Watch: In ‘Free Guy’, Ryan Reynolds is a player in an open-world video game
Shawn Levy’s comedy also stars Jodie Comer, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Taika Waititi. In cinemas in the US on August 13.

A new book urges couples to re-examine traditional Indian marriages and family structures
‘Ananda’: An illuminating and diverse account of the deep roots of cannabis in Indian society
A Bengali poet writes about being a ‘failure’ despite publishing several books and winning awards
Start the week with a film: ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’ is an ode to personal and political passions
This Instagram-influencer cop is Adityanath’s key to Sambhal
‘This is theft, erasure’: Poet Aamir Aziz accuses Anita Dube of using his work without consent
‘Judge by talent, not religion’: Ex-CEC SY Quraishi after BJP MP calls him ‘Muslim commissioner’
When home becomes history: The house on Faiz Road
From the autobiography: ‘Narmad’, a pioneer of modern Gujarati literature, recounts his childhood
Biography: The story of Naib Subedar Chunni Lal, the most decorated Indian Army soldier in history