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revolution calling

DOCTOR WHO’S FESTIVE SPECIAL PROMISES TEARS AND TINPOT FEARS…

KICKING & STREAMING

Thirty-five years after Daniel LaRusso crane kicked his way to victory at the All Valley Karate Championship, streaming series Cobra Kai has given the Karate Kid franchise a rousing new lease of life. Ahead of Season 3’s debut on Netflix, Total Film hits the dojo with Ralph Macchio, William Zabka and the show’s creators to discuss the unlikely resurgence of an ’80s icon, and Cobra Kai’s hardest hitting season yet.

how to train your dragon

JOHN POWELL | VARÈSE SARABANDE

CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? STAR WARS' COMEBACK YEAR

The Force is strong again… but there’s work to be done.

GREAT ESCAPE

An Oscar frontrunner after dominating festivals with its tale of itinerant van dwellers, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is a film for our recession-struck times. Total Film speaks to the team behind this year’s most soulful movie.

a wimple plan

HOW THE BBC ADAP OF BLACK NARCISSUS IS GETTING THINGS IN ORDER.

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.

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.

THE NEXT BIG THING

ARIANA DEBOSE IS TAKING CENTRE STAGE

SWAN SONG

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

Youth hurts

GUADAGNINO RETURNS TO TEENHOOD WITH WE ARE WHO WE ARE…

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…

Game For A Laugh

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

Inside man

HOW PRISON DRAMA FOR LIFE SETS THE BAR HIGH…

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.

Civil action

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

T-Zone

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL I Films that should be on your radar.

Spirited away

SOUL - Pixar’s latest concerns itself with life, death, purpose and all that jazz…

HIGH LIFE

COUNTY LINES - Henry Blake’s British socialrealist drug-runner debut sizzles…

portrait of a lady

THE CROWN REACHES THE 1980S’ BIGGEST MARRIAGE STORY…

LEAP OF FAITH

A NEW JAMES BOND, A NEW CINEMATIC LANDSCAPE AND A WHOLE NEW WORLD AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR. AS GOLDENEYE TURNS 25, DIRECTOR MARTIN CAMPBELL TELLS TF WHY IT WAS A HUGE…

THE 007 FILES

BOND PRODUCERS BARBARA BROCCOLI AND MICHAEL G. WILSON CRACK OPEN A TOP SECRET DOSSIER AND TALK TF THROUGH SOME RARE AND UNSEEN PICTURES SPANNING THE ENTIRE FRANCHISE…

THE LONG GOODBYE

FOLLOWING A LENGTHY DELAY, DANIEL CRAIG’S JAMES BOND SWAN SONG IS ALMOST UPON US. WITH CLASSIFIED ACCESS TO THE CREATIVE TEAM OF NO TIME TO DIE , TOTAL FILM REVEALS (00)7 UNTOLD STORIES BEHIND THE MAKING OF BOND’S MOST IMPORTANT MISSION TO DATE, HOW CRAIG IS BOWING OUT ON AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND WHAT COMES NEXT…

funny peculiar

GHOSTBUSTING MEETS GUT-BUSTING IN FROST/PEGG’S TRUTH SEEKERS…

Domestic Disturbance

Electrifying, moving and very, very scary, His House bleeds heart-stopping fantasy into bleak reality as asylum seekers are plagued by ghosts of the past. Writer/director Remi Weekes and stars Dìrísù and Wunmi Mosaku take us on a tour of a haunted house movie like no other…

ARMIE HAMMER

He can play matinee idol with his eyes closed, but Armie Hammer is more intrigued by exploring the darkness beneath the surface these days. As he hits both the big and small screen this winter with Rebecca and Death On The Nile, he tells Total Film about embracing his fears…

PAIN AND WAYNE

THE BATMAN I R-Batz steps out of the shadows at DC Fandome.

SOUTHERN GOTHIC

Janelle Monáe leads the way in a sinister social horror with a twist, which blends harrowing scenes of pre-Civil War slavery with a presentday look at contemporary life in New Orleans. Total Film meets the creators and stars of Antebellum, who say the film’s themes couldn’t be more urgent…

WORLD IN 'MATION

THE DINOS ROAR IN ANI-SERIES JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS…

The Witches at 30

Nicolas Roeg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches terrified a generation of children. As the film turns 30, and a big-budget remake approaches, Total Film reflects with star Anjelica Huston on the making of a kid-friendly creepfest.