From non-toxic pans to letterbox cheese: 12 things you loved (and bought) in September
Your September favourites are all about getting cosy – with a little side of glam
Plainclothes review – shame and anxiety in entrapment yarn about a gay cop going undercover
A quietly observed New York police story explores desire, friendship and the pressures of identity – though its impact is undercut by an implausible final twist
‘Open-minded’ dating app Feeld’s profits jump amid influx of ‘vanilla’ users
Sales rose 26% last year at the app, whose core market is people in open relationships and kink enthusiasts
‘Logs falling from the sky’: the harrowing true story behind wildfire drama The Lost Bus
Paul Greengrass’s anxiety-inducing new disaster drama relives the devastating 2018 Camp fire in California, a day relived by its survivors here
‘We want justice’: workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress
Asian migrant laborers who paid predatory recruiting fees say global mega-corporation has not kept its promise to pay them restitution
One Bladder After Another: why bros are finally having to queue for the loo
There are few things more irritating than waiting outside the Ladies while men sail in and out of their own facilities. A new, very long film has changed all that, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
The one change that worked: I was lost in the infinite scroll – until a small ritual renewed my love of reading
My ability to concentrate diminished as I spent more time on my phone. So I started to log and learn every new word I came across, and felt my brain begin to flex
London Calling review – Tarantino-esque caper in which a hitman takes a kid on work experience
A washed-up killer-for-hire is charged with making callow gamer Jeremy Ray Taylor into a killer like his dad, but much of the humour fails to land
He-Man poised to be next retro name to join UK toy ‘newstalgia’ trend
Films of old favourites help lift toy sales 8% this year, with 2026 Masters of the Universe movie tipped for similar
‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends
AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes
‘Supremely satisfying’: why Strictly Ballroom is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers explaining their favourite comfort watches is a recommendation of Baz Luhrmann’s irresistible audience hit
Nearly a third of bosses report increase in cyber-attacks on their supply chains
CIPS survey shows cyber threats have risen up the list of concerns for procurement managers
A Tooth Fairy Tale review – animated adventure with a sprinkling of family-friendly tween romance
A child-suitable romantic subplot underpins this enjoyable story of fairies putting their long-standing differences with goblins aside to defeat a common enemy
Holiday horrors: Airbnb and Booking.com users battle for refunds as stays go wrong
In a Consumer Champions special, Anna Tims tackles online rental disasters, from a tree collapsing on to a cottage to being trapped in a flat
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird review – Mars Volta bromance looks for time out
Exhaustive documentary tracking the sweet fraternity between Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala goes a little sour