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Editor NICK DE SEMLYEN

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Inside Hollywood’s historic civil war • AS ACTORS JOIN WRITERS ON THE PICKET LINE, EMPIRE HEADS TO THE FRONT TO FIND OUT HOW IT’S COME TO THIS

Why the year’s sexiest film is about tennis • ZENDAYA AND HER CHALLENGERS CO-STARS ON BRINGING THREE-LOVE TO THEIR COURT-SET ROMANCE

NEED TO KNOW

From box-office queen to queen of the box • ZOE SALDAÑA TAKES UP ARMS FOR NEW SERIES SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS

FIVE GO WILD WITH NICOLAS WINDING REFN • THE CONTROVERSIAL DANISH DIRECTOR IS ADAPTING ENID BLYTON’S FAMOUS FIVE SERIES. YES, REALLY. WE IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT ENSUE

A BOGUS JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF YOUTUBE • ALEX WINTER RETURNS WITH NEW TECH-DOC THE YOUTUBE EFFECT, AS SCARY AS ANYTHING YOU’LL SEE THIS YEAR

The Spotlight Archie Madekwe • THE STAR OF GRAN TURISMO AND ARI ASTER’S GO-TO GUY IS MOVING INTO THE FAST LANE

THREE SONGS THAT POWER A DUBLIN MUSICAL • FLORA AND SON DIRECTOR JOHN CARNEY ON THE EVOLUTION OF HIS NEW TUNES

Ken Loach’s last orders • FOR HIS FINAL FILM, THE OLD OAK, THE BRITISH FILMMAKER TAKES HIS POLITICS TO THE PUB

THE BANSHEES BOOZER FINDS A NEW HOME • ON THE SUBJECT OF PUBS, THE WATERING HOLE FROM THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND YES, IT’S DONKEY-FRIENDLY

ON OUR MINDS

Rewriting the exorcism playbook • DAVID GORDON GREEN ON UPDATING AN ICONIC HORROR WITH THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER

“ This is going to be one genie that’s hard to cram back into the bottle” • EMPIRE’S CHRIS HEWITT ON RESURRECTING ACTORS FOR THE SCREEN

The R-rated comedy is back to save cinema • AFTER YEARS RELEGATED TO STREAMING, FOUL-MOUTHED FUNNY FILMS ARE MAKING A THEATRICAL RETURN. EMPIRE FINDS OUT WHY

THE PIPELINE

Where the Wickiverse goes next • STRAP ON YOUR BULLETPROOF VEST — JOHN WICK SPIN-OFF THE CONTINENTAL IS COMING IN HOT

PEDRO ALMODÓVAR HEADS TO THE WILD WEST • THE SPANISH FILMMAKER RIDES INTO NEW TERRAIN WITH HIS STARRY SHORT FILM STRANGE WAY OF LIFE

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE

Trailer Talk Wonka • UNFILTERED, UNCENSORED, UNCOMPROMISING TRAILER REACTIONS FROM TEAM EMPIRE

THE CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE STORMING THE SUMMER • SOUND OF FREEDOM HAS DEFIED ODDS TO BECOME A BOX-OFFICE SENSATION

THE BANS THAT NOBODY SAW COMING • WITH BARBIE LANDING IN HOT WATER, WE EXPLORE WHY CERTAIN MOVIES GOT THE CHOP

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Clive Owen • DOES CLIVE KNOW HIS CREAM? THE ACTOR TAKES ON OUR ESOTERIC QUESTIONNAIRE

JOY RIDE

BARBIE • LIFE IN PLASTIC: CROWDPLEASINGLY FANTASTIC

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING SEASON 3 • BECAUSE HOMICIDES ALWAYS COME IN THREES

THEY CLONED TYRONE • BLAXPLOITATION IS BACK — AND IT’S MULTIPLYING

SCRAPPER

RUBY GILLMAN: TEENAGE KRAKEN

OPPENHEIMER • OR, HOW CHRISTOPHER NO LAN LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND FILM THE BOMB

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM

SCROUNGING

ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE: THE ART OF THE MOVIE

ARNOLD

KIND OF A BIG DEAL • DON’T ACT LIKE YOU’RE NOT IMPRESSED BY THIS HISTORY OF A COMEDIC MASTERPIECE

THE BEAR: SEASON 2 • BEAR WITNESS TO ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS CURRENTLY ON TV

THE INNOCENT

THE BLACKENING • THE ‘BLACK GUY DIES FIRST’...