In pursuit of happiness

HAVING SPENT YEARS ENSCONCED IN HORROR, DIRECTOR MIKE FLANAGAN MINES SWEETER MATERIAL WITH EXISTENTIAL COSMIC DRAMA THE LIFE OF CHUCK . WE JOIN HIM AND STAR TOM HIDDLESTON TO TALK LIFE, DEATH AND DANCING

The actor, writer and director on working with Lena Dunham, living with bipolar disorder — and fighting Richard E Grant

Words by Daniel Davies Photography by Hamish Brown Styling by Abena Ofei

FOUR EMPIRE WRITERS. ONE GREAT CINEMATIC YEAR. NO COINCIDENCE.

Cronenberg is back to his best; Wes Anderson plays it straight; Brit-lit adapted; Japanese AI school drama; and more

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