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TURKISH DELIGHT
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TURKISH DELIGHT

CROSSING Levan Akin's 'odd couple' story finds community and empathy in Istanbul...

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July 2024
DAD DANCING
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DAD DANCING

DAUGHTERS A Netflix doc sheds light on a programme that reunites girls of colour with their incarcerated fathers.

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2 mins  |
July 2024
THE ITALIAN JOB
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THE ITALIAN JOB

MY SPY: THE ETERNAL CITY Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman take a trip to the Vaticanand get more than they bargained for...

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July 2024
NEW BEGINNINGS COLLEEN HOOVER'S IT ENDS WITH US
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NEW BEGINNINGS COLLEEN HOOVER'S IT ENDS WITH US

Blake Lively stars in the bestseller adaptation.

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July 2024
THE WILD BUNCH
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THE WILD BUNCH

BORDERLANDS Eli Roth turns sci-fi worldbuilder for a gonzo video-game adaptation with the year's most bonkers cast.

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4 mins  |
July 2024
FRENCH FANCIES
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FRENCH FANCIES

Our guide to the best of this year's CANNES FILM FESTIVAL....

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3 mins  |
July 2024
SNAKES ON A PLANE
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SNAKES ON A PLANE

COBRA KAI S6 The final season sees the titular dojo jet off to the world championships. Spoilers for S1-5 ahead...

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July 2024
APOCALYPSE VOW
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APOCALYPSE VOW

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY S4 Steve Blackman promises answers as his superheroes return one last time. Spoilers for S1-3 ahoy...

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1 min  |
July 2024
RETURN OF THE RINGS
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RETURN OF THE RINGS

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER S2 The showrunners talk breaking bad for Season 2...

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2 mins  |
July 2024
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT AT 25
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THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT AT 25

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT TERRIFIED EVERYONE - INCLUDING ITS CO-DIRECTOR, EDUARDO SÁNCHEZ. THE MONSTER HIT CONTINUES TO CAST A LONG SHADOW OVER HIS CAREER, AS HE DIVES DEEP ON HIS FOUND-FOOTAGE TRAILBLAZER, PASSING ON J.J. ABRAMS AND HOW HE FINALLY FREED HIMSELF FROM ITS 'CURSE'.

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8 mins  |
July 2024
Heist! Stakes
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Heist! Stakes

TWENTY-TWO YEARS AFTER THE BOURNE IDENTITY, MATT DAMON AND DOUG LIMAN REUNITE ON THE INSTIGATORS, A MIDNIGHT RUN-INSPIRED ACTION COMEDY ABOUT TWO WANNABE CRIMINALS FAILING UPWARDS. TOTAL FILM JOINS THE BOURNE-AGAIN DUO, AS WELL AS CO-STARS CASEY AFFLECK AND HONG CHAU, FOR THE HEIST-GONE-WRONG OF THE CENTURY.

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7 mins  |
July 2024
TO THE MAXX
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TO THE MAXX

WITH X AND PEARL, TI WEST CEMENTED HIS PLACE AS ONE OF MODERN CINEMA'S GREAT HORROR FILMMAKERS. NOW HE COMPLETES THE TRILOGY WITH THE EPIC MAXXXINE, SET IN 80S LOS ANGELES. TF TALKS TO WEST AND STARS MIA GOTH AND ELIZABETH DEBICKI ABOUT FAME, FEMINISM AND THE WISDOM OF INSERTING REAL-LIFE SERIAL KILLER THE NIGHT STALKER' INTO THE ACTION...

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7 mins  |
July 2024
PIONEER SPIRIT
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PIONEER SPIRIT

After a 21-year hiatus, Kevin Costner returns to the director's chair for Horizon: An American Saga, an epic self-funded western that he plans to take across four films. As the first two chapters land, Total Film meets the iconic star and his cast to discuss the bloody birth of a nation.

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9 mins  |
July 2024
THE SUPER-ODD COUPLE
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THE SUPER-ODD COUPLE

DEADPOOL IS BACK AND HE'S NOW A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF THE MCU WITH WOLVERINE ALONG FOR THE RIDE. TOTAL FILM SPEAKS TO FRIENDS FROM WORK RYAN REYNOLDS, HUGH JACKMAN AND DIRECTOR SHAWN LEVY ABOUT JOINING THE BIG LEAGUES, RESURRECTING WOLVERINE, AND HOW DEADPOOL MAY BE MARVEL'S MESSIAH BUT HE'S STILL A VERY NAUGHTY BOY....

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July 2024
Dune: Part Two – Desert Power
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Dune: Part Two – Desert Power

Like a colossal sandworm racing towards the rhythmic beat of a thumper, Dune: Part Two is almost upon us. And this time, it's war. Total Film returns to Arrakis with writer/director Denis Villeneuve and his (inter) stellar cast to spill the spice on the sci-fi event of the year.

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February 2024
Here Be Dragons
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Here Be Dragons

DAMSEL – Millie Bobby Brown fights fire with fire in the bedtime story that’s finally being told the right way.

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4 mins  |
February 2024
Back to School
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Back to School

MONSTER – Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest takes us into a child’s viewpoint once again...

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2 mins  |
February 2024
JESSIE BUCKLEY
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JESSIE BUCKLEY

Catapulting to fame over the last five years, instinctive Irish actor Jessie Buckley has wowed in films (Wild Rose, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Men) and TV (Chernobyl, Fargo S4). She was Oscar-nominated for The Lost Daughter, won a Laurence Olivier award for Cabaret and now she's spewing wild profanities at Olivia Colman in hilarious period comedy Wicked Little Letters.....

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10+ mins  |
February 2024
Marty me
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Marty me

Thelma Schoonmaker has edited every Martin Scorsese movie since 1980's Raging Bull. The three-time Oscar winner tells Total Film all about their legendary relationship, and why movies like Good Fellas, The Departed and Killers of the Flower Moon are a cut above...

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7 mins  |
February 2024
FRISKY BUSINESS
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FRISKY BUSINESS

Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star as queer friends being chased by dumb male criminals in Drive-Away Dolls, a road movie/ romantic comedy/crime caper by husband-and-wife team Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke. Total Film hitches a ride with the directors and stars to talk dark laughs, dim crims and dildos…

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9 mins  |
February 2024
JACK MY LIFE IN PICTURES BLACK
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JACK MY LIFE IN PICTURES BLACK

Over the years he's made us laugh as rockers, animated critters and videogame avatars. As he prepares to go full Dragon Warrior again in the fourth Kung Fu Panda movie, JACK BLACK riffs on some of his biggest hits with Total Film

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8 mins  |
February 2024
DOG DAYS
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DOG DAYS

Pablo Berger's animated silent’ movie brings the noise.

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2 mins  |
February 2024
BEHIND PARADISE
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BEHIND PARADISE

RED ISLAND A coming-of-age-tale that creatively explores France’s colonial past.

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2 mins  |
February 2024
THE SIXTH SENSE
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THE SIXTH SENSE

MADAME WEB Dakota Johnson brings wit and grit to Sony’s clairvoyant-superhero-origin-story thriller.

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February 2024
CARRY ON GLAMPING
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CARRY ON GLAMPING

EVIL DOES NOT EXIST The Drive My Car director returns with an ambiguous award winner...

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2 mins  |
February 2024
HELTER SHELTER
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HELTER SHELTER

Noora Niasari’s Sundance-winning debut takes her back into childhood trauma...

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1 min  |
February 2024
THE BOY IN THE BOAT
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THE BOY IN THE BOAT

Matteo Garrone turns to a teen from Senegal for the ultimate hero origin story.

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2 mins  |
February 2024
SPACE ODDITY
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SPACE ODDITY

SPACEMAN Adam Sandler is a man on a mission, embarking on a weird and wonderful off-planet odyssey

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2 mins  |
February 2024
TOTAL WAR
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TOTAL WAR

SHOGUN The blockbuster historical saga gets an ambitious 2024 update.

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2 mins  |
February 2024
FRIENDS TO THE END
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FRIENDS TO THE END

Aspurned childhood friend is out for revenge in Blumhouse’s killer-teddy-bear movie.

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1 min  |
February 2024