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THE BIG QUESTION
LETTER OF THE MONTH
The Oscar race reckoning with the dark side of history • WITH A WAVE OF FILMS SPOTLIGHTING DEVASTATING WORLD EVENTS, AWARDS SEASON IS FULL OF THE HEAVIEST OF HITTERS
WHY BARBIE DESERVES HER OSCAR MOMENT
Godzilla Minus One
THE MUTANTS ARE HERE • THE MARVELS’ POST-CREDIT STING JUST BROUGHT US CLOSER TO THE NEW PHASE OF THE X-MEN
MICKEY MOUSE GOES PUBLIC
The return of the animation king
NEED TO KNOW
Baz Luhrmann returns down under
THE EXPERIMENTAL FILM THAT WILL MELT YOUR BRAIN
ON OUR MINDS
Meg Bellamy
A LONDON CINEMA’S TRAILBLAZING LEGACY
The unlikely rebirth of a trashy titan
THE PIPELINE
CHRISTIAN FRIEDEL AS RUDOLF HÖSS
A SEASONAL SLASHER WITH A TWIST
DUD RINGERS
A literary satire that’s far from by the book
“We’ve been trapped in Prestige TV’s gilded cage” • ELLEN E JONES ON WHY ‘PRESTIGE’ AND ‘QUALITY’ TV ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
How Matthew Perry went beyond Bing • THE LATE FRIENDS STAR’S MOVIE CAREER IS MUCH-MALIGNED, BUT THERE ARE GREAT MOMENTS THAT DESERVE A SECOND LOOK
THE COMIC-BOOK MOVIE THAT’S GOING GUERRILLA
THE MONTHLY 10 HIXTARE
How Much Is A Pint Of Milk • THE MAN WHO BROUGHT US PORTLANDIA PONDERS THE INS AND OUTS OF PASTEURISED
MAESTRO
ANATOMY OF A FALL
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES
NAPOLEON
CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET
THE ROYAL HOTEL
EILEEN
A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD
THE MARVELS
THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
UNLEASHING OPPENHEIMER
ALAN PARTRIDGE: BIG BEACON
BE USEFUL: SEVEN TOOLS FOR LIFE
PATH TO PARADISE: A FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA STORY
SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF
SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER
ALAN WAKE II
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN TO MORIA
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2
DREAM SCENARIO
FOR ALL MANKIND: SEASON 4
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1 RYAN GOSLING IS Crulsing FOR A Bruising • DIRECTOR DAVID LEITCH’S ODE TO STUNTPEOPLE IS GOING TO HURT
2 THE Primates Take Over • GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR NEW HAIRY OVERLORDS
3 An Opus Arrives • DIRECTOR STEVE Mc QUEEN AND PRODUCER BIANCA STIGTER ON THEIR HUGE AMSTERDAM DOCUMENTARY
4 THERE’S A NEW Dragon Slayer IN TOWN • MILLIE BOBBY BROWN’S PRINCESS FLIPS THE SCRIPT
6 Bong Joon-ho Goes To Space • AND HE’S TAKING ROBERT PATTINSON WITH HIM
5 Echo Puts The Pedal To The Metal • AND JUMP-STARTS A GRITTIER VERSION OF THE MCU
7 A Vampire Is Reborn • ROBERT EGGERS AWAKENS AN ANCIENT BLOODSUCKER
8 Furiosa Hits The Gas • READY TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD?
9 Gotham’s Kingpin Rises
10 The Clown Prince Goes Gaga
11 DANIEL KALUUYA Gets Cooking
13 The Bear Goes Home
12 Things Are Gonna Get Emotional
14 Axel’s Back
15 Coppola Goes Big
16 Rapman Powers Up
17 Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
18 THE SPY GENRE TURNS Inside Out
19 Zack...