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ALFONSO CUARÓN

A multihyphenate who often also writes, shoots and edits his own movies, Alfonso Cuarón is the full moviemaking package. As Gravity prepares for re-entry with a 10th anniversary re‐release, Total Film meets a director who’s always able to beguile audiences without leaving them feeling cheated.

Dialogue

Mail, rants, theories etc.

60 SECOND SCREENPLAY

TF SAVES YOU THE COST OF A MOVIE EVERY MONTH. THIS ISSUE: MEG 2: THE TRENCH…

SNOW PATROL

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES

HOT RIGHT NOW

AUSTIN BUTLER IS RIDING HIGH

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

THANKSGIVING Eli Roth plans some nasty surprises as he reboots a non-existent classic…

PITCH PERFECT

NEXT GOAL WINS Taika Waititi teams with Michael Fassbender for an underdog comedy.

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

IN THE CROSSHAIRS THIS MONTH…

LOVE SCIENCES

FINGERNAILS Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed are put to the test in an intriguing sci-fi love story.

Contributing editor LEILA LATIF has something to say…

This spooky season is tinged with a little

HÜLLER CORNER

ANATOMY OF A FALL Sandra Hüller fights for her life in a quality courtroom drama…

EXTINCTION EVENTS

THE LAZARUS PROJECT S2 Paapa Essiedu returns for more end-of-days, time-loop drama…

SOUND BYTES

The month in dialogue and digits

HEEL TURN

FEMME George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett discover

SHAUN THOMAS IS ALL GROWN UP

Plucked from high school to star in Clio

STAR POWER

WISH Disney marks its centenary with a feature honouring its heritage…

LEGENDS OF THE FALL

VENICE & TIFF Five essential films from this year’s fall festival season.

NIGHT VISION

JACKDAW Jamie Childs turns to a nocturnal life of crime for a super-sleek feature debut.

NEW WORLD DISORDER

REBEL MOON – PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE Zack Snyder returns with a two-part sci-fi epic.

CAN WE TALK A BOUT?

THE CREATOR AND THE JOYS OF ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKING

REINVENTING THE STEAL

CULPRITS NATHAN STEWART-JARRETT LEADS A HEIST THRILLER – BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT

ADAMS FAMILY VALUES

WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS Roll up, roll up for Total Film’s FrightFest Best Film winner…

ROBERT CARLYLE

THE SCOTTISH STAR ON A TOP-CLASS CAREER

Great Scott

Ridley on his biggest hits of the past (and the future)…

directors' cuts

Cinematic visionaries pay tribute to the genius of Ridley Scott

THE 100 GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY

WORDS JORDAN FARLEY, MATT GLASBY, JAMIE GRAHAM, KEVIN HARLEY, SIMON KINNEAR, LEILA LATIF, MATTHEW LEYLAND, JAMES MOTTRAM, RAFA SALES ROSS, KIM TAYLOR-FOSTER

MUM’S THE WORD

Set in the most unsettling movie hotel since The Shining, Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter brings us a double dose of Tilda Swinton for a fog-shrouded tale about parents, children and the ties that bind. A quivering, shivering Total Film digs into a uniquely elegant ghost story.

THROUGHT THE LOOKING CLASS

An actor researches a decades-old, tabloidfuelled scandal with disturbing consequences in MAY DECEMBER, Todd Haynes’ devilish and delicious story of identity, duality and morality. Total Film meets with the director and his cast to discuss one of the slipperiest movies of the year

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON 15

Blood and oil…

HOW TO HAVE SEX TBC

Summer loving…

QUIZ LADY TBC

Family feud…

CAT PERSON 15

★★★★★ OUT 27 OCTOBER CINEMAS Courtship can be

SAW X 18

★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS AMAZON, APPLE, COSMIC CAT,

FOE 15

Clone on the range…

THE PIGEON TUNNEL TBC

★★★★★ OUT 20 OCTOBER APPLE TV+ David Cornwell

CASSIUS X: BECOMING ALI TBC

★★★★★ OUT 13 OCT CINEMAS Rather than take

THE KILLER15

Fass-assin’s creed…

BEYOND UTOPIA TBC

Seeking sanctuary…

THE CREATOR 12A

What’s it all about, Alphie?

PAIN HUSTLERS 15

Lacks substance…

TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING 12A

Two for the road…

20,000 SPECIES OF BEES 12A

★★★★ ☆ OUT 27 OCTOBER CINEMAS, CURZON HOME

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL 18

★★★★☆ OUT NOW CINEMAS Shot, directed and narrated

EXPEND4BLES 15

Christmas turkey…

WHERE THE WIND BLOWS 15

★★★☆☆ OUT NOW CINEMAS Hong Kong’s 2022 Oscar

DALILAND 15

★★☆☆☆ OUT 13 OCT CINEMAS 13 NOV DVD,

THE RETIREMENT PLAN 15

★☆☆☆☆ OUT NOW DIGITAL Michael Caine bought his

NOBODY HAS TO KNOW 12A

★★☆☆☆ OUT 3 NOVEMBER CINEMAS Bouli Lanners co-directs,

GOLDA 12A

★★☆☆☆ OUT NOW CINEMAS Whatever your take on

ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED 15

Idol moments…

MIND-SET 18

UNIVERSAL, SIGNATURE, PARKLAND, VERTICAL, BULLDOG ★★★☆☆ OUT NOW

GRAVITY 12A

2013 ★★★★★ OUT 20 OCTOBER CINEMAS Awards success

BLAZING MAGNUM 18

1976 ★★★☆☆ OUT NOW BD, DVD, DIGITAL 1976

I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! PG

1945 ★★★★★ OUT 20 OCTOBER CINEMAS A newly

VALLEY GIRL 15

1983 ★★★☆☆OUT NOW BD 1983

CHRISTINE 15

Rolling thunder…

MEAN STREETS 18 AFTER HOURS 15

New York stories…

GREGORY’S GIRL 12

1980 ★★★★☆ OUT NOW BD, 4K UHD, DIGITAL

PEEPING TOM 15

1960 ★★★★★ OUT 27 OCTOBER CINEMAS Michael Powell

PRESSURE 15

1976 ★★★★☆ OUT 3 NOVEMBER CINEMAS

FRIDAY THE 13TH 15

ALTITUDE, BFI, ICON, SPIRIT, WARNER BROS. 1980 ★★★☆☆

TECH PREVIEW

Home-cinema kit to suit(case) all tastes…

EXTRAS

GAMES POP! PUZZLES OUT NOW Funko has a

THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN

Building a better action series…

PAST LIVES

Memories of love and murder...

JOHN CARPENTER: ANTHOLOGY II

★★★★☆ Must be the season of the witch,

THE EXORCIST

VARIOUS WARNER RECORDS/RHINO

Recent thumb-twiddlers...

2 MORE COCOON ★★★★★ OUT NOW PC, PS4/5,

STARFIELD

How high does one of 2023’s biggest launches go?

From slaughter to auteur…

2 MORE HALLOWEEN: THE OFFICIAL MAKING OF HALLOWEEN,

PANDORA’S BOX: THE GREED, LUST AND LIES THAT BROKE TELEVISION

The cast of Orange Is the New Black

THE WICKER MAN: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE FILM

★★★☆☆ JOHN WALSH TITAN Fresh interviews and

FRIGHTFEST GUIDE: MAD DOCTOR MOVIES

★★★☆☆ DR JOHN LLEWELLYN PROBERT FAB PRESS

BFI FILM CLASSICS: THE RED SHOES

★★★★☆ PAMELA HUTCHINSON BFI/BLOOMSBURY LIONSGATE, BFI/BLOOMSBURY, PENGUIN, TITAN,

Total film buff

CINEMA CELEBRATED AND DEBATED. BOOSTING YOUR MOVIE GENIUS TO SUPERHERO LEVELS…

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots.

ALTERNATIVE BOX OFFICE

The biggest movies… WITH HALLOWEEN-Y TITLES

ON LOCATION

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

MIRRORS IN MOVIES

Mirror mirror, on the wall…

FLOP CULTURE

Mother isn’t quite herself in director Gus Van Sant’s bad cover version of Hitchcock’s proto-slasher classic…

CAR FOR SALE

FILM: THE GREAT GATSBY VEHICLE: 1928 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM I ASCOT DUAL COWL SPORT YEAR: 1974

REEL ESTATE

FOR SALE Rustic wooden retreat perched above Santa

IS IT JUST ME OR IS THIS THE GREATEST ERA FOR ANIMATION?

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Wolfwalkers Spider-Man: Across the

DEMOLITION MAN

As Stallone and Snipes’ explosive and surprisingly prophetic action classic turns 30, director Marco Brambilla turns back the clock with Buff to reflect on a sci-fi with satirical muscle.

GOLDEN GRAHAMS

See this if you liked…

INTERMISSION

A WRITER TAKES PAUSE TO CONSIDER.... The Banshees of Inisherin and male friendship at the movies

FOLK HORROR

Lore of the land…