Film
Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize
May el-Toukhy becomes the eighth female director to take the Golden Lion. Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and the Guardian-produced NAZA were also awarded.
Culture
The Folio · No. 9Sunday 13 September 2026Jess Entwistle
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Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77
An outstanding figure in the UK industry, Thomas was noted for long collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David Cronenberg.
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All the best looks from Venice Film Festival 2026
Vogue’s red carpet gallery from the Lido, with Kendall Jenner, George and Amal Clooney, Claire Foy, Irina Shayk and Robert Pattinson among the arrivals.
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Misty Green review: Chris Rock tells the story of a party-girl actress, brilliantly played by Rosalind Eleazar
Variety calls Rock’s TIFF premiere the best film about Hollywood in years, riveting on what a contemporary Hollywood actress, even a successful one, is up against.
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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother review: Mahershala Ali is a grieving hitman in soulful thriller
The two-time Oscar winner plays a solemn killer carrying nappies as well as a gun in Bassam Tariq’s Toronto premiere, a compelling mix of pulpy action and family drama.
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Jeff Goldblum performs a jazz number to open SNL U.K. season two
Goldblum opened his hosting turn on the Sky series with a jazzy song about spending time in London, launching the show’s second season.
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Martin Compston teases “phenomenal” Line of Duty return that was the “hardest one” they have ever shot
Compston says season seven of the BBC drama will hit all the big favourites. No transmission date yet.
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The Way Home season four, the final season, sets Netflix release
The Landry family’s time-travelling saga concludes this October when the last season arrives on Netflix in the US.
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Diablo animated series in the works at Netflix and Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard confirmed at BlizzCon that the video game franchise is being adapted as an animated series, set in the dark world of Sanctuary.
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Gary Oldman predicts HBO’s Harry Potter series will be more satisfying for fans than the films
Oldman, who played Sirius Black in four of the Warner Bros films, says he believes the Wizarding World series will be the bigger crowd-pleaser.
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Céline Dion review: singer’s first live show in years marks a triumphant, emotional return
Dion opened a 26-night residency at the Plenitude Arena in Paris, wiping away tears and belting out the notes despite her stiff person syndrome diagnosis.
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Photos: Céline Dion returns to the stage at Plenitude Arena, Paris
Her first live concert in six years, in pictures, opening a sold-out limited engagement.
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Oasis tease Slane Castle concert ahead of 2027 tour announcement
Confirmation of the tour is expected on Monday 14 September at 4pm BST, after the band teased the Irish venue.
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Cage The Elephant face “a fresh start or a rebirth of sorts” on new single Dying In Reverse
The psychedelic single arrives before a UK and European tour in 2027.
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Charli XCX explains why there are only six dates on her upcoming UK and European tour
She says touring is emotionally and physically hard for her, and that right now she is not built for the scale of run fans expect.
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Tartuffe (Remixed) with Mark Rylance at Marylebone Theatre: review
Darren Raymond’s new adaptation of Molière’s comedy runs until 24 October, with Rylance leading.
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Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy review: classical myth burns into modern England
Michelle Dockery’s heroine returns to a Towie-styled world in Ava Pickett’s tense new play at Theatre Royal Stratford East, where the violence and misogyny are all too recognisable.
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Into the Woods: West End cast and creatives on their theatrical childhoods
The company of the Sondheim revival, among them John Dagleish, Kate Fleetwood and Laura Pitt-Pulford, on the shows that started them off.
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Theatre
Alan Finch, managing director of Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, has died aged 61
Finch was instrumental to the success of a range of Cameron Mackintosh productions.
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Theatre
Till the Stars Come Down at Nottingham Playhouse: review
The regional premiere of Beth Steel’s play, directed by Caroline Steinbeis, runs until 26 September.
Books
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Julia Donaldson: ‘Am I the Gruffalo Granny? Not really. I’m the mouse’
Britain’s all-time bestselling author on storytelling, loss and the worries that come with the title, as she introduces the newest member of the Gruffalo family.
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Books
What should you read next? The best reviewed books of the week
Emma Cline’s Switzy, R.F. Kuang’s Taipei and Francis Fukuyama’s In the Realm of the Last Man lead the week’s round-up from Book Marks.
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Harlan Coben answers the age-old question: where do you get your ideas?
The thriller writer on cultivating a writer’s mind frame, which means looking at everything as a source of material. Sometimes, he says, it is a simple what-if.
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The legend of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Phillip Lopate on the lore and legacy of Washington Irving’s Hudson Valley tale, and the fairy mountains he so loved. Seasonal reading, if ever there was.
