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...

SEX EDUCATION

FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE Jesse Eisenberg speed-shags his way across New York.

HIDDEN LIFE

BLUE JEAN Georgia Oakley’s debut tackles a grim piece of recent British history…

ASSASSIN'S NEED

THE HANGING SUN A hitman has a crisis of conscience in Jo Nesbø’s Nordic noir…

TRUE CRIME

SAINT OMER Alice Diop's stunning drama tackles motherhood's greatest taboo...

TEAM PLAYERS

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Game Night’s directing duo put the fun back into fantasy…

OUT OF THE PAST

THE STRAYS A woman’s secret history surfaces to splinter her present in an accomplished debut thriller…

HOT RIGHT NOW

SCARLETT JOHANSSON IS ON THE CASE...

LIFE ON FILM

THE FABELMANS How Steven Spielberg brought his cine-memoir to the screen.

Lily-Rose Depp – Hot Right Now

Lily-Rose Depp is sinking her teeth into the good stuff…

'dunit again

After the unexpectedly huge success of Knives Out, Benoit Blane is back on another case. Total Film meets writer/ director Rian Johnson, returning star Daniel Craig and a new line-up of potential suspects/victims for clues on how to crack the murder mystery follow-up.

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

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No strings attached – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

The filmmaking team on giving life to the classic fable and creating poetry in stop-motion.

Angela Lansbury 1925-2022

From Cukor to criminology, Broadway to broomsticks, Mame to Mrs. Potts, Angela Lansbury brought a stamp of effortlessly adaptable quality to her work across film, theatre and TV.

Avatar – A Bigger Splash

The long-awaited sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time and the opening chapter in a fully conceived four-film saga, Avatar: The Way Of Water is a 13-years-in-the-making return trip to cinema's most immersive world. Total Film plunges back into Pandora with James Cameron, the film's cast and its crew to uncover the bigger, bolder, even bluer sequel.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Awarded four Oscars for Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu is at the top of the Hollywood food chain. So what does he do? Make the most personal - and divisive - film of his career: Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths. Total Film meets the Mexican rule-breaker who wants to change the boundaries of cinema.