We prayed for good TV and The Girlfriend more than delivered! We review Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke’s deliciously crazy psychosexual thriller: team Cherry or team Laura? Plus, why millennial women have fallen head over heels for The Summer I Turned Pretty, a look at whether Thailand is as ‘dark’ as Zara McDermott’s new documentary portrays, and our verdict on divorce comedy The Roses starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch. Also: our thoughts on Yellowface author RF Kuang’s new book Katabasis. Enjoy hunnies!

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Recs/reviews

• The Roses, in cinemas now
• Thailand: the dark side of paradise, BBC
• Antioxidant scanning at BACKSTAGE Salon
• The Girlfriend, Amazon Prime Video
• The Girlfriend: Warning! This sexy oedipal thriller may be too shocking for vanilla viewers, Guardian
• The Summer I Turned Pretty, Prime Video
• Why Are Forty-Something Women Obsessed With The Summer I Turned Pretty?, Vogue
• Why Almost Every Woman You Know Is Obsessed With The Summer I Turned Pretty, Elle
• In ‘The Girlfriend,’ Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke ‘go feral.’ But who’s the real villain?, LA Times
• Katabasis by RF Kuang
• The Problem With RF Kuang's Fiction, Slate
• Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia, Guardian

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