In this issue

HILLBILLY ELEGY
Ron Howard brings his A-game (Amy Adams, Appalachia, awards potential) to Netflix’s new family drama.

TOTAL XMAS
Films of Christmas past! Films of Christmas future! Ideas for geeky presents!

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
The story of the blues drama marking Chadwick Boseman’s final role.

Game For A Laugh

FREE GUY I Ryan Reynolds’ alt-reality tentpole is a comedy for our turbulent times...

4 mins

SWAN SONG

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM I A blues icon gets her due in Chadwick Boseman’s final film.

2 mins

THE NEXT BIG THING

ARIANA DEBOSE IS TAKING CENTRE STAGE

2 mins

THE KANE EVENT

Everything is Orson? Well, maybe not. David Fincher’s Mank explores the origins of Welles’ magnum opus, bringing his own Hollywood experience to bear on a 30-years in-the-making black-and-white masterpiece that feels like it could have been found on a shelf next to Citizen Kane. Total Film meets Fincher and cast to talk Hollywood past and present.

10+ mins

Southern DISCOMFORT

A SENSITIVE APPALACHIAN FAMILY MEMOIR. THE BAROMETER OF A DIVIDED NATION. OR JUST OSCAR BAIT? RON HOWARD’S HILLBILLY ELEGY WILL SURELY SPLIT OPINION. TOTAL FILM MEETS THE DIRECTOR AND CAST TO UNPACK THE SEASON’S MOST INSPIRATIONAL TRUE STORY.

8 mins

Parental control

For his intense directorial debut Falling, multihyphenate Viggo Mortensen has drawn inspiration from his own tough-love upbringing. He sits down with Total Film to get up close and personal…

8 mins

The Killer inside me

Brandon Cronenberg’s techno-thriller Possessor is being hailed as the genre film of the year. He sits down with Total Film to turn the gun on himself and pull the sick-trigger on a film so disturbing it would make his dad squirm.

5 mins

Civil action

THE GOOD LORD BIRD FLIES IN THE FACE OF PERIOD-DRAMA CONVENTION…

4 mins

Youth hurts

GUADAGNINO RETURNS TO TEENHOOD WITH WE ARE WHO WE ARE…

4 mins

Inside man

HOW PRISON DRAMA FOR LIFE SETS THE BAR HIGH…

3 mins

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