The Folio · No. 10Monday 14 September 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Rachel Morrison’s second feature premiered at Toronto, with Qualley as a Boston nurse remaking her life after her husband dies. The Guardian calls it one of her best performances to date.
Film
Also from Toronto, an age-gap romcom named after the 1992 Ace of Base hit. Variety found the pairing of Murphy and Raiff the best thing in it.
Film
Aardman’s third Shaun feature sends a pumpkin-supersizing serum into a balding farmer’s hair growth bottle, with Halloween on the way.
Film
Artificial, which centres on the chief executive of OpenAI, now has a confirmed UK date. Andrew Garfield leads the cast.
Film
Who sat where, and what they wore, across the spring/summer 2027 shows in New York.
TV
The 78th Emmy Awards are broadcast live tonight from the Peacock Theater on NBC and Peacock. Reba McEntire leads the Dolly Parton tribute, and stars of the Baywatch reboot join the presenters.
TV
The weekend of pre-Emmys parties, photographed. Host Mariska Hargitay kicked off the celebrations at the arrivals.
TV
The Friday the 13th prequel series, from A24 and creator Brad Caleb Kane, arrives on Peacock on 15 October.
TV
Shane Gillis’s workplace comedy returns for a fourth season after a record-breaking third, with filming due to begin in early 2027.
TV
Aikman has joined the seventh series of the BBC drama and is keeping the role itself quiet, saying only that one castmate was her partner in crime throughout.
TV
The returning series has planted a mole in the house, a twist in the style of its earlier years.
Music
Dion returned to the stage on Saturday, her first show after a six-year hiatus caused by health issues. Thousands turned out, and the reviews were warm.
Music
The board voted without dissent to begin renaming Nashville International after Tennessee’s favourite daughter.
Music
Langley is back on top in the United States, with ADÉLA entering the top 10 and former number ones from Ariana Grande and Beyoncé climbing back into it.
Music
An extract from Michael Cragg’s book on the minimalist dance-pop track Sophie Ellis-Bextor turned down, which became the defining song of Kylie’s career.
Music
Cameron’s new song about being lovestruck in a dreamy destination took 71 per cent of the vote in Billboard’s weekly reader poll.
Theatre
Erivo’s turn in Prima Facie drew a standing ovation in Toronto, adding to two best actress Oscar nominations and her Tony-winning work in The Color Purple.
Theatre
Lucy Kirkwood’s debut is revived at the Lyric Hammersmith, with Syal and Declan Conlon as retired nuclear engineers and Kerry Fox as the visitor who unsettles them.
Theatre
Stephen Unwin’s revival plays the Royal Court before the Traverse in Edinburgh, then Berlin and New York.
Theatre
The North American tour of the musical has begun previews, and the company has shared footage from its first performance.
Books
The Station Eleven novelist is now writing about the future of the United States, and talks about chance, world-building and a tiny bit of clairvoyance.
