Double fault: Challengers is as bad in the bedroom as it is on the tennis court Critics might have fallen for Luca Guadagnino’s erotic tennis romp but it’s a vapid string of disappointing choices
Confronting the audience and breaking the fourth wall: why Black drama is getting meta On stage and screen, self-referential dramas such as A Strange Loop and American Fiction are on the rise, with playful postmodernism a potent weapon in the fight against inequality
Drylongso review – charming 90s indie is a genre-resistant film that keeps its DIY dazzle Cauleen Smith’s 1998 debut about a California girl who takes Polaroids of young black men as an endangered-species record, is captivating
Queensland police officers face fallout after engaging with offensive social media posts Exclusive: Acting inspector removed from role after ethical standards command investigation into high-ranking officers’ social media use
Mambar Pierrette review – subtle and big-hearted parable of women’s resilience in Cameroon Pierrette is beset with troubles, from a robbery to a house flood and more, but the neorealist drama comes with solidarity and surprising humour
Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals Human rights experts say attack was violation of international law, and that US supplying of weapon defies 1997 Leahy law
Third-party providers a customer data ‘weak spot’, Australian privacy commissioner says Carly Kind’s comments come after major leak of customer data collected by IT provider for NSW and ACT clubs
‘News on Facebook is dead’: memes replace Australian media posts as Meta turns off the tap Analysis finds engagement with news is at an all-time low – due at least in part to changes to algorithms
Bernard Hill, Boys from the Blackstuff and Lord of the Rings actor, dies aged 79 Hill’s portrayal of Yosser Hughes in 1982 BBC series launched career that included roles in Titanic and JRR Tolkien epic
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review – a beguiling tale of midlife love from Georgia Eka Chavleishvili is superb as an unmarried fortysomething woman whose life is turned upside-down by romance in Elene Naveriani’s handsome drama
‘It’s just not hitting like it used to’: TikTok was in its flop era before it got banned in the US I used to be an avid user of TikTok, but the algorithm serves much less delight and serendipity than it used to
Nezouh review – magic realism amid the ruins of Damascus under siege Soudade Kaadan’s poetic tale of family life in the bombed-out Syrian capital is visually poetic, if a touch too theatrical
Lassie: A New Adventure review – like Crufts with a bit of plot tacked on The animals out-act the humans in this badly dubbed German addition to the series, which finds Lassie tackling a dognapping ring
The Idea of You review – Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine spark in crowd-pleasing romcom A single mum and a boyband heart-throb make sweet music in Michael Showalter’s precision-tooled adaptation of Robinne Lee’s bestseller
From mayoral elections to Rwanda removals, Sunak won’t let the truth jeopardise his mission Last week, Conservative campaigning gave a chilling indication of the depths to which they will sink to retain power