This episode we talk to Joel Edgerton about flipping the Shakespeare script with The King – and discuss if it's any good or not, appraise Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil, check out hidden gem Peanut Butter Falcon and discuss what it's like to be on a film festival jury with famous folk. Plus we get our eyes on Monos, the winner of The London Film Festival's official competition.

This week we talk to Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips about bringing Joker to life, we review Joker and Judy (all the Js!) and discuss the trickiness of awarding star ratings – it involves shaving beards off. We also discuss Kevin Feige joining the Star Wars creative team plus the return of Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum to the Jurassic Park universe. Subscribe to Total Film and get access to exclusive podcast content - use code 'InsideTF' at checkout to get 10% off at MyFavouriteMagazines

This episode the team behind the smarter movie mag discuss going on set of Terminator Dark Fate and walking in on Arnie in full costume as well as chatting through the likely awards frontrunners coming out of Toronto Film Festival. We're also reviewing new releases; Ad Astra, The Farewell and Hotel Mumbai plus musing on whether DVDs are a dead format. Join editor-in-chief, Jane Crowther, deputy editor, Matt Maytum, news editor, Jordan Farley and our on-set reporter, Paul Bradshaw to get the inside track on movies and this month’s magazine.

This episode the team behind the smarter movie mag discuss IT– Chapter 2 (no spoilers), D23 and movies that are 20 years in the making. We're also musing over filmmaker mode on TVs, the films of the decade and whether it's better to see trailers only in the cinema. Join editor-in-chief, Jane Crowther, deputy editor, Matt Maytum and online entertainment editor, Jack Shepherd, for a natter about the movies and an insight into putting Total Film together.

The team behind Total Film magazine discuss what goes into putting a movie mag together plus the film news and releases coming your way this week. Editor-in-chief, Jane Crowther is joined by news editor, Jordan Farley and editor-at-large, Jamie Graham to chat through Joaquin Phoenix's Joker, new alligator thriller, Crawl and Joanna Hogg's latest, The Souvenir. Plus we'll be discussing the greatest Joker performances and whether horror movies are trying too hard to be funny. Discover what makes a five-star film, what it's like to go on a film junket and what happened to Jamie in a posh LA hotel in the middle of the night... .