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Initial ideas for a new film magazine

Current Film magazines:

Total Film:

Total film is a British Film magazine, edited by Jane Crowther and first published in January 1997.
It offers cinema, DVD and Blue Ray news, reviews and features.
Each month Total film interview directors and actors to make on-set pieces for new and future releases.
Total films also contains trailers of upcoming films that are going to be released in the future and mention popular films of the year.
The layout of The film magazine is that at the front of the magazine they only advertise one film with either the star or main characters of the film.
Total Film has a heading on each magazine with the exact same font every time.
Total film is also colour coordinated at the front of the magazine.

Empire:

Empire is a British Film magazine, edited by Barry Mchllheney.
It is published monthly by Emap.Bauer, however was first issued in July 1989.
Empire is the most highest selling British film magazine in the UK and has been published in the following countries:

Not only does Empire advertise movies but advertises other things such as phones, L'oreal and Bacaradi.
A regular feature of Empire Masterpiece is the they have a two-page essay on the specific film selected.

Film Comment:

Film comment is an Amercican Film magazine based in New York City and first found in 1962, film comment then began publishing on a bi-monthly basis. It was edited by Nicolas Rapold.
They focus on reviews and analysis of mainstreams, and also film making from around the world.
The covers of film comment are very vague and does not have a lot of details to it.

24 Images:

24 images is a French language film magazine published in Canada, and edited by BenoÎt Patar, in 1979. However 24 images changed editors in 1987 to Marie-Claude Loiselle and Claud Racine.
They have reviews and blogs about the films.

Bianco e Nero:

Bianco e Nero is an Italian film magazine edited by Luigi Chiarini and published in 1937.
Because of the war the film magazine was ceased published between 1944 and 1946 and when war finished, resumed in 1947.