Articles by Leila Latif, Freelance Writer

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Leila Latif is a freelance journalist, broadcaster, film critic, and self-described "haver of hot takes". She used that power (and years of experience) to cover TV and film for a wide variety of outlets such as GamesRadar+, Total Film, Little White Lies, The A.V. Club, SFX, BBC Culture, and many more.

Articles by: Leila Latif

Spaceman review: "Adam Sandler excels as a lonely astronaut in Netflix sci-fi drama"

By Leila Latif published 21 February 24

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Spaceman director says he wanted to create an Adam Sandler role with zero Adam Sandler in it

By Leila Latif published 31 January 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Netflix’s Spaceman director Johan Renck says he wanted to create a role for Adam Sandler that had no aspect of Sandler at all

The Color Purple review: "Treads a fine line between saccharine and crowd-pleasing"

By Leila Latif published 22 January 24

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Cassandro review: "Should earn Gael García Bernal plenty of Oscar buzz"

By Leila Latif published 15 September 23

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Hypnotic review: "Robert Rodriguez takes us on an insubstantial but raucous ride"

By Leila Latif published 24 May 23

review The Total Film verdict on Rodriguez's latest film is here

Total Film Exclusive Image: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has secret cameos even the cast don't know about

By Leila Latif published 25 April 23

Exclusive Exclusive: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse directors tell Total Film about secret cast members, as well as sharing two exclusive new images

Dead Ringers showrunner on bringing the female gaze to David Cronenberg’s classic horror

By Leila Latif published 30 March 23

News Exclusive: Alice Birch teases what to expect from Dead Ringers, Prime Video's new Rachel Weisz-led thriller series

Sebastian Stan and Julianne Moore on protecting the twists of new Apple TV+ thriller Sharper

By Leila Latif published 1 February 23

exclusive Exclusive: Benjamin Caron and actors Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan tell Total Film all about their twisty new thriller for Apple TV+

Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Gwen Stacy faces a "unique dilemma" in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

By Leila Latif published 12 December 22

Exclusive Exclusive: Director Kemp Powers reveals that The Spot is the villain of the next two Spider-Verse movies

White Noise review: "Noah Baumbach's latest marriage story is full of surprises"

By Leila Latif published 31 August 22

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Viola Davis addresses her troops in exclusive new look at The Woman King

By Leila Latif published 17 August 22

Exclusive Exclusive: The Woman King director talks filming the epic movie on location in South Africa

Is it just me, or has there never been a bad Spider-Man film?

By Leila Latif published 10 December 21

Feature A Total Film writer on ol' webhead's big-screen sticking power...

Halloween Kills review: "Does exactly what a middle chapter should do"

By Leila Latif published 9 September 21

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Is it just me, or is Spike Lee's Bamboozled a masterpiece?

By Leila Latif published 11 March 21

Feature A Total Film writer on why the 2000 film is one of the director's best...

On The Count of Three review, Sundance 2021: "Jerrod Carmichael finds tenderness and humor in desolation"

By Leila Latif published 30 January 21

Sundance 2021

Is it just me, or is Xander the true villain of Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

By Leila Latif published 15 January 21

Features A Total Film writer on the Scooby Gang's biggest bad...

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