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TARON EGERTON

Since becoming a star overnight with Kingsman, Ta ro n Eger ton has p rove d his range as a song-and-dance man, and showcased serious dramatic chops as well as a crowd - pleasing lightness of touch . With the release of a surprising new Tetris movie, is everything falling into place for the next phase of his career?

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Mail, rants, theories etc.

60 SECOND SCREENPLAY

TF SAVES YOU THE COST OF A MOVIE EVERY MONTH. THIS ISSUE: M3GAN…

TEASERS GIVING IT LARGE

SH AZAM! FU RY OF THE GODS Buckle up. The sequel to the DCEU’s kid-in-an-adult-superhero’s-body movie is going big…

HOT RIGHT NOW

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE IS ANSWERING THE CALL OF DESTINY…

SUMMER LOVI N ’

GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES Four teens are hopelessly devoted to Rydell High.

CHAOS THEORY

FAST X Jason Momoa’s vengeful and explosive new villain has Dom and the Fast family in his sights.

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

Are you talkin’ to me [Puts on thick

GONE GUY

THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME Jennifer Garner’s new series about the search for a missing husband.

HEAVEN CENT

WARNER BROS The iconic studio turns 100 this year – here’s how it ’s celebrating.

LOVE HURTS

ONE FINE MORNING Léa Seydoux goes lowkey for Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest intimate drama.

SOUND BYTES

The month in dialogue and digits

LAST RESORT

INFINITY POOL Writer/director Brandon Cronenberg on his high-concept sci-fi horror.

SUITS YOU, SIR

PACIFICTION Enter the void: Albert Serra’s strange ode to Tahiti and tailoring.

NEXT BIG THING

JESSIE MEI LI GERGŐ PEJKÓ/NETFLIX IS STEPPING OUT

DARK WATERS

FALCON LAKE Actor Charlotte Le Bon turns director for a haunting holiday romance.

KINGDOM COME

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE Let’s-a go! The video game icon gets a faithful big-screen redo.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT?

HOW THE OSCARS TREAT BLACK WOMEN ANOTHER AWARDS SEASON IS PREDICTABLY LACKING BLACK FEMALE NOMINEES

ARMAG EDDON TIME

EXTRAPOLATION S Scott Z. Burns’ star-studded drama envisions the climate horror to come.

YEARN ING MAN

YOU & ME A fresh, heart-warming comingof-age story of love, loss and resilience…

BETWEEN TAKES

JODIE TURNER-SMITH THE MURDER MYSTERY 2 STAR ON HOT SAUCE AND HEAD SHOTS.

SIMPLY THE FEST

SUNDANCE 2023 The must-see offerings from this year’s feast of indie film.

SNAP JUDGEMENT

GODLAND A Danish priest takes a camera and trouble to Iceland in this arresting period drama.

IT SHOU LDN ’ T H A PPEN TO A FILM JOU RNA LIST

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

UNDER HIS EYE

CAIRO CON SPIRACY A young student’s dream turns into a nightmare in this riveting Egyptian spy thriller.

THE HERO

Ten years on from bursting on to screens

GREATEST VAMPIRES OF ALL TIME

From ’80s cool to silent-era staples, the movie vampire has been remarkably malleable and resilient over 100 years of cinema. As Nicolas Cage sinks his fangs into Renfield, Total Film celebrates the most dangerous, seductive and compelling on-screen vamps in a blood-curdling Count-down…

THE DICE GUYS

IT’S BEEN AN EPIC QUEST TO GET DU NGEONS & DR AGONS: HONOU R A MONG THIEV ES TO THE BIG SCREEN. TOTAL FILM MEETS THE FILM-MAKERS AND ENSEMBLE CAST HOPING TO ROLL A 20 ON A NEW BLOCKBUSTER CAMPAIGN.

Rock N ROLE

Model turned actor Suki Waterhouse is channelling her passion for music in hotly anticipated docudrama Daisy Jones & The Six and her own burgeoning career as a singer. During a rare day off in her multi-US -city tour, Total Film catches up with the star to talk about hitting all the right notes.

Grief EncounterGrief Encounter

After experiencing personal loss amid a global pandemic, Zach Braff sat down to write a film for Florence Pugh that explored sorrow. The writer/director of A GOOD PERSON and his cast tell To tal Film how addiction, music and terrible haircuts fed into a timely indie.

INSTRUMENTAL FIGURE

He was a musical prodigy, confidant of France’s most infamous queen, and contemporary of Mozart. But his race and revolutionary actions saw his legacy almost entirely wiped from history by the establishment. Total Film meets star Kelvin Harrison Jr. and the film-making team behind Chevalier to discuss their electrifying ‘rock star’ portrait and all its contemporary resonances.

CREED III 12A

Apollo mission…

LUTHER : THE FALLEN SUN 15

Breakout movie…

PEARL 15

Axe of Goth…

1976 TBC

★★★★★ OUT 24 MARCH CINEMAS Set in mid-70s

THE FIVE DEVILS 15

★★★★★ OUT 24 MARCH CINEMAS Léa Mysius follows

THE BEASTS 15

★★★★★ OUT 24 MARCH CINEMAS, CURZON HOME CINEMA

THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE TBC

★★★★★ OUT 24 MARCH CINEMAS Magdalena (Mía Maestro) has

CLOSE 12A

Friends disunited…

BREAKING 15

★★★★★ OUT 27 MARCH DIGITAL Gulf War veteran

SKINAMARINK TBC

★★★★★ OUT NOW SHUDDER Director Kyle Edward Ball

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM PG

★★★★★ OUT 10 MARCH CINEMAS This Oscar-nominated debut

THE WIFE AND HER HOUSE HUSBAND 15

★★★★★ OUT 10 MARCH CINEMAS Just as a

DEAD FOR A DOLLAR TBC

The way of Walter…

INFINITY POOL TBC

Island in the sin…

SHARPER 15

Hustle power…

I’M FINE (THANKS FOR ASKING) 15

★★★★★ OUT 3 MARCH CINEMAS, DIGITAL Directors Kelley

FASHION REIMAGINED 12A

★★★★★ OUT 3 MARCH CINEMAS Beginning with some

PROJECT WOLF HUNTING 18

★★★★★ OUT NOW ICON FILM CHANNEL 10 MARCH

PLAY DEAD 15

A24, APPLE, BULLDOG, CONIC, ICON, METFILM, SHUDDER, SIGNATURE,

ELECTRIC MALADY 12A

★★★★★ OUT 3 MARCH CINEMAS How do you

BANDIT 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW PRIME VIDEO Josh Duhamel (Shotgun

THE KILLER TBC

★★★★★ OUT 27 MARCH DVD, BD, DIGITAL Not

ATTACHMENT TBC

★★★★★ OUT NOW SHUDDER When fledgling couple Maja

OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN 15

Body-clock watching…

COCAINE BEAR 15

Ursine about…

MY SAILOR, MY LOVE 12A

★★★★★ OUT 10 MARCH CINEMAS Playing Howard, a

ALLELUJAH 12A

★★★★★ OUT 17 MARCH CINEMAS Director Richard Eyre

SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW PRIME VIDEO The post-Fleabag ‘messy

PUNK ROCK VEGAN MOVIE TBC

★★★★★ OUT NOW DIGITAL Available for free on

MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE 15

London calling…

JANE 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW DIGITAL Riverdale’s Madelaine Petsch produces

MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM 15

★★★★★ OUT 10 MARCH CINEMAS 27 MARCH DIGITAL

RYE LANE TBC

Romeo Peckham…

ADOPTING AUDREY TBC

★★★★★ OUT 13 MARCH DIGITAL Jena Malone brings

WINNERS PG

DISNEY, 101 FILMS, UNIVERSAL, CENTRAL CITY MEDIA, MODERN

SUBJECT 15

★★★★★ OUT 3 MARCH CINEMAS Co-directed by Jennifer

THE MIDDLE MAN TBC

★★★★★ OUT 10 MARCH CINEMAS Norwegian writer/director Bent

HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL TBC

★★★★★ OUT 28 MARCH CINEMAS In cinemas for

MARY CASSATT: PAINTING THE MODERN WOMAN U

★★★★★ OUT 8 MARCH CINEMAS One of only

KNOCK AT THE CABIN 15

Doom with a view…

ANT- MAN AND THE WASP:QUANTUMANIA 12A

Kang for your buck…

DAUGHTER 15

★★★★★ OUT NOW DIGITAL A suitably grizzled Casper

EPIC TAILS U

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS This French-made animation centres

THE INDEPENDENT TBC

★★★★★ OUT NOW SKY CINEMA, NOW Independent candidate

CHARCOAL TBC

★★★★★ OUT 10 MARCH CINEMAS 20 MARCH DIGITAL

FULL TIME TBC

Job well done…

CUTTER’S WAY 15

1981 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentaries,

MARRIED TO THE MOB 15

1988 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary,

THE SISTERS BROTHERS 15

2018 ★★★★★ OUT NOW 4K UHD EXTRAS ★★★★★

NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY 18

2010 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary,

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE U

Love triangle of sadness…

THE CASSANDRA CATPG

1963 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary,

THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN 12

1988 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary,

YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES PG

The boy who sleuthed…

MARTIN 18

1977 ★★★★★ OUT 27 MARCH BD, 4K UHD

HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK 18

1980 ★★★★★ OUT NOW 4K UHD EXTRAS ★★★★★

BLACKADDER

Celebrating 40 years of historical hilarity…

EXTRAS

APPAREL LAST EXIT TO NOWHERE CLOTHING OUT NOW

LOST IN TRANSLATION

VARIOUS ARTISTS RYKODISC

FORSPOKEN

A so-so sandbox with magical movement…

BUT HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK?

2 MORE From Cronenberg to Cartoon Saloon… CANADIAN

CARY GRANT’S SUIT: NINE MOVIES THAT MADE ME THE WRECK I AM TODAY

★★★★★ TODD McEWEN NOTTING HILL EDITIONS Novelist McEwen

CROOKED, BUT NEVER COMMON: THE FILMS OF PRESTON STURGES

★★★★★ STUART KLAWANS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS The sparkling

BFI FILM CLASSICS: LOST IN TRANSLATION

★★★★★ SUZANNE FERRISS BFI/BLOOMSBURY Film prof Ferriss finds

BUFF

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots.

ON LOCATION

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

ALTERNATIVE BOX OFFICE

The biggest movies… TO ‘WIN’ THE WORST PICTURE RAZZIE

JANES IN MOVIES

J-cut crackers…

FLOP CULTURE

VAN HELSING

IS IT JUST ME OR IS 90S ACTION CINEMA THE BEST?

If you can count on anyone to leap

TAKING STOCK

THE HITMAN WITH A PERSONAL CRISIS

GIVING CREDIT

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

SHANE BLACK

Buddy minded…

BEST PICTURES

Test your knowledge of the films that took the top Oscar…

NAME THE FRAME

Can you guess these eight Cage scenes?