RETURN TO OZ

WICKED Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande defy gravity as the Broadway smash reaches cinemas.

GRIN AND BEAR IT

SMILE 2 Trauma-horror sequel sees the curse latch onto a pop superstar...

BAD ROMANCE

TIMESTALKER Alice Lowe falls in love with the wrong man time and time again...

CLOWNING GORY

TERRIFIER 3 Creator Damien Leone says Art the Clown is coming home for Christmas...

SELF EXPRESSION

LAYLA A non-binary, British-Palestinian drag queen navigates their expression of identity.

GENA ROWLANDS

I like difficult roles,' said Gena Rowlands. No kidding. A stage, TV and film actor whose career spanned more than six decades, Rowlands will be most remembered for the series of coruscating dramas she made with her first husband, actor-turned-director John Cassavetes, between 1968 and 1984.

'NOW NOTHING IS ABOUT LOOKS OR ABOUT BEING A LEADING LADY.AND IT'S VERY LIBERATING' EMILY WATSON

Since breaking hearts in Breaking the Waves, Emily Watson has delivered countless screen masterclasses, from Gosford Park and Punch-Drunk Love to Apple Tree Yard. Now, the English star goes toe-to-toe with Cilllan Murohy in Irish drama Smeal/ Things like hese and fronts 1V prequel Dune: Prophecy. Is it her second coming? It's elementary, my dear Watson...

BLODD PRESSURE

BASED ON STEPHEN KING'S MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOK AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY IT SCRIBE GARY DAUBERMAN, VAMPIRE MOVIE SALEM'S LOT FACED AN UNHOLY FIGHT TO GET TO OUR SCREENS. TOTAL FILM HUNTS DOWN DAUBERMAN AND STARS LEWIS PULLMAN AND MAKENZIE LEIGH TO LEARN ALL THAT WAS AT STAKE...

Lucky Man

He broke out in Beatles jukebox musical Yesterday and has a varied slate of juicy projects on the horizon, including a very different take on a superhero franchise. But, as the everhumble Himesh Patel tells Total Film, he puts a lot of it down to luck...

A BUE ABOVE

WORLD-BUILDER EXTRAORDINAIRE RIDLEY SCOTT IS ALSO THE MASTER OF THE DIRECTOR'S CUT, RESTORING HIS MISHANDLED GEMS INTO MASTERPIECES. WITH THE EXPANSIVE DIRECTOR'S CUT OF NAPOLEON NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM, TOTAL FILM SPEAKS TO THE GREAT SCOTT ABOUT BLOWING UP BONAPARTE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EDITING AND WHY BIGGER IS (USUALLY) BETTER.

REAL STEEL

HE MADE THE WORLD BELIEVE A MAN COULD FLY, BUT NEW DOC SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY REVEALS THE HERO BENEATH THE CAPE. TOTAL FILM MEETS THE TEAM IMMORTALISING AN ICON.

POLE POSITION

Winner of this year's prestigious Palme d'Or in Cannes, Sean Baker's Anora is a loud and lewd love story gone awry, as a Brooklyn pole dancer discovers her Prince Charming is a frog. Total Film meets the writer/director and his team to talk dreams, screams and extremes.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

TRACING OZ COBB'S SPECTACULARLY VIOLENT RISE TO POWER FROM THE ICEBERG LOUNGE OWNER TO GOTHAM'S KINGPIN, HBO'S PRESTIGE SHOW THE PENGUIN KNITS TOGETHER THE BATMAN AND THE PIPELINED THE BATMAN PART II. TOTAL FILM HUDDLES WITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MATT REEVES, STAR COLIN FARRELL, SHOWRUNNER LAUREN LEFRANC AND MORE TO EXPLORE GOTHAM'S DARKEST - AND DEEPEST - CHAPTER YET.

PAPER MARIO: THE THOUSAND-YEAR DOOR

Return of the origami king...

TURKISH DELIGHT

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

DAD DANCING

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

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...

NEW BEGINNINGS COLLEEN HOOVER'S IT ENDS WITH US

Blake Lively stars in the bestseller adaptation.

THE WILD BUNCH

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

FRENCH FANCIES

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

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...

APOCALYPSE VOW

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

RETURN OF THE RINGS

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

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'.

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.

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...

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.

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....

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.

Here Be Dragons

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