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EMPIRE

EMPIRE WELCOME

DISPATCHES • TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE...

EMPIRE COMMENT

The love story that will break you • ANDREW HAIGH ON HIS TENDER, TEAR-INDUCING ROMANCE, ALL OF US STRANGERS

The cat that gave Matthew Vaughn paws for thought • THE ARGYLLE DIRECTOR INTRODUCES THE FAMOUS FELINE WITH FAMILY TIES

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

All busy on the Western front • THE MULTIFACETED VIGGO MORTENSEN ON HIS MANY ROLES IN BRINGING THE DEAD DON’T HURT TO THE SCREEN

TOM HANKS’ LUNAR LOVE LANGUAGE • A NEW EXHIBITION IS JUST THE LATEST COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ACTOR AND THE MOON

AN OUTBACK THRILLER DRIVING WOMEN TO THE EDGE • THE ROYAL HOTEL DIRECTOR KITTY GREEN ON THE TOILS OF TRAVELLING AND TOXIC MASCULINITY

John Waters’ treasure trove of trash • THE INFAMOUS DIRECTOR NOW HAS HIS OWN MUSEUM EXHIBITION. HE TALKS US THROUGH SIX KEY ITEMS

A MONGOOSE FILM WITH NO MONGOOSE? • NANDOR FODOR AND THE TALKING MONGOOSE PROMISES A SNAKE-ANTAGONISING CRITTER BUT DOESN’T DELIVER. WE VENTURED ON SET TO FIND OUT WHY

Creating a new rhythm for a radical classic • BLITZ BAZAWULE ON BRINGING HIS MUSICAL ROOTS TO A NEW ADAPTATION OF THE COLOR PURPLE

“It’s time to start seeking out new high concepts” • HELEN O’HARA ON WHY HOLLYWOOD NEEDS TO MOVE ON FROM ENDLESS REBOOTS AND FIND SOME FRESH IDEAS

WE WISH WOO A MERRY CHRISTMAS • MASTER OF MAYHEM JOHN WOO IS RETURNING WITH FESTIVE ACTIONER SILENT NIGHT. HERE ARE FOUR THINGS WE’D LIKE TO SEE…

On A Role • THE ACTOR ON HIS TRANSFORMATION INTO THE DEBONAIR HOLLYWOOD ICON FOR BIOPIC SERIES ARCHIE

WHEN HITCHCOCK MEETS H AT H AWAY • WILLIAM OLDROYD ON HIS ’60S-SET PSYCHOSEXUAL THRILLER EILEEN

Reuniting the TARDIS dream team • DAVID TENNANT AND RUSSELL T DAVIES ON A DOCTOR WHO COMEBACK LIKE NO OTHER

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE • EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL TUNES

THREE WOMEN IN A WORLD OF PRIVILEGE AND PAIN • LULU WANG INTRODUCES THE TRIO OF CHARACTERS HEADING UP HER NEW SHOW, EXPATS

Brace for a new one-man army • EMPIRE SPEAKS WITH THE FILMMAKER BEHIND WILD SAM RAIMI-PRODUCED THRILLER BOY KILLS WORLD

THE DISNEY SIDEKICK AIMING TO BE THE G.O.A.T. • WISH’S DIRECTORS BREAK DOWN HOW THEY CREATED A NEW MATINÉE IDOL IN VALENTINO

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINCS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

An education in Alexander Payne • THE FILMMAKING OUTSIDER CHANNELS HIS LONG AND WINDING ACADEMIC JOURNEY INTO THE HOLDOVERS

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON DARREN ARONOFSKY’S SPHERE MOVIE

Welcome to high-school Fight Club • EMMA SELIGMAN ON HOW HER TEEN COMEDY BOTTOMS I SCRACKING SKULLS

ARE YOU TIKTOKING TO ME? • MARTIN SCORSESE: THE KING OF CINEMA AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AS RECENT VIDEOS PROVE

FINN WOLFHARD GOES HARD • THE STRANGER THINGS STAR TURNS FILMMAKER FOR HORROR-COMEDY HELL OF A SUMMER

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk ? • CAN THE FORMER FONZIE KEEP HIS COOL AS HE ANSWERS EMPIRE’S BURNING QUESTIONS?

THE KILLER • I AM JACK’S COMPLETE ELATION AT A NEW DAVID FINCHER FILM

LOKI: SEASON 2 • THE GOD OF MISCHIEF IS BACK — AND HE’S ANYTHING BUT...