Ian Freer

Looks like a Fifty-Fifty bar.

[HarryS @stampsoju]

Alongside Empire’s upcoming Disclosure Day issue, I got to head over to L.A. to chat with Steven Spielberg about his favourite sequences from all of his sci-fi films. The first video is out now, and we’re talking Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[Empire @empiremagazine]

Competition time!

This Thursday we’re hosting a VIP screening of The Sopranos finale, followed by a Q&A with Creator David Chase to celebrate the launch of HBO Max. Want to join us?

To win 2 tickets: repost this, follow us, and tell us your favourite Sopranos episode.

[James @JMS78]

Really enjoyed Bugonia, like Poor Things if you can get on board early it takes you on a “wild ride”

Thanks as always to @empiremagazine for the preview screening

[Empire @empiremagazine]

UPDATE: Invite email is going out at 3 PM for all our VIP members! Thank you for your patience 🫶

[Kaleem Aftab @aftabamon]

I loved the Almodovar and was excited that @TimeOutFilm asked me to review
https://t.co/AgqGJo9UX3

[Empire @empiremagazine]

An epic Middle-earth Empire VIP Club event for #TheWarOfTheRohirrim last night. An early look at the film as well as a Q&A with director Kenji Kamiyama and producers Joseph Chou & Jason Demarco, hosted by our very own @helenlohara.

#LOTR

[Ian Nathan @IanNathan2]

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[Ian Nathan @IanNathan2]

Book news.

A fully-updated edition of my Ridley Scott: A Retrospective will be out on April 10, 2025.

Without a doubt, our greatest living director (NB: I'm British).

From @thamesandhudson

[Rosie Fletcher @RosarellaFletch]

If you are missing Total Film, here's the place to go, powered by some of the very best movie journalists around.

[Ian Nathan @IanNathan2]

"So many entries in his storied canon are resident in my cerebral cortex like the replicant fail-safes of Blade Runner or Christopher Nolan’s implanted ideas in Inception."

A Substack read on why my new Spielberg book is my most personal accomplishment.
https://t.co/ZK3WRCKjq4

[Dinner and a Movie @dinners_movies]

I was lucky enough to attend the @empiremagazine VIP Club Q&A with director #DenisVilleneuve, where he gave a masterclass on the making of the first two-part @dunemovie (and gave some guarded hints about where he is with the highly anticipated #DuneMessiah).

[Nada Maktari | ندى المقطري @nadamaktari]

What an incredible day with friends and cinema lovers! Big thank you to @empiremagazine @ChrisHewitt for hosting yet another incredible talk! I’m so grateful to have made the #DunePartTwo cover and now finally meet Denis Villeneuve and @TanyaLapointe ♥️

[Chris Hewitt @ChrisHewitt]

Thanks to James Dyer’s manky eye for affording me this opportunity.

[Nick de Semlyen @NickdeSemlyen]

Epic afternoon at our Dune Part 2 event, with Denis Villeneuve in the house. Thanks to @ChrisHewitt & @HelenLOHara for chatting up a sandworm storm before the interview.

And a tantalising morsel from DV on Dune Messiah: “I have tendonitis. And my physiotherapist explained that it’s coming from too much writing…”

[Empire @empiremagazine]

Thanks to everyone who came out to our @dunemovie VIP Q&A with Denis Villeneuve, plus a bonus live Dunesplaining from @ChrisHewitt and @HelenLOHara. Shai Hulud approves! 🪱

[Empire @empiremagazine]

A quick reminder for everyone attending tomorrow’s Dune Part Two event with Denis Villeneuve: the venue for the event can be found on your order confirmation email. See you on Arrakis!

[Empire @empiremagazine]

🪱 EMPIRE VIP EVENT INCOMING 🪱

Calling all #Dune fans: we’ll be hosting a Q&A with Denis Villeneuve on Sat 12 October in London to celebrate Dune: Part Two, with a deep-dive on his epic adaptation – plus a discussion of the films from Team Empire.

Only for Empire VIP members. Tickets release on Monday 7 October. Sign up today in order to receive an invite: https://t.co/nsqqFfaYhY

[Billie Walker @billierwalker]

Film journalism can be soul destroying at times but I don’t want aspiring writers to be disheartened. Yes I live in LDN but I’m still low income, working at a pub & often begging for access. Here’s some of the things I’ve done without breaking the bank.