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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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Reasons TO BE EXCITED FOR 2024

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...