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PAIN AND WAYNE

THE BATMAN I R-Batz steps out of the shadows at DC Fandome.

SOUTHERN GOTHIC

Janelle Monáe leads the way in a sinister social horror with a twist, which blends harrowing scenes of pre-Civil War slavery with a presentday look at contemporary life in New Orleans. Total Film meets the creators and stars of Antebellum, who say the film’s themes couldn’t be more urgent…

WORLD IN 'MATION

THE DINOS ROAR IN ANI-SERIES JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS…

The Witches at 30

Nicolas Roeg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches terrified a generation of children. As the film turns 30, and a big-budget remake approaches, Total Film reflects with star Anjelica Huston on the making of a kid-friendly creepfest.

THE EX FILES

DAPHNE DU MAURIER’S TIMELESS TALE OF ENVY, COMPARISON AND PASSION GETS THE BEN WHEATLEY TREATMENT IN THE LATEST ADAPTATION OF GOTHIC ROMANCE, REBECCA. TOTAL FILM STEPS ON SET TO DISCOVER A UNIVERSAL TRUTH – WE ARE ALL LOOKING OVER OUR SHOULDER TO THE PAST…

THE SCARLETT LEDGER

NATASHA ROMANOFF MIGHT HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN AVENGERS: ENDGAME, BUT HER STORY ISN’T COMPLETE JUST YET. SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND CO TELL TOTAL FILM ABOUT DIGGING INTO THE AVENGER’S CHEQUERED PAST IN B L A C K W I D O W, A GRITTY PREQUEL UNLIKE ANY PREVIOUS MARVEL MOVIE.

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Remembering the real-life superhero and his revolutionary legacy.

FREE SOLO

Alden Ehrenreich needed a break after Solo but now returns, revitalised, with Brave New World. The star tells Total Film about how he remains down to earth when dealing with fame, intimacy coordinators and a galaxy far, far away...

CRUISE CONTROL

KENNETH BRANAGH MARSHALED A STELLAR ENSEMBLE CAST FOR MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS – NOW HE RETURNS TO HELM A BOATLOAD OF STARS IN DEATH ON THE NILE. HE AND HIS CO-CONSPIRATORS TELL TOTAL FILM HOW THE ACTOR/DIRECTOR IS BRINGING SEXY (AND THAT ’TACHE) BACK WHILE KEEPING TABS ON CAST HIJINKS…

BRIAN COX

Manhunter’s Hannibal Lecter, the Bourne movies’ Ward Abbott, X-Men 2’s William Stryker, and now, most terrifyingly, Succession’s sweary patriarch Logan Roy… Brian Cox has made a 60-year career out of playing authoritative bad guys. “It really goes back to my classical roots,” he tells Total Film.

Sister Act

How do you reinvent SHERLOCK HOLMES, the most adapted literary character of all time? Focus on his kid sister, of course. Total Film visits the stately set of Netflix’s Enola Holmes, to uncover clues with the help of stars Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill and Sam Claflin.

THE WORST MOVIES EVER MADE

JUST LIKE IT’S HARD TO MAKE A MASTERPIECE, IT’S HARD – VERY HARD – TO MAKE A FILM SO TERRIBLE IT SCARS VIEWERS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. ONCE SEEN, THESE SHOCKERS WILL NEVER BEEN UNSEEN. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

How to make a... horror movie

Saint Maud wowed festival audiences, made critics rejoice and sparked a bidding war for distribution. Firsttime writer/director Rose Glass explains just how she did it and hands out tips for any would-be filmmakers…

Man in the Mirror

A reimagining of one of the scariest – and most politically charged – genre movies ever made, the new Cand yman is horror for the Black Lives Matter era. Director Nia DaCosta and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris discuss terrors new and old, imagined and all too real…

Tron: legacy

DAFT PUNK WALT DISNEY/EMI

Guts And Glory

When you need on-screen claret – or sputum, emesis and excrement – where do you turn? We delve into the horror SFX department to find out what they use for blood, puke and poop…

Break-Up Artist

I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS I Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley meet the parents in Charlie Kaufman’s new film…

Far from home

HILARY SWANK HAS MARS IN HER EYES IN AWAY...

CHARLIE KAUFMAN

He’s the brain behind some of the most fiendishly clever concepts to hit cinemas in the past two decades. Charlie Kaufman tells Total Film why Netflix is the right home for his latest film, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, and says his ambitions aren’t what they used to be…

1916-2020: OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

The golden-era megastar who became a force for change in Hollywood takes a final bow.

THE DARK NIGHT

As low-budget sci-fi horror Pitch Black celebrates its 20th anniversary with a 4K Blu-ray release, director David Twohy reminisces with Total Film about a tumultuous shoot, casting clashes and why he thought he was going to get fired.

Open Wide

A QUIET PLACE PART II I The much-anticipated sequel to 2018’s surprise hit will expand the world and introduce new threats…

Super Natural

PROJECT POWER I Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in a street-level superpower story.

THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

As pop-culture touchstones (Tony Stark even referenced them) and fan favourites, it should have been totally easy to reunite time-traveling BFFs, Bill & Ted, for a third installment. Bogus theory, dudes! As real-life buddies Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and their team tell Total Film, BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC has been a 29-year labour of love driven by tenacity, artistic integrity and friendship. And air guitar...

MIKE HODGES

The Get Carter director on his six-decade career…

KNIFE OUT

HALLOWEEN KILLS I Michael Myers faces mob justice in a rage-fuelled Halloween sequel

RON PERLMAN

Since his 1981 debut, Ron Perlman’s carved out a career in movie monsters – most famously in Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy. But after swapping prosthetics for producing, he’s now unleashing a very different beast. As he brings us his conflicted oilman in The Big Ugly, Total Film meets an actor on the ride of his life.

MICHAEL KEATON IS NEXT UP TO BAT…

It’s amazing that people are still sticking by me. When they come up to me in the street, I want to write them all cheques.” So said Michael Keaton when he made a major comeback playing washed-up superhero actor Riggan in 2014 hit Birdman. It was a success he built on, playing antagonist Adrian ‘Vulture’ Toomes in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and landing roles in the upcoming Aaron Sorkin drama The Trial Of The Chicago 7 and superhero movie Morbius (perhaps playing Vulture again).

JOEL SCHUMACHER 1939 - 2020

THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO THE DIRECTOR’S HIGH IMPACT CAREER THAN THE LOST BOYS AND BATMAN & ROBIN. TOTAL FILM LOOKS BACK AT ONE OF THE MOST IDIOSYNCRATIC RESUMÉS – AND COLOURFUL CHARACTERS – IN HOLLYWOOD.

BRYAN CRANSTON

The Breaking Bad and The One And Only Ivan star on tattoos, nudity and healthy eating.