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Netflix(Credit: Netflix)The new season of fluffy Netflix show Emily in Paris introduces a surprising plotline about sexual misconduct in the fashion world – how does the show handle the subject, and does it reflect reality?Created by Darren Star, the featherlight...

Carlos Somonte/ Amazon/ MGM Studios(Credit: Carlos Somonte/ Amazon/ MGM Studios)Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut is full of "smart ideas, contentious themes, cool images and striking sequences" – but does it work as a compelling thriller?Zoe Kravitz is known for acting in...

Alamy(Credit: Alamy)The American singer-songwriter's breezy disco bop has been inescapable over the last few months. Here experts dissect why it has had such a hold over popular culture – and our summer holidaysThere is no official metric to determine the...

Disney(Credit: Disney)The new Alien film has enraged many with the re-appearance of an actor from the 1979 original – brought back from the dead using digital trickery. Is such anger justified?The latest film in the Alien series, Alien: Romulus, harks...

Courtesy of Warner Bros. PicturesAs Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder return to an 80s classic and Brad Pitt and George Clooney pair up again in a comedy thriller, here are the unmissable movies to see this month.NetflixApollo 13: SurvivalIn April...

Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)The six-day bank siege that inspired the controversial Stockholm Syndrome theory began on 23 August 1973. In 1980, a BBC documentary featured two pioneering New York police negotiators who had built their careers on the lessons they...

Penguin Random House(Credit: Penguin Random House)From the follow-up to Colm Tóibín's beloved Brooklyn and Miranda July's "mid-life coming-of-age tale" to a "quirky time-travel romance", here are our picks for the recently published books you should pack in your late-summer getaway...

Private CollectionBanksy, Crude Oil Jerry, 2003 (Credit: Private Collection)As a string of new Banksy artworks spring up around London, an expert reveals the clues that unlock his art historical genius.Is Banksy a great artist? When a series of stencilled animals,...

DisneySince the first two films in the 1980s, the sci-fi horror series has been a very mixed bag. But this latest gets back to basics, and makes for a superbly scary monster movie.There have already been eight Alien films, including...

Courtesy of Sally and Ralph Tawil/ Yoshitomo Nara FoundationHow Japan's "most famous" artist, and others, are subverting the country's famous cute "kawaii" aesthetic to question the world we live in.More than a millennium ago, the Japanese empress Fujiwara no Teishi...