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The End of Sex review – couple’s sexual misadventures aim to relight fading fires

A married couple’s attempts to kickstart their sex life are unfunny and unconvincing, and will leave you groaning in despair

To Nowhere review – edgy drama of queer desire is as raw as a fresh wound

Two young women drift, drink and explore volatile emotions in Sian Astor-Lewis’s debut feature, with powerful performances by Lilit Lesser and Josefine Glæsel

Girlfriends and Girlfriends review – charming and excitable lesbian sex comedy

It’s a tiny bit hard to keep up with the ups and downs of this winning story, complete with an adorable indie soundtrack

Isabelle Huppert: ‘When you’re an actor, you keep secrets’

The fearless French actor is known for playing powerful, complex women, mostly recently in Jean-Paul Salomé’s corporate drama La Syndicaliste. But she has her own way of balancing loyalty to film with her feminist principles

Tell us: how do you combat digital burnout?

We would like to hear how you avoid mental exhaustion caused by too much time spent in front of screens

#BarefootBoySummer has arrived – but really it’s just another seasonal hashtag to sell us stuff

Micro-trends have become big business for eagle-eyed marketers, says the Guardian’s fashion and lifestyle editor, Morwenna Ferrier

Everyone is recreating Wes Anderson’s world. Wes Anderson isn’t happy about it

There is a viral trend for reimagining films and TV shows in the style of the whimsical auteur with the pastel palette. A sincere form of flattery – but the director is not best-pleased

Twice in a lifetime: would you dare meet your doppelgänger?

Eva Wiseman on the enduring fascination of discovering a lookalike – and also the darker side of seeing double

WoolfWomen: Now or Never review – wild all-female skate team heads for Turkey

Following an group of terrifying risk-takers doesn’t really tell us much about the sport, or the daredevils themselves

Hell is the sound of other people chewing popcorn. Still, you can’t keep me away from the cinema

As a film-lover who suffers from misophonia, slurping and rustling noises are something I endure. Just don’t dare pull out your phone

Michael Caine’s novel will most likely be rubbish, but I’m glad he’s found his happy ending

Most actors make terrible novelists – but writing the ‘cracking thriller’ Deadly Game was life-affirming for the veteran star, so never mind the finished product

AI bots chatting up matches on dating apps? This won’t end well

Tech and media cheerleaders want to believe that using technology to trick a human being into going on a date with you is actually a good thing

‘Congrats! You didn’t marry the wrong guy!’ 25 years of Sex and the City nailing life as a single woman

As one of TV’s most iconic shows reaches two and a half decades in age, it’s still a masterclass in female-led TV – even if it could have been less focused on privileged white women

Medusa Deluxe review – hairdressing-contest whodunnit shapes up stylishly

After a coiffeur gets scalped at an event, a model turns detective in this flamboyant first feature from Thomas Hardiman

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