The Folio · No. 47Wednesday 21 October 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
IndieWire’s critic says Waititi trades Kazuo Ishiguro’s crisp, powerful prose for relentless whimsy, and that Ortega’s android cannot rescue it. Read it before you book a ticket.
Film
IndieWire calls Laika’s new film the antidote to the worst trends in mainstream animation, then finds it lost in the wilderness between reality and imagination.
Film
Lee Chang-dong’s new film opens in selected cinemas on Friday and arrives on Netflix on 13 November. The second trailer sets up the two families the documentary splits.
Film
Paramount’s film reimagines the 2019 Korean thriller, with Wan directing. Talks are not closed, so treat the casting as likely rather than done.
Film
The haunters of Button House reach the big screen with a plot about an escaped phantom. The cast tell the Guardian they missed each other, and that grunting Robin may yet get his own show.
TV
The cast gathered at Regal Union Square in New York for the premiere, among them Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, Rory Culkin, Gary Carr and Poorna Jagannathan. The photographs are in the strip.
TV
Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters told investors that slowing US viewing and ad sales drove last week’s overhaul of the content team. The strategy stands, they said: the execution needs to improve.
TV
Jeremy Renner returns as Mike McLusky one last time in the new year, for the end of the Yellowstone creator’s prison town drama.
TV
Netflix’s Texas soap comes back on 26 November. The trailer and a set of first look images are out now.
TV
Seven film-makers, among them the Ju-on director Shimizu Takashi, have made a six part supernatural anthology for Disney+ and Hulu. The teaser is out.
Music
The Beatles Story moves into a 100,000 sq ft home under official ownership, and Liverpool’s second tallest building gets a Yellow Submarine makeover. McCartney has given it his blessing.
Music
The track features the jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine and previews the deluxe edition of Foreign Tongues.
Music
NME reads his post, “The Beacons Are Lit!”, as a hint at next year’s stadium cities. Nothing is confirmed yet, so watch for the dates.
Music
Rolling Stone UK on the care Styles took in writing about Payne’s death, knowing how closely his words get read.
Music
The next instalment of her Swamp Sessions arrives with a desert video. Billboard has the clip.
Theatre
Joseph Houston and William Whelton’s revival is the show’s first UK non-replica staging and runs until 3 January. WhatsOnStage came out of it happy.
Theatre
The musical returns to the UK next year, with dates listed for Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Nottingham, Oxford, Plymouth, Southampton, Dartford and Wimbledon.
Theatre
Principal casting is set for the tour, which opens at New Wimbledon Theatre.
Theatre
An original Hamilton cast member is among the names announced for the Broadway staging.
Theatre
Jordan played his last performance as Bobby Darin on 18 October, and the biomusical crossed a million dollars again on the week’s Broadway grosses.
Books
The poet laureate’s visceral version of the Mesopotamian hero’s adventures is a tour de force, says the Guardian.
Books
Essays on art and books from the novelist, full of what the Guardian calls gem-like insights.
Books
Lit Hub’s list of today’s publications, as one of the biggest autumns for fiction in years finally eases off.
