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Departures review – airport meet triggers love lost and found in a haze of hookups and hangovers

This darkly comic drama tracks one man’s post-breakup spiral, as memory and desire blur in a stylised, emotionally candid exploration of identity and intimacy

I have just one secret from my husband. If he reads this, even that will be gone

I know that hidden depths are sexy and intriguing – but after 30 years together, we effectively share a single brain, writes Emma Beddington

Time Hoppers: The Silk Road review – plucky kids’ time travel yarn takes in medieval Baghdad

Four children zip around to meet historical characters such as 9th-century mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, but there’s more educational value than entertainment value

Chagrin Valley review – the ins and outs of care home life inside an uncanny artificial paradise

Beneath painted skies and birdsong, film-maker Nathalie Berger’s observational documentary exposes hidden labour and quiet turmoil

The incredible life of the ‘bird man’ refugee who brought tweets, chirps and trills to British radio

Ludwig Koch was once as influential as David Attenborough is today – a new film by his granddaughter sheds light on a tragic event in the naturalist’s life in Berlin before he fled the Nazis

Indian music legend Asha Bhosle dies aged 92

Two-time Grammy nominee was one of Bollywood’s most versatile and celebrated voices

New documentary reveals boyband 98 Degrees had age-of-consent manual while touring in 90s

Label tried to keep band members out of trouble during first tour, Nick Lachey says in Boy Band Confidential

Celebrity on celebrity: are we losing the art of the big star interview?

The biggest names in and out of Hollywood are choosing to be interviewed by their peers rather than journalists, leaving many more revealing questions on the table

From You, Me & Tuscany to Euphoria: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page star in a slinky new romcom, while the dissolute teens of the US drama are back in their 20s

The Guardian view on dystopias for our times: the American nightmare

Editorial: Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments and the Oscar-winning film One Battle After Another are grim parables of today. But they are not without hope

‘Butter Birkin’: popcorn plastic It bag in demand by Devil Wears Prada fans

Coveted £20 accessory to be marketed as part of sequel’s ticket deal – and is already being touted for resale from £130

The sheila is returning to Australian culture, riding on a new wave of ‘bogan feminism’

Amy Taylor, Margot Robbie and Barkaa are among the Australian pop cultural figures helping to reclaim the sheila archetype

Critics assemble! Here’s my list of the greatest superhero movies of all time

Creating a definitive hierarchy never fails to spark endless debate – but who doesn’t want to give it a shot? Don your capes and shields, and let the arguments begin…

Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst

An independent review found ‘weaknesses’ in the organisation’s planning and crisis procedures

Pillion to Roofman: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling make an unlikely couple in Harry Lighton’s gay biker drama. Plus: an amiable thief finds romance while hiding out in a toy store

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  • Enola Holmes 3 review – Netflix mystery franchise is starting to lose steam
  • Frequent AI chatbot users more likely to believe anti-vaccine myths, poll finds
  • Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan
  • Blake Lively files to receive $8m in legal fees from Justin Baldoni and his studio
  • Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive
  • The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan brings genuine thrills – and a massive budget – to a well-trodden tale
  • UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores
  • Spider-Man’s web of lies: what would actually happen if you were bitten by a radioactive spider?
  • Why is Elon Musk boosting an anti-immigrant film loved by the far right?
  • Number of billionaires globally soars by 13% amid AI shares boom
  • Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
  • Supergirl: doggy distress, frontier justice and a new direction for superhero movies – discuss with spoilers
  • UK ‘minded’ to intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
  • Michael Byrne obituary
  • Elon Musk promotes ‘anti-migrant’ Armie Hammer film with free download on X
  • Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’
  • The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster?
  • The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy
  • Not a Pretty Picture review – Martha Coolidge’s recreation of her rape remains shockingly powerful
  • Oura Ring 5 review: a stunning generational leap for smart rings
  • Executioner review – sleazy MP hams it up with sex worker in darkly comic blackmail thriller
  • Ireland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency
  • ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
  • Crypto firms operating in UK to be subject to sweeping new rules
  • US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
  • Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026
  • Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into separate media business
  • Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths
  • ‘His ability is hard to deny’: is Tom Hardy a secretly good rapper?
  • ‘A very good gadget’: taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes

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