICAL CREATURES
No. /18 Farewell to a smallscreen titan
Remembering the late MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS with his five most iconic television performances
No. /19 Meet the BFG (the Bad Fumbly Golfer)
Mark Rylance on playing the world’s worst club-swinger in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN
No. /20 The best of the rest of the fest
Team Empire highlight the buzziest offerings at this year’s BFI London Film Festival
PINT OF MILK
SAM NEILL
ON SCREEN
[FILM] DUNE
OUT 21 OCTOBER CERT 12A / 155 MINS
[FILM] THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Jukebox jury: Timothée Chalamet and Lyna Khoudri couldn’t
THE GREEN KNIGHT
Clockwise from main: The axeman cometh — Dev
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK
The citizens of New Jersey were entranced by
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Social outcast: Ben Platt as Evan (right) with
FRESHMAN YEAR
Wigging out: Sam (Logan Miller, left) and Alex
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, here favouring a less circular
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
Strike a pose: Max Harwood as teen drag
LOCAL HERO
Each month, Empire puts a much-loved indie picture house in the spotlight
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
Jonathan (Oscar Isaac) and Mira (Jessica Chastain) cling
MIDNIGHT MASS
I am the light: Hamish Linklater (centre) as
Y: THE LAST MAN
Yorick’s (Ben Schnetzer) rider rating would struggle to
SEX EDUCATION: SERIES 3
Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and Adam (Connor Swindells) were
CHECKLIST
Your at-a-glance view of this month’s reviews
FEATURES
THE FAMILY BUSINESS
NEARLY 40 YEARS AFTER IVAN REITMAN DIRECTED A STONE-COLD CLASSIC, THE SLIME-DRENCHED BATON HAS BEEN PASSED TO HIS SON JASON. IN A WORLD-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE WE FIND OUT WHY BUSTIN’ MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD
INTO THE UN KNOWN
It’s bold. It’s big. And it could be the MCU’s wildest swing yet: a sprawling tale of super-gods directed by an arthouse maverick. Chloé Zhao and her cast tell us why ETERNALS enters uncharted territory
YE GODS!
Jack Kirby’s loopiest covers from the Eternals comics’ early run
GALAXY QUEST
WITH HIS SCI-FI EPIC DUNE FINALLY UPON US, DENIS VILLENEUVE HAS FULFILLED AN AMBITION YEARS IN THE MAKING. SHARING HIS STORY EXCLUSIVELY FOR EMPIRE, HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS DEEPLY PERSONAL JOURNEY TO MAKE A FILM LIKE NO OTHER
PORTRAIT OF A FILM MAKER ON FIRE
WITH HER DREAMLIKE DRAMA PETITE MAMAN, CÉLINE SCIAMMA CONTINUES A WINNING STREAK OF SINGULAR, SCORCHING FILMS. EMPIRE SITS DOWN WITH ONE OF THE MOST VISIONARY VOICES IN CINEMA
THE NEW WEST
THE HARDER THEY FALL
RIDLEY SCOTT IS ON A MISSION
With two films out imminently, led by medieval thriller THE LAST DUEL, Ridley Scott seems in no hurry to slow down. Almost five decades into an astonishing career, we find out what still drives him
GODS AMONG US
In our regular series, we pay tribute to the towering, mega-watt stars who still roam Hollywood
REVIEW
Last Orders
INDISPENSABLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
All In The Family
Black Widow director CATE SHORTLAND on forging Natasha Romanoff’s familial ties
Tarantino by the book
QUENTIN TARANTINO talks turning Once Upon A Time In Hollywood into a novel
THE MASTERPIECE
We reassess the greatest films of all time, one film at a time
GEORGE LUCAS IN NUMBERS
Getty Images, Photofest, Shutterstock $7,200, 000,000 GEORGE LUCAS’
THE RANKING
Four Empire writers. Seven movies. Ordered definitively
THE FINAL LIST
= 1 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY(1991) Nick: “Offers
THE CULT OF KIM NEWMAN
The critic and novelist on this month’s weirdest straight-to-video picks
THE VIEWING GUIDE
A deep dive into the must-see moments from the month’s big release
THE STORY OF THE SHOT
How iconic images came to life
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