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Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating

Where the 80s series was all pastels and shoulder pads, the noughties action thriller has flip phones and Linkin Park – a better fit for a less optimistic world

‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men

In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women like her

Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction

Two likely lads in their 20s deal with problematic lives that dramatically intersect in this persuasive London drama

Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’

The designer defined the glory days of 90s style with a wit that made him every supermodel’s best friend. As he gears up for a new cabaret show, he’s as outspoken as ever

Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism

This new adaptation of Michael Ende’s 1973 fantasy novel contains some neat parables for our digitally nihilistic age, but even a mystical tortoise can’t save it it from monotony

‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal

Jaw-dropping documentary Whatever It Takes details an aggressive stalking campaign targeted towards a couple whose reporting criticized the tech company

Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie

San Francisco’s pop-punk pioneers Green Day loom large in this fun, puppyish film about a scrappy band desperate to meet their idols

The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas

Offerman leads a talented cast, but this preschool picture book spinoff fails to inspire

Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing

Bitter Christmas, Late Fame and The Christophers all depict geniuses aware of their waning acclaim and terrified it will end

John Cameron Mitchell: ‘It’s punk to turn off your phone – you’re walking away from the herd’

The writer, director and star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on turning down David Bowie, falling off a Broadway stage, and a cringeworthy moment with Nicole Kidman

Sam Neill on making Hunt for the Wilderpeople: ‘We were attacked by a puppet pig!’

Speaking just before his death, the actor recalled his hostile hunting dog Zag, director Taika Waititi’s comedy genius – and the wild boar scene that left children traumatised

This Is Ballroom review – pulsating documentary tells story of Brazilian ballroom

Paris is Burning gets a South American update in a film that shows the Brazilian scene as a space of solidarity and tension

How to feel optimistic in the face of crisis? Ask the kids fighting slug-like aliens

The Animorphs books taught my generation about digging deep in the face of an existential threat. We need that spirit now more than ever, says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst

Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?

From One Night Only to The Invite, a wave of new movies are a raunchy antidote to gen Z celibacy

RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit

Based on a short story by the Goosebumps author, this derivative but tautly plotted tale over-relies on Scooby-Doo-style sleuthery, and its truly unsettling turn comes too late

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  • Probation officers vote for strike action after warning early releases will add to excessive workloads – UK politics live
  • Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating
  • ‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
  • Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them
  • Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction
  • Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning
  • Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’
  • Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
  • Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk
  • Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism
  • AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds
  • How to buy a bike: expert tips for finding the right budget, frame and fit
  • ‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives
  • ‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
  • Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie
  • Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says
  • The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas
  • Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing
  • Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss
  • Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta drops open-source model
  • The Guardian view on Meta’s smart glasses: regulators must get on the front foot
  • Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
  • Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’
  • John Cameron Mitchell: ‘It’s punk to turn off your phone – you’re walking away from the herd’
  • Sam Neill on making Hunt for the Wilderpeople: ‘We were attacked by a puppet pig!’
  • This Is Ballroom review – pulsating documentary tells story of Brazilian ballroom
  • How to feel optimistic in the face of crisis? Ask the kids fighting slug-like aliens
  • What happens when medical students rely on AI – and never develop their own judgment?
  • Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?
  • RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit

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