If your husband’s having an affair, this woman will get rid of her: the gripping film about China’s ‘mistress dispellers’

Available for hire, professional persuaders deceive their way into the lives of cheating men – and see off the extra lover. We meet the maker of a jaw-dropping documentary about a growing phenomenon

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough review – a candid portrait of a literary one-off

Paul Sng’s documentary finds the Trainspotting author as funny, sharp and unrepentant as ever – from boyhood in Leith to globetrotting fame and a hallucinogenic trip in Canada

Splitsville review – open marriage comedy is a silly, scrappy and sex-filled good time

Dakota Johnson leads a raucous look at two couples exploring ethical non-monogamy in a messy yet entertaining ride

Kangaroo Island review – a tonally uneven family drama with a scene-stealing backdrop

Despite strong performances and moments of emotional resonance, the first-time feature film from Timothy David threatens to devolve into Hallmarkian slosh

Oslo Stories Trilogy: Sex review – confessions of a chimney sweep

Rooftop conversations about sexuality and gender identity make this the most didactic – yet still lively – instalment of Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk review – shattering memorial to Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona

Sepideh Farsi’s devastating documentary follows Hassona through a year of video calls before a fate that, though well known, is too bitter to bear

Can a Netflix documentary explain what really happened to Jussie Smollett?

An eye-opening new look at the controversial, confusing story of the Empire actor whose violent attack was then disputed provides complicated new evidence

Meanwhile on Earth review – compelling French sci-fi explores complex extraterrestrial ethics

Megan Northam excels in animator Jérémy Clapin’s quietly powerful live-action debut, a cleverly conceived drama that turns a cosmic bargain into a moving study of loss

The Regulars review – charming and funny workplace comedy at the Prince Charles cinema

Fil Freitas’s at times hilarious black-and-white film follows staff and punters at London’s film landmark through a day on shift

The secret life of a child star: how Alyson Stoner survived stalkers, starvation and sexualisation

Stoner was a small child when they began acting professionally – and their experience included extreme pressure, dangerous diets, rehab, dashed hopes and self-doubt. Now, with a new memoir, they consider how they escaped ‘the toddler to train-wreck pipeline’

Kevin Costner calls lawsuit over on-set rape scene a ‘bold-faced lie’

Actor and director responded to stunt professional’s claims she was forced to perform an unscripted sexual assault

Guy Pearce set to play Rupert Murdoch in Danny Boyle-directed drama

Actor to lead adaptation of acclaimed play Ink with Jack O’Connell also in talks to play the Sun editor Larry Lamb

The Map That Leads to You review – sugary Amazon romance works best as travelogue

Rising star Madelyn Cline is a charming lead in an unusually glossy streaming weepie that leads to overfamiliar territory

Aubrey Plaza talks about her husband’s suicide: ‘A daily struggle, obviously’

Actor opens up about death of her director husband Jeff Baena, referring to her grief as ‘a giant ocean of awfulness’

Broadcast News: a romcom set in a TV studio that manages to make integrity sexy

Holly Hunter stars alongside William Hurt and Albert Brooks as a television producer who is helplessly in love with her work