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.

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADOX

Wormholes, parallel universes, the spacetime continuum… Could any of the time travel scenarios we see in film actually happen? Top physicist Professor Jim AlKhalili does the maths on some classic movies to tell Total Film what might be possible – and what’s definitely not…

'Lan Of Duty

Adrenaline-pumping battle sequences and epic landscapes as Disney’s latest live-action remake gets down to business.

Wrestle Mania

Chris Hemsworth takes on a hulking new role outside the MCU.

MARK RYLANCE

Beloved by Spielberg and Nolan, Mark Rylance has been called the greatest stage and screen star of his generation. Now the British chameleon from Bridge Of Spies and Dunkirk is back, with Satan, Sorkin and Johnny Depp on his dance card. Total Film meets the most modest actor around.

TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG 18

A biopic that doesn’t beat around the bushranger. Plus! Which (movie) gang are you in?

New blood

HANNA SEASON 2 PROMISES MORE SHADY THRILLS AND TEENAGE KILLS…

FRESH PRINCE

DC’s warrior goddess returns in Wonder Woman 1984, a sequel that gives her new friends, new foes, new threads, and a whole new decade to contend with. But just how will Diana Prince cope with the era of excess and decadence? Total Film meets director Patty Jenkins and stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal to find out.

Elementary School

Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill star in the curious case of Sherlock’s sister.

DEATH PROOF

IN THE OLD GUARD, CHARLIZE THERON STARS AS AN IMMORTAL WARRIOR WHO HAS DEDICATED HER ETERNAL EXISTENCE TO SECRETLY RIGHTING HUMANITY'S WRONGS - UNTIL HER KING BECOME THE TARGETS. TOTAL FILM TALKS TO THERON, CO-STARS KIKI LAYNE AND CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AND DIRECTOR OINA PRINCE-BY THE WOOD ABOUT LOCKDOWN'S BIGGEST COMIC=BOOK BLOCKBUSTER...

BODY TALK

For our 300th issue, we catch up with Zack Snyder to chat about his Spartan epic – a film that split opinion but paved the way for a new kind of sword-and-sandals blockbuster while changing the rules for comic-book movies…

How To Build A Girl Along Came Dolly

Beanie Feldstein dances to her own music in How To Build A Girl, an adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s hilarious and heartfelt semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel. TF goes on set to witness director Coky Giedroyc and stars Feldstein and Paddy Considine making all the right moves…

Killing Time

THE OLD GUARD I Charlize Theron leads a team of mercenaries in the last blockbuster standing…

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: Blaze of Glory

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are Fire Saga, representing Iceland at EUROVISION in the aptly titled Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga. TF speaks to the on-song stars and director David Dobkin to find out why this gloriously camp comedy is exactly what we need right now…

Picture Palace

SET MY HEART TO FIVE I Guest contributor Simon Stephenson on his love for cinemas…

science friction

HOW NEW SITCOM SPACE FORCE IS SHOOTING FOR THE MOON…

TIME TO SPY

Christopher Nolan puts his own unique spin on the spy genre in Tenet, the most anticipated – and secretive – blockbuster of the year. Total Film witnesses explosive on set action as the writer /director continues his preoccupation with the concept of time on his most ambitious production yet. Prepare for an ‘incredible ride’...