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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...
10+ min |
April 2023
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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.
7 min |
April 2023
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Chaos Theory
FAST X Jason Momoa's vengeful and explosive new villain has Dom and the Fast family in his sights.
3 min |
March 2023
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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?
10+ min |
March 2023
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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...
4 min |
March 2023
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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.
1 min |
March 2023
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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.
9 min |
March 2023
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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.
8 min |
March 2023
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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.
6 min |
March 2023
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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.
9 min |
March 2023
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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
10+ min |
March 2023
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In the crosshairs this month... Jenny Slathe
You talkin' to me? Film quotes pose as questions. Film stars try to cope.
4 min |
January 2023
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Forbidden Love
JOYLAND Pakistan’s taboo-tackling transgender love story….
2 min |
January 2023
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Film Journalist
Editor-at-Large Jamie Graham lifts the lid on film journalism.
3 min |
January 2023
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Baby Talk
BROKER Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest gets to the heart of the baby box issue…
2 min |
January 2023
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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...
7 min |
January 2023
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5 Things – Gordon's Alive
NOLLY Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T. Davies resurrect a neglected legend of British TV.
2 min |
January 2023
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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...
10+ min |
January 2023
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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.
10+ min |
January 2023
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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...
6 min |
January 2023
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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...
7 min |
January 2023
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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.
7 min |
January 2023
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THE HERO
DON CHEADLE THE AMERICAN ACTOR-DIRECTOR BRINGS THE NOISE...
3 min |
January 2023
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LEAP OF FAITH
CREATURE Asif Kapadia takes a break from documentaries to bring us a dance film with a difference.
2 min |
January 2023
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CAN WE TALK ABOUT?
THE EXTINCTION OF MOVIE STARS IS THE MCU MAKING THE ACTOR REDUNDANT?
2 min |
January 2023
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KISS AND MAKE UP
SHE IS LOVE Haley Bennett and Sam Riley make it up as they go along in Jamie Adams’ latest.
2 min |
January 2023
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COOL CAT
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH The flamboyant feline returns – and he’s down to his last life.
3 min |
January 2023
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COMING HOME
NOSTALGIA A richly rewarding return to one of Naples’ poorest districts…
1 min |
January 2023
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NEXT BIG THING
BEN ALDRIDGE CAN HEAR HOLLYWOOD KNOCKING...
1 min |
January 2023
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SEX EDUCATION
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE Jesse Eisenberg speed-shags his way across New York.
2 min |