“I’VE LEARNED HOW MUCH I OWE TO THE SENSIBILITY OF PUNK.” DANNY BOYLE

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ASSASSIN’S SPEED

BULLET TRAIN Action man David Leitch has Brad Pitt’s hitman board a fast-moving train for a journey of non-stop carnage…

HOT RIGHT NOW

BILL SKARSGÅRD IS SPREADING HIS WINGS.

MARSH TIMES

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING Daisy Edgar-Jones heads a chart-topping literary adap.

JANE & GAIN

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER We’re not worthy of Natalie Portman’s take on Mighty Thor.

POWER UP

THE BOYS The neo-fascist Supes are back. Brace for mayhem…

CAN WE TALK A BOUT?

THE SCARLET WITCH IN DOCTOR STRANGE 2 WHEN WILL WANDA CATCH A BREAK?

STRANGER DANGER

THE BLACK PHONE Ethan Hawke tells us why he broke his rule about never playing villains.

THE ODD COUPLE

BRIAN AND CHARLES A man bonds with his DIY robot in low-key Brit charmer.

SOUND BYTES

The month in dialogue and digits.

TANGLED WEB

SPIDERHEAD Director Joseph Kosinski goes experimental with a mysterious prison movie starring Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller.

INSIDE RAN

EXPLORER Daredevil or maniac? Matthew Dyas unpicks the enigma of Ranulph Fiennes…

NEXT BIG THING

EMMA APPLETON …IS BEING PUNK’D

PRIMAL FEAR

THE BOOGEYMAN From Host and Dashcam to Stephen King’s classic short story…

NEW BLOOD

IRMA VEP Alicia Vikander stars in Olivier Assayas’ ‘meta extension’ of his ’96 feature about remaking Les Vampires.

BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

THE TERMINAL LIST Jack Carr’s militarythemed novel gets the ‘cine-vision’ treatment…

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

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

ON THE ROAD

JOYRIDE Director Emer Reynolds goes on a messy and magical journey with Olivia Colman…

DI OF THE BEHOLDER

THE PRINCESS The director of Tell Me Who I Am shows us Diana as she was.

THE HERO

TIM ROTH THE ICONIC BRITISH ACTOR IS BACK ON HIS TRAVELS…

EXTICTION REBELLION

Dinosaurs are now roaming the globe and the franchise that was 65 million (and 29) years in the making has reached its endgame. Director Colin Trevorrow and the stars of the Jurassics Park and World movies tell Total Film what happens when dinos rule the world in JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION…

FANGIRL POWER

The Marvel Cinematic Universe gets a bright new star in MS. MARVEL, a groundbreaking teen superhero who is as obsessed with the Avengers as the actor who plays her. TOTAL FILM meets the team bringing KAMLA KHAN to embiggen the small screen

IMAN VELLANI

IT'S IMAN'S WORLD

AMERICAN TRILOGY

Baz Luhrmann charts Elvis Presley’s trajectory through three eras as he stands at the cultural/commercial crossroads of change in America with long-time manager Colonel Tom Parker. The director and his cast tell Total Film how they crafted a Shakespearean tale of “the greatest carnival act” in Elvis… and what Priscilla Presley thinks about it all.

ALEX GARLAND

MY LIFE IN PICTURES

TASMANIAN DEVIL

NITRAM

BOXED IN?

Can you ever have too much of a good thing? As the new Golden Age Of TV fills our watchlists like never before, Total Film investigates a small screen problem that’s getting bigger by the day

BACK ON TRACK

Jenny Agutter requels her most beloved role in THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN. Total Film catches the steam train to the set to discover how the filmmakers and Agutter are honouring the original while ensuring a new generation see themselves reflected on screen

TOP GUN: MAVERICK TBC

You’ll feel the need…

MEN TBC

The sum of all Kinnears…

A-HA: THE MOVIE 12A

Talkin’ away…

DASHCAM 15

A matter of livestream and death…

CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH TBC

No mean feet…

EVERYTHING WENT FINE 15

★★★★★ OUT 17 JUNE CINEMAS, CURZON HOME CINEMA

I AM ZLATAN TBC

★★★★★ OUT 3 JUNE CINEMAS 20 JUNE DIGITAL

DUAL TBC

Doppelgänger warfare…

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 12A

★★★★★ OUT 27 MAY CINEMAS, CURZON HOME CINEMA

BARRY & JOAN 12A

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS First-time filmmaker Audrey Rumsby

EARWIG TBC

★★★★★ OUT 10 JUNE CINEMAS Following Innocence (2004)

ELEVEN DAYS IN MAY 18

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS On the anniversary of

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE TBC

Adventure room…

LAST LOOKS TBC

★★★★★ OUT 10 JUNE DIGITAL 13 JUNE DVD

LISTEN TBC

★★★★★ OUT 10 JUNE CINEMAS LIONSGATE,

LANCASTER PG

★★★★★ OUT 27 MAY CINEMAS, DIGITAL 30 MAY

LEAVE NO TRACES TBC

★★★★★ OUT 10 JUNE CINEMAS Polish director Jan

COP SECRET 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW DIGITAL You’d expect a one-time

NINE BULLETS 15

★★★★★ OUT 6 JUNE DIGITAL 13 JUNE

BERGMAN ISLAND TBC

Screenplays from a marriage…

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 15

The bagel has landed…

FATHER STU 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS The eventful life of

RHINO 18

★★★★★ OUT NOW DIGITAL Oleh Sentsov’s grim drama

FIRESTARTER 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS Keith Thomas follows his

THE BURNING SEA 12

★★★★★ OUT 30 MAY DIGITAL From the makers

ELIZABETH: A PORTRAIT IN PARTS TBC

A Windsor’s tale…

UNPLUGGING 15

★★★★★ OUT 13 JUNE DIGITAL Matt Walsh and

DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA PG

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS This glistening big-screen continuation

ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME TBC

★★★★★ OUT 10 JUNE CINEMAS Decent but feckless,

CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW BD, DIGITAL EXTRAS ★★★★★

SWAN SONG 15

Kier royale…

PLEASURE 18

Adult material…

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS 12A

Multiplication fable…

ROBOCOP: DIRECTOR’S CUT 18

Nice shootin’, Verhoeven…

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN 12A

This time it’s warp speed…

PICKPOCKET PG

1959 ★★★★★ OUT 3 JUNE CINEMAS A

GET CARTER 18

1971 ★★★★★ OUT 27 MAY CINEMAS Mike Hodges’

DOUBLE INDEMNITY PG

Wilder things…

WILD THINGS 18

1998 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD, 4K UHD EXTRAS

THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW U

1963 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD, DIGITAL EXTRAS

PSYCHO 15

Darkest shower…

THE WITCH: LIMITED EDITION 15

The goat that shocked…

CLASSIC TV THE AVENGERS

Eccentrics assemble…

EXTRAS

VARIOUS LIGHTYEAR MERCHANDISE OUT NOW Lego, Funkos, arm

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET

DiCaprio and Danes, musically supported by Yorke and

GAMES LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA

Rebuilding your affection for the Lucasverse…

NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS

★★★★★ OUT NOW SWITCH WARNER BROS GAMES, NINTENDO,

ETERNAL THREADS

★★★★★ OUT NOW PC In a future where

CITIZEN SLEEPER

★★★★★ OUT NOW PC, SWITCH, XBOX ONE/SERIES This

BOOKS SOFIA COPPOLA: FOREVER YOUNG

3 MORE From the Good Book to some

AURORA

★★★★★ DAVID KOEPP HQ Screenwriter Koepp (Jurassic Park,

TWILIGHT’S LAST SCREAMING

★★★★★ SEAN HOGAN BLACK SHUCK BOOKS Some might

FILMMAKERS ON FILM

PICTURELUX / THE HOLLYWOOD ARCHIVE / ALAMY STOCK

BOATS IN MOVIES Shipshape ships…

1 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, DISNEY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER BROS,

FLOP CULTURE

THE GOOD DINOSAUR

IS IT JUST ME OR HAVE AGATHA CHRISTIE ADAPS HAD THEIR DAY?

Whodunnit? Digital production design artists, mostly. Watching Sir

Drive

A Danish director. A Canadian leading man. And a composer who used to drum for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Eleven years on, the makers of 2011’s tyre-squealing masterpiece explain how they pulled it off

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD’S POLE-CATS

ALAMY With Mad Max: Fury Road, Australian filmmaker

GIVING CREDIT

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

SPACE EXPLORATION

Reader, you have a problem. Plus 14 other galactic posers…

NAME THE FRAME

Can you guess these eight necklace scenes?