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I resist sharenting on social media. Does that mean my son and I are missing out, or is it just safer?

Posting can turn into a privacy risk – and in a changing online landscape, it’s become another parental identity marker, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Christmas at the Holly Day Inn review – festive template is gift that keeps on giving

With meet-cutes and redemption all round, a tame baddie and a dog called Mr Jingles, this British micro-budget tale brings fresh love to tired tropes

The longer you look, the darker it gets: reassessing Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss

Is the woman unconscious? Could the man’s embrace be violent? A new film invites us to challenge our preconceptions about the gilded masterpiece

Apolonia Apolonia review – artist and film-maker evolve together in artworld memoir

The hypocrisies of the art world are exposed in this epic undertaking that sees the development of both the film’s subject and its director

On-screen nudity, as revealed in 1992

Young actors discuss their conflicted feelings about having to strip in front of the cameras in an industry before the #metoo movement

David Duchovny: ‘I’m always going to be a work in progress’

The actor, 63, on the changing nature of fame, dipping in and out of therapy, and finding comfort in being an observer

How on earth are you supposed to review a parking space?

You can’t buy coffee, visit your GP or even pay to leave your car somewhere without being pestered for feedback. I’m giving the whole experience zero stars

The joy of a frightful night out: every month is Halloween at Australia’s horror clubs

Far from being an unwelcoming or male-dominated community, Australia’s horror fanatics are ‘some of the sweetest, nicest people’

Meet the parents: Tinder introduces approval tool for friends and family

Dating app users will be able to show possible matches to others for their opinions and recommendations

Russell Crowe endorses his lifesized chocolate Gladiator statue: ‘I will be available to eat’

Oscar winner shares photo of sculpture, modelled on his Gladiator strongman Maximus, made for chocolate festival in Malta

‘I stood up and fought back’: how revenge porn survivor Georgia Harrison got her abuser jailed

The reality star’s life was almost destroyed when an ex secretly filmed them having sex and posted it online. He went to prison – and she waived her right to anonymity to help the many women similarly affected

Three things with Remy Hii: ‘Eight inches is ideal – anything longer gets too unwieldy’

In our weekly interview about objects, the actor tells us about his perfect kitchen implement, and the precious Mongolian artefact that now lies in a suburban Brisbane field

Coffee cremes, coins and selection boxes: chocolatiers revive classics in bid for bumper Christmas

Nostalgic treats are the name of the game for makers keen to repeat the high sales volume they enjoyed last December

From tanghulu to boy dinner: TikTok’s hottest autumn food trends

What’s everyone eating up right now? Here are the novelties getting stomachs rumbling and eyeballs rolling

Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie review – puppy-based franchise tries to move with the times

This is not the best iteration of the adventure-filled rescue flicks, and there will most certainly be more, and perhaps worse, sequels

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  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s

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