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WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH

THIS MONTH

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No./1 Say hello to Marvel’s next Big Bad • Peyton Reed gives the sub-atomic skinny on ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA

No./2 Magic Mike’s curtain call • STEVEN SODERBERGH on directing his stripper swan song

No./3 NEXT IN THE SERIES • You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next

No./4 THE SECRETS OF JENNY THE DONKEY • She stole the show in The Banshees Of Inisherin. Now, her handler Rita Maloney reveals four facts about the braying breakout

No./5 Making White Noise’s supermarket showstopper • Greta Gerwig and choreographer David Neumann unpack the new drama’s surprising dance number

No./6 Season’s Grootings! • The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special brings a festive finale to the MCU’s fourth phase

No./7 Move over, Chucky • There’s a new ultra-creepy doll ready to wreak havoc. M3GAN producer James Wan and writer Akela Cooper introduce us…

No./9 DC UNDER THE GUNN • With James Gunn anointed co-head of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, what can we expect from this new era?

No./8 Serving up a second course of Boiling Point • Inside the serialised sequel to the Stephen Graham-fronted restaurant stress-fest

No./10 “At 45 I’m still there, on my little canoe going down the river” • [ THE Q&A ] SAMANTHA MORTON on honouring the women in #MeToo drama She Said, and her fearless approach to performing

No./12 BONY HEADGEAR • Wearing skeletal remains on your bonce is the new big-screen fashion statement

No./11 Inside Marvel’s most meta moment yet • She-Hulk’s creator Jessica Gao on that boundary-smashing finale

No./13 The secrets of the Overlook • A huge new book on THE SHINING features rare and unseen photos. Like these...

No./14 The Father, The Son, and the returning director • FLORIAN ZELLER on the emotionally charged follow-up to his Oscar-winning drama

No./15 Star Wars drops a club banger • Among the surprises in Andor: an electronic tune that got our hands in the air. We find out how it happened

No./16 The road to the role of a lifetime • Danielle Deadwyler on the performances that led her to TILL

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

No./17 REBORN RETURNS • Mark Wahlberg’s Father Stu is the latest film to return to its cinematic birth canal. We investigate

Mindcage • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

Frankie Corio • THE 13-YEAR-OLD ACTOR MAKES HER BREAKTHROUGH OPPOSITE PAUL MESCAL IN BUZZY INDIE AFTERSUN

No./18 Indie horror bites back • In a year of big box-office wins and Oscar rumours, the genre is entering an exciting new era

No./19 M. Night Shyamalan brings horror home • With KNOCK AT THE CABIN, the filmmaker goes back to basics in style

No./20 Who won the battle of Westeros vs Middle-earth ? • Which delivered the most jaw-dropping first season: House Of The Dragon or The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power? Empire casts an eye over the evidence…

ASA BUTTERFIELD

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

BONES AND ALL

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