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Get the Tarantino look • Costume designer Arianne Phillips on realising Quentin Tarantino’s vision for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Is the Emperor really still alive? • And five other burning questions about Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
INTRODUCING JANNAH
Puppets — as you’ve never seen them
Fresh on the shelf • Producer Jonas Rivera on what you need to know about Toy Story 4’s key characters
EGG BOX • THE PIXAR EASTER EGGS SPOTTED IN TOY STORY 4 SO FAR
“He raised an entire generation” • David Lammy, UK Member of Parliament for Tottenham, shares a personal remembrance of director John Singleton, who died in April
Apple’s streaming shake-up • Here’s the shows you didn’t hear about in that Apple TV+ keynote
THE MONEY SHOT • THIS MONTH’S BIGGEST TRAILER MOMENT
Remembering a trailblazer • Writer Beth Webb — who programmed an Agnès Varda retrospective in 2018 — pays tribute to the influential filmmaker
ESSENTIAL AGNÈS VARDA • YOUR STARTER FOR THREE FROM THE MOTHER OF FRENCH NEW WAVE
PRIME TIME • Track down the upcoming adaptation of The President Is Missing
Building a better robot • I Am Mother director Grant Sputore on his sci-fi feature film debut and the creation of its striking automaton lead
YESTERDAY
WILD ROSE
TOLKIEN
HAPPY AS LAZZARO
THE HEIRESSES
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE
ASTERIX: THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC POTION
RED JOAN
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS
AVENGERS: ENDGAME
JOHN WICK CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM
I AM MOTHER
PETER PARKER’S EUROPEAN VACATION • WITH ENDGAME OVER, MARVEL IS RETURNING WITH A LIGHTER TALE, THE EUROPE-SPANNING SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME. BUT EVEN ON SUMMER HOLIDAY, DON’T EXPECT THE WORLD-WIDE WEBSLINGER TO CATCH A BREAK
FAR FROM HOMEWORK • DIRECTOR JON WATTS ON THREE MOVIES HE WATCHED TO PREPARE FOR FAR FROM HOME
THE AMAZING SPOILER-MAN • TOM HOLLAND HAS A REPUTATION FOR LETTING SLIP MARVEL’S MIGHTIEST SECRETS. EMPIRE CONFRONTS HIM ON HIS BIGGEST BLABS
THERE AND BACK AGAIN • From his island base in the South Pacific, Peter Jackson has conquered the world, his films grossing an astounding $6.5 billion. Empire joins the master director back at his Wellington HQ to find out what’s next
THE PEOPLE VS. PETER JACKSON • In lieu of a game of riddles, we posed your questions to the Lord Of The Rings legend. And no matter how leftfield or board-game-related, he was more than happy to answer them
HIS PRECIOUSES • Smaug isn’t the only one with a horde of treasure. Peter Jackson welcomes Empire into his personal collection of film and TV props, a veritable Xanadu of geekery
FINAL MUTATION • X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX HAS TWO IMMENSE CHALLENGES TO FACE: NAILING A STORYLINE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BOTCHED ONCE, AND COMPLETING THE SAGA THAT PUT MUTANTS ON THE MAP. DIRECTOR SIMON KINBERG AND CAST EXPLAIN WHY THIS TIME THE DNA IS PERFECT
ALIEN AUTOPSY • JESSICA CHASTAIN DISSECTS HER MYSTERIOUS EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL BADDIE
SUITED AND REBOOTED • MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL IS FRESHENING UP THE SCI-FI COMEDY FRANCHISE, WITH NEW HEROES AND NEW SCUM OF THE UNIVERSE FOR THEM TO TAKE DOWN....