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Riding into a new frontier • WITCHES! ZOMBIES! ANCIENT GODS! AHSOKA SEASON 2 IS TAKING STAR WARS TO SERIOUSLY STRANGE PLACES…

A star is brawn • READY FOR A BIOPIC THAT EATS LIGHTNING AND CRAPS THUNDER? I PLAY ROCKY TELLS THE UNDERDOG STORY BEHIND THE UNDERDOG STORY

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… VARANASI

Music from the heart • FOR TONY GILROY, BEHEMOTH! IS HIS CHANCE TO HONOUR A LIFELONG LOVE

FIFTY SHADES OF HAY • HOW WICKER BREATHED LIFE INTO A BUFF BASKET FOR A ROMCOM WITH A DIFFERENCE

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE STRANGE BRAINS OF TEAM EMPIRE

Inside Hollywood’s ‘ship’ with fanfiction • HOW AMATEUR STORIES ABOUT HARRY POTTER AND STAR WARS HAVE BECOME HOT PROPERTY FOR STUDIOS

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

Adria Arjona’s Judgment Day • THE ACTOR LOCKS AND LOADS IN ADAM WINGARD’S GONZO ACTION MOVIE ONSLAUGHT

HANDPICKED HITS FROM THE LFF • TEAM EMPIRE CHOOSE THEIR PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR’S LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

THE NEW FUTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT • THE THREE PRIME DIRECTIVES REQUIRED TO GET THE DAN STEVENS ROBOCOP SHOW RIGHT

Jumping in at the deep end • FJORD REUNITES TWO OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST RISK-SEEKING STARS, RENATE REINSVE AND SEBASTIAN STAN

“Furious asks if institutions were ever designed to help survivors in the first place.” • LEILA LATIF ON HOW THE TIMELY SERIES IS CALL-TO-ARMS TV AT ITS BEST

DAISY EDGAR-JONES IS ELINOR DASHWOOD • THE ACTOR PLAYS THE HERO OF SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

PANIC IN THE PIXELS • HOW DIY MOVIE-GAME HYBRID TENEBRIS SOMNIA IS HELLBENT ON SCARING UP A STORM

FROM BARBIELAND TO BEDROCK • RYAN GOSLING IS BRINGING US A BAMM-BAMM MOVIE. HERE’S HOW THE PREHISTORIC INFANT HAS EVOLVED

Unpacking Marvel’s new mutant line-up • TEAM EMPIRE WEIGH IN ON THE NEW X-MEN ENSEMBLE, AS UNVEILED AT D23 IN AUGUST

MEET THE X-MEN’S LATEST FOE • WHO IS ADAM DRIVER’S MISTER SINISTER, AND WHY SHOULD WE BE AFRAID?

Oscar hopes for a queer triptych • WHY LA BOLA NEGRA’S TIME-TRAVERSING STORY OF WAR, LOVE AND TRAGEDY IS MAKING A SPLASH

THE MVP • MEET OUR HERO OF THE MONTH

THE BULL GRABBING THE BOX OFFICE’S HORNS • HOW AMATEUR CHINESE ANIMATION NIU LAI BECAME THE MOST PROFITABLE FILM OF ALL TIME

How two debut performances rocked cinema • WE PAY TRIBUTE TO TIM CURRY AND DOLLY PARTON, WHO ARRIVED ON SCREEN FULLY FORMED AND FULL-THROATED

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How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? • THE CARRIE STAR WAS A BAD BUSBOY, BUT WILL WRITE YOU A LOVELY REVIEW OF YOUR WORK

THE UPRISING • GREENGRASS MAKES 1381 THE IMMEDIATE PAST

TENZING • CLIMBING EVEREST WITH AN UNIMPEDED VIEW

MAYDAY

GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS

OASIS: DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER • THEY’RE THE STORY, MORNING GLORY

HER PRIVATE HELL • ONLY GOD FORGIVES FILMMAKING THIS TEDIOUS

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