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Josephine review – Channing Tatum is a knockout in shattering drama of lost innocence

Taut and emotionally intelligent drama follows the aftermath of an eight-year-old witnessing a horrifying sexual assault

Leviticus review – queer desire is a deadly curse in haunting horror

Conversion therapy has gory results in a smart and surprisingly romantic debut feature from Australian writer-director Adrian Chiarella

The Moment review – Charli xcx struggles through defanged Brat summer satire

There’s a smart idea at play here, with the star playing a hellish version of herself fighting against corporate forces, but there’s not a lot else

Australian journalism ‘sidelined’ in AI-generated news summaries on Copilot, research shows

Exclusive: Experts say AI is likely to create more news deserts, fewer independent voices and threaten the viability of Australian journalism

Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests

Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month

How the ‘confident authority’ of Google AI Overviews is putting public health at risk

Experts say tool can give ‘completely wrong’ medical advice which could put users at risk of serious harm

I Want Your Sex review – vampy Olivia Wilde almost saves Gregg Araki’s tame dom-sub romp

As a provocative artist using sex to wield power, the actor is electric but the writer-director’s return to his campy, dayglo roots is largely underwhelming

The Incomer review – Domhnall Gleeson tries to lift aggressively quirky comedy

The actor is a charming presence in the otherwise overly twee and consistently unfunny tale of isolated siblings dealing with a visitor

Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal

Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers

The influencer World Cup: Fifa and the TikTok deal targeting an avalanche of posts

The partnership with the tech giant speaks to a push to engage younger fans but also has wider strategic goals in mind

‘A long time coming’: table tennis world hails Marty Supreme-fueled boom

An Oscar-tipped cult biopic, sold-out matches and fresh faces at clubs suggest table tennis may finally be breaking free of its basement reputation in the US

The Guide #227: A brain-melting sci-fi movie marathon, curated by Britain’s best cult film-maker

As Bulk tours indie cinemas, its director reflects on the cinematic DNA​ and oddball influences that fuelled his most unconventional wor​k

From Saipan to Take That: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Steve Coogan stars in a loose retelling of an infamous football falling-out, while a new Netflix doc gets nostalgic about the heyday of Gary Barlow and co

Extra Geography review – a sweet and spiky coming-of-age debut

Two teenage girls find their friendship put to the test in a witty and charmingly odd British comedy

Buddy review – high-concept horror misfire dares to wonder: what if Barney killed kids?

There’s a dearth of both laughs and scares in this one-joke comedy horror that feels like it would have made for a better short film

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  • Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent?
  • The social media algorithm has left me behind. I’m unc and I’m chopped – and that’s OK
  • BBC hires 26-year-old entrepreneur to help reach younger audiences
  • ‘I have an ego that needs to be put in check’: ex-Gawker editor AJ Daulerio on life after addiction
  • ‘James Dean has got nothing on that kid’: River Phoenix films – ranked!
  • Practical Magic review – Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s 90s witchy fantasy still enchants
  • Danish pupils will have to orally defend essays in attempt to combat AI cheating
  • Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts
  • Super Troopers 3 review – misfiring cop comedy threequel
  • Tech companies know everything about me – so why do they try to sell me so much rubbish?
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople review – Sam Neill is warm and wise in Taika Waititi’s goofily tremendous film
  • Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
  • Nadja review – Dracula’s daughter is divine in dreamy lo-fi modern vampire tale of predatory sexuality
  • Should I try the ‘18 summers’ parenting trend? Only if I want to ruin the school holidays
  • How to Feed a Dictator review – what was on the menu for some of the world’s most evil men
  • American witchhunt: how the McCarthy blacklist annihilated the Hollywood left
  • ‘Basically, you give yourself to the man’: Trewley Precious Temple on her life as a Gypsy wife – and beyond
  • ‘I’m not spying’: how Meta’s smartglasses have divided opinion
  • ‘They slammed their M16s against his skull’: inside the film about Amy Goodman’s fearless reporting
  • Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down
  • ‘Disturbing’: TikTok faces criticism after Perez Hilton livestreams self-harm
  • AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?
  • The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past
  • One Night Only review – sex is legal for 12 hours a year in bizarre romcom
  • AI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to try to trick developers
  • Holy Days review – even Miriam Margolyes, Jacki Weaver and Judy Davis as nuns can’t save this film
  • Darth Vader to become a TikTok star as Disney strikes deal on short video
  • ‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’
  • Film posters for The Mummy banned from public display in UK
  • Ice Cream Man review – Eli Roth’s junky slasher is one of year’s worst horrors

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