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They Live in the Grey review – dead people get seen in artful poltergeist chiller

Abel and Burlee Vang offer a satisfying, troubling portrait of motherhood gone wrong to go with the lashings of gore

A Mouthful of Air review – postnatal depression drama is walking on eggshells

Amy Koppelman’s adaptation floats in a haze of ethereal lite-tragedy towards its end and lacks explicit storytelling passion

‘She immediately saw herself’: how Encanto strikes a major chord in a diverse world

The runaway success of the Colombia-set animation, with its infectious Lin-Manuel Miranda songs, is in no small part thanks to its Latinx characters, cast and key film-makers

My young boy is channelling Hulk

‘Hug very angry,’ he says, it’s scary. But it always ends well for us

Radiograph of a Family review – unveiling a marriage shaped by Iran’s history

Firouzeh Khosrovani’s autobiographical film shows how the turbulent currents of Iranian life defined her family’s life

A maternal truth: some women don’t love their children as society thinks they should

It’s refreshing that the film The Lost Daughter accepts the complexity of child rearing, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

It’s a family show: actors with new babies job-share leading roles

Demand is growing to allow flexible working for cast as well as crew in the theatre industry

Dying to Divorce review – Turkish marital violence doc reaches for hope

Interweaving traumatic personal stories with those of systematic state discrimination, the film has to look hard for signs of progress

Mark Strong on acting, insecurity and life without a father: ‘I got angry as I got older. It took years to fix’

After three decades on the stage and screen, the star is still worrying about where his next job will come from. Meanwhile, at home, he frets about letting down his family

A moment that changed me: Patrick Stewart on the teacher who spotted his talent – and saved him

I skipped the 11-plus and was failing at school. Then I met Cecil Dormand, the extraordinary English teacher who transformed my life for ever

In No Time to Die, we finally get to see Bond in a relatable predicament. Sort of

After all the high-speed supercar chases and infiltrating of enemy bases, it’s refreshing to see the secret agent face a challenge closer to home. Even if it isn’t entirely realistic

Together Together review – Ed Helms surrogacy comedy that’s a little over-polite

Wan jokes land softly as pregnant Anna gets to know single father Matt in a film that looks wussy next to The Surrogate

Ninjababy review – uncompromisingly brilliant comedy about unwanted pregnancy

Despite kooky touches including a talking foetus, this is an insightful look at a young woman’s life

Kareena Kapoor Khan on breaking pregnancy taboos: ‘No one wants to talk about belching and swollen feet!’

One of Bollywood’s most bankable actors has written a revolutionary pregnancy book that lifts the lid on libido, caesareans and more. She discusses power, pay and the reality behind the glamour

The Surrogate review – compelling drama for a new kind of family

A woman’s decision to provide a gay couple with a child becomes very complicated in this refreshingly real-world drama

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