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Stranger Things prepares its endgame • The Duffer Brothers tease the monumental season-capper of their fantasy behemoth
Baltasar Kormákur’s survival guide • With BEAST, the thrillseeking director continues to tackle the extreme
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Facing up to a Face/Off sequel • Adam Wingard updates Empire on his follow-up to John Woo’s 1997 classic, being written with Nicolas Cage in mind
The secrets of becoming Al Pacino • In THE OFFER, Anthony Ippolito plays the actor who played Michael Corleone. He tells us why it wasn’t strictly business, but personal
Development hell vs Predator • With new Predator movie Prey out soon, we look at series entries that never got made
How a Native-American story defied the odds • Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s War Pony has gone from Pine Ridge reservation to the red carpet at Cannes
Inside 2022’s sleeper smash • How eccentric, ideaspacked indie EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE proved that original stories can still hit big
The life aquatic with James Cameron • Avatar: The Way Of Water’s new sea creatures revealed
“The struggles are where you really learn something about yourself” • [THE Q & A] As CONSTANCE WU tackles high-octane action for the first time, the actor explains why she’ll never play the same role twice
Why Ncuti Gatwa will be the perfect Doctor • Boyd Hilton on why the Sex Education star and returning showrunner Russell T Davies are a perfect duo for Doctor Who
TRIPPY MUSHROOMS • Spore-bearing soildwellers are having a Hollywood moment. Shrooming marvellous
The romcom making history • Billy Eichner on BROS, the gay romantic comedy that’s pushing things forward in more than one way
“His score was the soul of Blade Runner ” • Ridley Scott and David Puttnam remember working with late, legendary composer VANGELIS
How Hollywood is smashing sexual taboos • Pleasure is the latest in a wave of films aiming to change perceptions of sex work
Three Thousand Years Of Longing • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE
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BLACK IN FOCUS • AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month
What will the MCU look like in 2032? • As Marvel brainstorms its next decade of movies and TV, we predict the future of superheroes
From outer space to a childhood place • Filmmaker James Gray ditches the spectacle for Armageddon Time, his most personal film yet
The champion of the psychological thriller returns • After six years, Park Chan-wook is back doing what he does best with DECISION TO LEAVE
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Still turning it up to 11 • A brief history of Spinal Tap, the fake band that simply refuse to quit rocking
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