'I WAS READING A WHOLE BUNCH OF SCRIPTS THAT WANTED ME TO FLY SOMEWHERE OR SAVE A PLANET..." JOHN BOYEGA

He's starred in huge movies like Star Wars and Pacific Rim Uprising but it's urgent films like Detroit, Small Axe and The Woman King that most call to John Boyega right now. The Brit star tells Total Film why his new true-life crime drama, Breaking, is headline news, and how Attack the Block 2 is pretty darn bloody frickin' dope...

DAWN OF THE DCU

Until now, the DC movie universe hasn't been able to find the world-building consistency that made Marvel Studios a blockbuster juggernaut. With James Gunn and Peter Safran now in charge, the DCU is under new management, and building a whole new interlinked saga. Here's what you can expect in Chapter One...

PIPE SCHEMES

Eight exciting rising stars and the director of acclaimed tech horror Cam unite to somehow turn a non-fiction political manifesto into a nerve-shredding, fiery and mainstream-accessible heist thriller. Total Film meets the team rewriting the rulebook with How to Blow up a Pipeline.

Chaos Theory

FAST X Jason Momoa's vengeful and explosive new villain has Dom and the Fast family in his sights.

IF YOU REALLY CARE, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS AFTER ITSELF: TARON EGERTON

Since becoming a star overnight with Kingsman, Taron Egerton has proved his range as a song-and-dance man, and showcased serious dramatic chops as well as a crowd-pleasing lightness of touch. With the release of a surprising new Tetris movie, is everything falling into place for the next phase of his career?

GIVING IT LARGE

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Buckle up. The sequel to the DCEU's kid-in-an-adult-superhero's-body movie is going big...

INFINITY POOL: Island in the sin...

Is this a dream? It would make more sense,’ sighs holidaymaker Em (Cleopatra Coleman) halfway through writer/director Brandon Cronenberg’s third feature. But in reality, the moral dilemma facing her and her novelist husband James (Alexander Skarsgård) is the stuff of nightmares: one that not only shakes their relationship to its very foundations, but gives ‘tourist trap’ a completely new meaning.

INSTRUMENTAL FIGURE

He was a musical prodigy, confidant of France's most infamous queen, and contemporary of Mozart. But his race and revolutionary actions saw his legacy almost entirely wiped from history by the establishment. Total Film meets star Kelvin Harrison Jr. and the film-making team behind Chevalier to discuss their electrifying 'rock star' portrait and all its contemporary resonances.

Grief Encounter

After experiencing personal loss amid a global pandemic, Zach Braff sat down to write a film for Florence Pugh that explored sorrow. The writer/director of A GOOD PERSON and his cast tell Total Film how addiction, music and terrible haircuts fed into a timely indie.

ROCK N ROLE

Model turned actor Suki Waterhouse is channelling her passion for music in hotly anticipated docudrama Daisy Jones  & The Six and her own burgeoning career as a singer. During a rare day off in her multi-US-city tour, Total Film catches up with the star to talk about hitting all the right notes.

THE DICE GUYS

IT'S BEEN AN EPIC QUEST TO GET DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES TO THE BIG SCREEN. TOTAL FILM MEETS THE FILM-MAKERS AND ENSEMBLE CAST HOPING TO ROLL A 20 ON A NEW BLOCKBUSTER CAMPAIGN.

WORK SUCKS

Some jobs are just too hard to walk away from... As Dracula undergoes a revamp, Nicholas Hoult gets himself a new goth superhero and Nicolas Cage finally sinks his teeth into the role he's been waiting his whole life to play. Welcome to the weird, funny, gory world of RENFIELD

In the crosshairs this month... Jenny Slathe

You talkin' to me? Film quotes pose as questions. Film stars try to cope.

Forbidden Love

JOYLAND Pakistan’s taboo-tackling transgender love story….

It Shouldn't Happen to a Film Journalist

Editor-at-Large Jamie Graham lifts the lid on film journalism.

Baby Talk

BROKER Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest gets to the heart of the baby box issue…

Cocaine Bear

Cocaine Bear tells the outrageous story of a black bear who goes on a rampage after ingesting vast quantities of abandoned cocaine. Unbelievably, it's inspired by a true story from 1985. Director Elizabeth Banks talks in her own words about bringing a darkly comedic horror thrill ride to life...

5 Things – Gordon's Alive

NOLLY Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T. Davies resurrect a neglected legend of British TV.

big bad John

Idris Elba's small-screen DCI eyes a feature franchise with a step up in scale and ambition. Elba and his team tell Total Film why morally compromised Luther can take on 007 in the movie stakes...

25 Best Detectives of All Time

From craggy PIs to slick super-sleuths to tenacious journos, the movie detective is a genre-defining figure almost as old as cinema. Join us, then, as we celebrate those who variously use their brains, brawn and/or bravado to crack crimes, right wrongs and dole out justice, one clue at a time.

Daddy ISSUES

After his Oscar-winning dementia drama The Father, Florian Zeller knew exactly where to go next. A family saga that'll leave you shocked or sobbing, THE SON is a further deep dive into mental health. Total Film meets him and his stellar cast for a tear-strewn chat...

MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE

In Magic Mike's Last Dance, Channing Tatum's erotic dancer is now 40, in a relationship, and struggling to make sense of what is and isn't sexy - or indeed permissible in a MeToo world. Director Steven Soderbergh explains in his own words why the third and final Magic Mike movie goes further than ever before in a bid to expose modern truths...

KNOCK AT THE CABIN

Twisty-turny storyteller M. Night Shyamalan is at it again with Knock At The Cabin, a woods-bound, home-invasion horror movie that morphs into something totally unexpected. Here the modern-day master of suspense talks us through his process, revealing his secrets... but not those of his WTF movie.

THE HERO

DON CHEADLE THE AMERICAN ACTOR-DIRECTOR BRINGS THE NOISE...

LEAP OF FAITH

CREATURE Asif Kapadia takes a break from documentaries to bring us a dance film with a difference.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT?

THE EXTINCTION OF MOVIE STARS IS THE MCU MAKING THE ACTOR REDUNDANT?

KISS AND MAKE UP

SHE IS LOVE Haley Bennett and Sam Riley make it up as they go along in Jamie Adams’ latest.

COOL CAT

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH The flamboyant feline returns – and he’s down to his last life.

COMING HOME

NOSTALGIA A richly rewarding return to one of Naples’ poorest districts…

NEXT BIG THING

BEN ALDRIDGE CAN HEAR HOLLYWOOD KNOCKING...