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Empire

WELCOME

DISPATCHES • TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

COMMENT

Lights, camera, chaos • JASON REITMAN ON BOTTLING BEDLAM FOR HIS SNL L O V E LETTER SATURDAY NIGHT

How to reboot Christmas • RED ONE FILMMAKER JAKE KASDAN ON REVAMPING ALL THAT IS MERRY AND BRIGHT

A MODERN MOTHERHOOD MOVIE BARES ITS FANGS • MARIELLE HELLER ON HOW PARENTING INFORMED HER SURREAL DRAMA NIGHTBITCH

CALL DC BY YOUR NAME • LUCA GUADAGNINO IS RUMOURED TO BE MAKING A FILM FOR THE SUPERHERO STUDIO. HERE’S WHAT COULD BE IN STORE

The film Trump couldn’t stop • ALI ABBASI AND SEBASTIAN STAN ON THEIR PROVOCATIVE ORIGIN STORY, THE APPRENTICE

THOMASIN McKENZIE IS JEAN PURDY • THE ACTOR PLAYS A PIONEERING BRITISH NURSE IN TRUE-TO-LIFE MEDICAL DRAMA JOY

A MASTER VOYAGER MAKES HER HOMECOMING • AULI‘I CRAVALHO ON REPRISING A CHARACTER CLOSE TO HER HEART FOR MOANA 2

THE DOCUMENTARY THAT TIME-TRAVELS • WHY ASIF KAPADIA HAD TO MAKE DYSTOPIAN-DOCUDRAMA 2073

A beastly new vision bursts forth • HOW WOLF MAN DIRECTOR LEIGH WHANNELL BROUGHT AN AGE-OLD MONSTER INTO THE MODERN ERA

THE PIPELINE • EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Here’s looking at you, Dad • STEPHEN BOGART SPEAKS FIRST-HAND ABOUT AN INTIMATE NEW DOCUMENTARY ON HIS FAMOUS FATHER

ARE STANDING OVATIONS GETTING OUT OF HAND? • WITH FULSOME APPLAUSE NOW A FILM-FESTIVAL STAPLE, WE LOOK AT THE TRADITION’S HISTORY

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

Inside Ben Wheatley’s elderly apocalypse • EMPIRE GOES ON SET OF HIS NEW OLD VS. YOUNG HORROR SERIES, GENERATION Z

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… THE RUNNING MAN

Anna Kendrick draws power from her past • THE ACTOR MAKES HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH WOMAN OF THE HOUR, A BOLD TALE OF MALE VIOLENCE

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE • EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL TUNES

IMAGINE A FRESH TAKE • DOCUMENTARY ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON A WORLD-FAMOUS COUPLE

Harry Lawtey • THE INDUSTRY ACTOR SETS HIS SIGHTS ON GOTHAM, HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND

LIVE, LAUGH, LFF • TEAM EMPIRE HAND-PICK OUR HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR’S LONDON FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

He was our father • REMEMBERING JAMES EARL JONES, THE PICTURES’ ULTIMATE PATERNAL PRESENCE

Diego Luna • THE ACTOR COOKS UP A STORM FOR OUR DAIRY-BASED QUIZ

reviews • FILMS, TV, BOOKS, GAMES - ALL THE BIG RELEASED, RATED

THE OUTRUN • SAOIRSE RONAN TAKES THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

THE PENGUIN • COLIN FARRELL RETURNS TO OZ

HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN • TIME TO GET OUT THE RED MARKER PEN

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER – SEASON 2 • ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY WALK INTO A SECOND SEASON

LEE • KATE WINSLET FINDS A LIFE BEHIND THE LENS

WOLFS • INSIDE YOU THERE ARE TWO A-LISTERS

THE APPRENTICE • VERY FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES (OF THE CAMERA)

BOX OFFICE POISON • WELCOME TO THE FLOP HOUSE

DISCLAIMER • ANY RESEMBLANCE TO A STANDARD THRILLER IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL

STAR WARS OUTLAWS • MEET A NEW KIND OF SCRUFFY-LOOKING NERF HERDER

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE • IT’S SHOWTIME! AGAIN!

MEGALOPOLIS • IS IT AN OFFER...