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No./1 Zaack Snyder’s zombie homecoming • THIS MONTH’S FILM MOMENTS THAT MATTER

No./2 How do you follow up the biggest film of all time? • By making a small, dark human drama! THE RUSSO BROTHERS on Cherry, their return to directing after Avengers: Endgame

Martins Imhangbe • GET TO KNOW BRIDGERTON’S BREAKTHROUGH STAR

No./3 The music documentary gets a re-Wright • How Edgar Wright tuned his unique filmmaking style to non-fiction for the first time with The Sparks Brothers

No./4 Censor • [ON – SET REPORT] The story of this year’s Sundance breakout and the most exciting British horror of 2021

BLACK IN FOCUS • AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month

CLASSIC PICK OF THE MONTH • BEYOND THE LIGHTS(2014)

No./5 A different kind of refugee story • How the filmmaker behind comedy-drama Limbo told an asylum-seeker story with authenticity, hope and humour

No./6 “Being true to yourself is key” • [IN MEMORIAM] Writer Leonie Annor-Owiredu remembers Cicely Tyson, the trailblazing actor who shifted perceptions of Black artistry

No./7 THE RECKONING • DIRECTOR NEIL MARSHALL ON HIS GRUESOME (AND PLAGUE-ADDLED) RETURN TO HORROR

No./8 Why Studio Ghibli went CGI • Director Goro Miyazaki on EARWIG AND THE WITCH, the studio’s first fully-digital outing after three decades of hand-drawn animation

No./9 Unearthing WandaVision’s biggest secrets • Digging into the hidden references, clues and comic-book nods packed into Marvel’s hit TV show

MARVEL’S NEXT MYSTERY • What we gleaned from the The Falcon And The Winter Soldier trailer

No./10 “We had a knife pulled on us” • And other insane scenarios comedian Eric André got into while making hidden-camera comedy film BAD TRIP

No./11 A coming-of-age story • Director Joanna Hogg on expanding the semi-autobiographical world of THE SOUVENIR

No./12 WELCOME TO THE MCU, DEADPOOL • Cinematic fates that the comics suggest await Wade Wilson in his MCU future

No./13 THE COMFORT ZONE MAGIC MIKE XXL • Big Dick Richie’s heartwarming gas-station strip continues our celebration of the very best comfort movies

No./14 When girl meets theme-park ride... • The unlikely woman-and-machine pairing of JUMBO could be 2021’s greatest love story

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No./15 The fight to get a controversial documentary released • How The Dissident’s real-life story of murder and conspiracy was rejected by nearly every major player

No./16 “I’m always open to a revisit to Star Wars” • [THE Q&A] With new sci-fi Chaos Walking, DAISY RIDLEY is ready to move on from her defining franchise — but never say never

No./17 NEXT IN THE SERIES • You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair – Boyd Hilton recommends the brother shows to watch next

No./18 A LONGER TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY • Why you should be excited for The Acolyte and the High Republic, a bold new era for Star Wars

Godzilla Vs. Kong • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

No./19 The director who was more like a friend • [IN MEMORIAM] Director Michael Apted died last month: here,...