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The sci-fi series vaulting into the zeitgeist • THE CREATORS OF FALLOUT ON ADAPTING THE EPIC, ECCENTRIC VIDEO-GAME SAGA FOR THE SMALL SCREEN

Ava DuVernay’s ambitious next act • THE FILMMAKER ON THE CHALLENGING PROCESS BEHIND HER LINE-BLURRING NEW FILM, ORIGIN

A TOILET CLEANER’S TENDER TALE • WIM WENDERS ON WHY A WC WORKER MADE THE PERFECT LEAD FOR UPCOMING DRAMA PERFECT DAYS

The Spotlight Dominic Sessa • THE HOLDOVERS’ BREAKOUT STAR ON GRADUATING FROM SCHOOL TO THE BIG SCREEN

REVISITING A GANGSTER’S PARADISE • THE STARS OF THE SEXY BEAST PREQUEL SERIES ON REBOOTING A CLASSIC CRIMINAL DOUBLE ACT

The making of a foul-mouthed friendship • WICKED LITTLE LETTERS CO-STARS OLIVIA COLMAN AND JESSIE BUCKLEY ON THEIR SWEET AND SWEARY DOUBLE ACT

The new way of the samurai • PRESTIGE TV IS HEADING EAST, WITH AN AMBITIOUS NEW TAKE ON CLASSIC YARN SHŌGUN

“Fasten your seatbelts: a whole new TARDIS is in flight” • DEVOUT FAN LILLIAN CRAWFORD ON DOCTOR WHO ENTERING A GROUNDBREAKING ERA

On a Role IAN McKELLEN AS HAMLET • THE SHAKESPEAREAN STALWART ON REVISITING THE SKULL-WIELDING PRINCE IN HIS EIGHTIES

SALUTING A LEGENDARY COMEDY CAPTAIN • REMEMBERING THE LATE ANDRE BRAUGHER AS CAPTAIN HOLT, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE’S MVP

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN’S TV KINGDOM EXPANDS • WE BREAK DOWN WHERE THE GAME OF THRONES FRANCHISE IS HEADING NEXT

A historic slice of ruff and tumble • WE VISIT THE SET OF JULIANNE MOORE-FRONTED PERIOD DRAMA WITH A DIFFERENCE, MARY & GEORGE

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

Time travel with a Kubrick kick • ALICE LOWE ON HER COSMIC, CENTURY-SPANNING SOPHOMORE FILM TIMESTALKER

TURNING A CHILDHOOD CHUM INTO A FRIGHTFUL FIEND • IMAGINARY DIRECTOR JEFF WADLOW ON MAKING A FRIENDLY FACE SCARY

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

Guy Ritchie takes on TV • AS THE DIRECTOR MAKES HIS SERIAL DEBUT WITH THE GENTLEMEN, HE TELLS US WHY THE SMALL SCREEN IS CALLING

Can film and TV solve racism? • ELLEN E. JONES, AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK SCREEN DEEP, WEIGHS IN ON ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S HEAVIEST ISSUES

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

REMEMBERING A ’70S HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB • THE LATE RYAN O’NEAL’S ON-SCREEN LEGACY WAS FORGED THROUGH A WINNING STREAK OF HITS

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? • THE JACKASS STAR PAUSES HIS EXTREME PRANKS TO TAKE OUR EXISTENTIAL QUIZ

THE HOLDOVERS • GET READY FOR THE GRUMPIEST CHRISTMAS HERO SINCE EBENEZER

AMERICAN FICTION • HARD TRUTHS ARE STRANGER THAN FICTION IN THIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

THE COLOR PURPLE • THE BOOK-TURNED-FILM-TURNED-MUSICAL-TURNED-FILM-MUSICAL

REACHER: SEASON 2

ECHO • MARVEL’S LATEST SMALL-SCREEN OFFERING IS DARK, DEADLY — AND DEAF

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THE ZONE OF INTEREST • JONATHAN GLAZER’S UNORTHODOX, UNSETTLING LOOK AT THE HOLOCAUST

MIGRATION • IS ILLUMINATION’S LATEST DUCK SOUP — OR IS IT FOR THE BIRDS?

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SILENT NIGHT

MEAN GIRLS • GET IN, LOSERS. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE LATEST MUSICAL REBOOT

THE IRON CLAW • FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY:...