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CAN WE TALK ABOUT?
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CAN WE TALK ABOUT?

LOSING INDEPENDENT CINEMAS CMI’S COLLAPSE SIGNALS A STARK FUTURE FOR UK INDEPENDENT EXHIBITION.

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December 2022
NEXT BIG THING
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NEXT BIG THING

JALYN HALL HAS A DREAM...

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December 2022
MURDER MYSTERY
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MURDER MYSTERY

LITVINENKO George Kay takes us inside the perilous world of his new crime series...

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December 2022
ROYAL PEDIGREE
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ROYAL PEDIGREE

CORSAGE Vicky Krieps shines in Marie Kreutzer’s mischievous portrait of an Austrian empress desperate to escape her gilded cage.

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December 2022
CLOSE TO HOME
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CLOSE TO HOME

REBEL Batgirl directing duo Adil & Billal bounce back with a wartime musical tragedy.

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December 2022
EXCLUSIVE DREAM PALACE
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EXCLUSIVE DREAM PALACE

EMPIRE OF LIGHT Sam Mendes takes on movies, mental health, and the mighty Margate…

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December 2022
THE STATE OF THE UNION
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THE STATE OF THE UNION

THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING Anglo-American family nuptials go comically pear-shaped.

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December 2022
FAMILY VALUES
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FAMILY VALUES

WEDNESDAY Tim Burton's TV debut explores the turbulent school days of a teenage proto-goth.

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December 2022
Spielberg on E.T.
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Spielberg on E.T.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of E .T. The Extra -Terrestrial, we raid our Hol lywood archives for this candid and personal interview with Steven Spielberg from the ’80s.

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10 mins  |
October 2022
OLIVIA WILDE
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OLIVIA WILDE

‘YOU BETTER BE MAKING STUFF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE, AND NOT JUST STUFF THAT FEELS EASY’

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October 2022
COLLECTIVE MEMORY
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COLLECTIVE MEMORY

After recent events in the US Supreme Court, with women’s reproductive rights curtailed, 1960s abortion drama CALL JANE has taken on an unsettling new resonance. Total Film talks with director Phyllis Nagy and her cast about one of the year’s most vital works.

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October 2022
DEBT TRAP
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DEBT TRAP

Aubrey Plaza shows off her dramatic chops in the titular role in John Patton Ford's nail-biting thriller, Emily The Criminal. Total Film meets the team behind one of the year's most compelling and stressful thrillers.

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October 2022
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES
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IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES

After the extremes of his earlier work, South Korea’s Park Chan-wook reins it all in to conjure one of the great films of his career: the beguiling DECISION TO LEAVE. But is it a film noir, a romantic drama or something even more cryptic? Total Film joins him to search for a decisive answer.

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October 2022
Educating Emma
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Educating Emma

She exploded onto the scene with Sex Education, and is breaking the biopic mould as the middle Brontë sister in EMILY, but Emma Mackey is still hungry for new experiences. Here, she tells Total Film about life lessons, Barbie, and what she's learned from working with Margot Robbie.

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October 2022
Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice

The Judd Apatow-produced BROS is the first gay romantic comedy by a major studio. It’s important and funny AF – the best romcom for years. Total Film talks to writer star Billy Eichner, co-star Luke Macfarlane and director Nicholas Stoller about bantz, butt-pics and making big-time history.

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October 2022
THE 25 GREATEST MOVIE ENDINGS EVER
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THE 25 GREATEST MOVIE ENDINGS EVER

As the Halloween series draws to a close, Total Film looks back at the finest conclusions in cinema history… Spoilers guaranteed.

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October 2022
Dead End
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Dead End

After 44 years, the blood feud between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers is coming to a killer conclusion in Halloween Ends , the “passionate” and “unexpected” climax to David Gordon Green’s latterday slasher trilogy. Ultimate final girl Jamie Lee Curtis and the ’ween team reveal the story behind a grudge match decades in the making.

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October 2022
SICKENINGLY RICH
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SICKENINGLY RICH

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben Östlund’s queasy Cannes-winner turns on the one per cent…

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October 2022
BETWEEN TAKES ALAN CUMMING
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BETWEEN TAKES ALAN CUMMING

THE MY OLD SCHOOL STAR ON LIP-SYNCING AND STOLEN SOFAS…

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September 2022
IN THE HEIGHTS
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IN THE HEIGHTS

FALL Scott Mann’s vertigo-inducing thriller will flip your stomach upside down…

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September 2022
CAN WE TALK ABOUT? GORDY THE CHIMP
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CAN WE TALK ABOUT? GORDY THE CHIMP

IS NOPE’S PREDATORY PRIMATE AN EXTRANEOUS SUBPLOT, OR SOMETHING DEEPER?

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September 2022
EATING DISORDER
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EATING DISORDER

FLUX GOURMET Peter Strickland’s tale of a culinary collective deserves a Michelin star…

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September 2022
LOOKING FOR RICHARD
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LOOKING FOR RICHARD

THE LOST KING Sally Hawkins has a hunch there’s a king buried in a car park in Stephen Frears’ dramatisation of Richard III’s rediscovery.

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September 2022
BELLA RAMSEY IS FLYING HIGH…
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BELLA RAMSEY IS FLYING HIGH…

NEXT BIG THING

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September 2022
CAPITAL PAIN
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CAPITAL PAIN

GANGS OF LONDON Corin Hardy returns to the mean streets of London for Season 2…

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September 2022
BATTLE ROYAL
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BATTLE ROYAL

Gina Prince-Bythewood follows up The Old Guard by assembling some of the world’s greatest Black actresses, led by Viola Davis and Lashana Lynch, as the mighty 19thcentury African army, the Agojie. Total Film talks to the director and stars of The Woman King about creating a new kind of historical action epic.

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September 2022
GENERATION KILL
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GENERATION KILL

JEFF BRIDGES TAKES ON THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF HIS CAREER FOR THE OLD MAN – THE LANDMARK CAT-AND-MOUSE THRILLER THAT CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO NEVER HAPPENING. TOTAL FILM MEETS THE DUDE AND THE TEAM BEHIND HIS HITMAN SERIES.

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September 2022
SPECIAL K
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SPECIAL K

After breaking out in comedy Booksmart, Kaitlyn Dever proved her dramatic chops with a run of heartbreaking performances. Now returning to the laughs with TICKET TO PARADISE, she tells Total Film how she wants her roles to reflect real experiences.

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September 2022
ROGUE WARRIOR
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ROGUE WARRIOR

ROGUE ONE WAS THE END OF CASSIAN ANDOR’S STORY. NOW IT’S TIME FOR THE BEGINNING, THE MIDDLE AND MUCH MORE WITH THE GRITTY, TWISTY ANDOR ON DISNEY+. THE BAND OF REBELS BEHIND THE NEW MAXISERIES REVEAL WHY IT’S A STAR WARS SAGA LIKE NONE YOU’VE EVER SEEN…

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September 2022
Yas Quinn
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Yas Quinn

TO CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF CHAOS WITH HARLEY QUINN, TOTAL FILM CHARTS THE DC STAR'S QUINTESSENTIAL ORIGINS AND STRATOSPHERIC RISE, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE TEAM BEHIND THE MAID OF MISCHIEF.

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September 2022