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A crash course in Spielberg school • THE FABELMANS breakout star Gabriel LaBelle on playing the filmmaker, with help from the man himself

Why I couldn’t let Pinocchio go • GUILLERMO DEL TORO on finally bringing his 14-year puppet passion project to life

An empress gets her edge back • Corsage star Vicky Krieps on turning Elisabeth of Austria into a rebel to cheer for

Putting a fresh spin on ghostbusting • Joe Cornish is back, with a seriously spooky new show, LOCKWOOD & CO. Be afraid…

BLACK IN FOCUS • AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month

BRIAN COX vs. SALLY FIELD

Building a big-screen dream • Sam Mendes on recreating a 1980s cinema — cue Pearl & Dean music — for EMPIRE OF LIGHT

The life-affirming film that’s all about death • With BARDO, filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu celebrates his roots with his most personal film yet

CHOOSE LIFE, CHOOSE THE RED PILL • Danny Boyle is set to direct a hip-hop Matrix stage musical. Yes, really. Here’s what we’d like to see in Free Your Mind

NEXT IN THE SERIES

Inside Sarah Polley’s barnstorming comeback • With its urgent message, A-list cast and rigorous construction, WOMEN TALKING makes for a bold return

How do you make a grumpy man gripping? • A Man Called Otto director Marc Forster on turning Tom Hanks into a crotchety killjoy

“There’s a lot of magic in my career. I’m often waving a wand around” • [ THE Q&A] WARWICK DAVIS reprises his first-ever starring role in the Willow TV series

Meet the real-life WALL●E • Documentary Good Night Oppy shows that real-life robots can be loveable too

CRABBY GUYS • These part-men, part-shellfish have been scuttling across screens big and small

Stepping into Whitney’s shoes • Naomi Ackie on how she transformed into a music legend for I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

How Hitch inspired my filmmaking career • Mark Cousins on his personal journey towards creating My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

The Super Mario Bros. Movie • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

One reveal to rule them all • In the Rings Of Power season finale, Sauron finally unmasked himself. We delve into the story behind the Dark Lord’s return

Lyric Ross • THE 19-YEAR-OLD ACTOR PLAYS TEEN OUTCAST KAT IN HENRY SELICK’S STOP-MOTION HORROR WENDELL & WILD

Nic Cage’s animal kingdom • The actor on his favourite fauna, including his co-stars in new film BUTCHER’S CROSSING

Special requests • With Queen Latifah revealing she has a ‘no-death’ clause in her contracts, we explore the wildest Hollywood demands

There’s no escaping Barbarian • Filmmaker Zach Cregger on his debut film’s surprise success

PINT OF MILK

BROS

MY POLICEMAN

CAUSEWAY

GOOD NIGHT OPPY

WENDELL & WILD

WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

BARBARIAN

LIVING

HALLOWEEN ENDS

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

AMST ERDAM

WATCHER

MY FATHER’S DRAGON

SOMETHING IN THE DIRT

ARMAGEDDON TIME

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