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TENET

DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

STARRING J O H N D AV I D WA S H I N G T O N ,

R O B E R T PAT T I N S O N , ELIZABETH DEBICKI

RELEASE DATE 17 JULY

HOW IMPENETRABLE IS THE VEIL OF SECRECY AROUND CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S LATEST BLOCKBUSTER? JustaskRobert Pattinson, who was only permitted to readits scriptinside alocked-tight room. Itwas aprice worthpaying for the Twilight star, who says whathe readthatday was “unreal”. Nolan, he continues, “seems like the only director now who cando what is essentially avery personal, independentmovie thathas huge scale.” It’s anopinionsharedby his Tenetco-star AaronTaylor-Johnson, who applauds the Dunkirkdirector for “trying to pushthe boundaries of cinema”. “Itwas arealhonour and pleasure to be inhis presence,” said the actor lastyear. “Butto be honest, there’s nothing else I canreally say aboutit.”

So whatdo we know about Nolan’s palindromic puzzler? According to its distributor, it’s “an actionepic evolving fromthe world ofinternationalespionage”, in whichanelite taskforce ofshadowy operatives seemto have founda way to use time travelto combat world-imperilling threats. “We’re jumping offfromthe pointofview ofanespionage film, butwe’re going to anumber ofdifferentplaces,” reveals Nolanhimself, who calls Tenet, “the mostambitious filmwe have ever made”.

“We’re crossing afew different genres inahopefully exciting and freshway,” continues the filmmaker, who shotitinIndia, Estoniaandfive other countries. “We’ve puttogether alotoflarge-scale productions, but this is certainly the biggestinterms ofinternationalreach.”

Withacastthatis top-linedby BlacKkKlansman’s JohnDavid WashingtonandWidows’ Elizabeth Debicki, andwhichincludes Sir KennethBranagh, Yesterday’s HimeshPatelandNolanregular Sir MichaelCaine, Tenetlooks setto be another winner fromone ofBritain’s mostunpredictable auteurs. Inception, itwouldappear, was only the beginning.

DIRECTOR S H A N NON M U R PH Y

STARRING E L I Z A S C A N L E N , BEN MENDELSOHN, ESSIE DAVIS

RELEASE DATE TBC

IF YOU LOVED ELIZA SCANLEN AS BETH MARCH IN LITTLE WOMEN, catchherplaying anothertalentedmusician withhealthissuesinthis emotionalfamilydrama.Shot inhernativeAustralia, ShannonMurphy’sdebut featuretellsofMilla,a seriouslyillteenagerwhofalls foratearawayfromthewrong sideofthetracks.That’snot musictotheearsofparents HenryandAnna(Ben MendelsohnandEssieDavis), whohaveenoughontheir plateswithoutMoses(Toby Wallace)makingthings harder.Receivedtogreat acclaimatlastyear’sVenice andLondonFilmFestivals, Babyteethoffersafunnyand bracinglyunsentimental portraitofgrowingupthatwill sendyouhomedetermined toseizethedayaszestilyasits free-spiritedheroine.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLEFILMS APART, TOM CRUISE HAS LARGELY STEERED CLEAR OF SEQUELS. So it’s a big deal that he’s returning to one of his most celebrated characters, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, in this eagerly awaited follow-up to his 1986 megahit. Picking up the action 34 years on, Joseph Kosinski’s “love letter to aviation” sees Cruise’s ageing hot-shot become instructor

and mentor to Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his late flying partner, Goose. Time, though, hasn’t relieved Maverick of his need for speed –something he will get a lot of, if the awesome aerial sequences we saw in the trailer are anything to go by. Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris also appear, and Val Kilmer returns as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky.

DIRECTOR J O S E PH KO S I N S K I

STARRING T O M C R U I S E , J E N N I F E R C O N N E L LY,

MILES TELLER

RELEASE DATE 17 JULY