The Folio · No. 12Wednesday 16 September 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Early reactions to Sony’s Resident Evil call it one of the best video game adaptations yet. It is the first studio franchise picture for Cregger, who made Barbarian and Weapons.
Film
Netflix has released the first trailer for Animals, a crime thriller that marks Affleck’s sixth film as director.
Film
The new trailer for The Possession of Button House, the film spun off from the BBC sitcom, shows Julian with a dark side.
Film
Rachel Morrison’s film about Covid era loss and recovery is serious in intent and earnest in execution, says Variety, but it stays on the surface.
Film
Blanchett travels to the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, where five short films backed by the Displacement Film Fund get their Japan premieres.
TV
Netflix has dated its new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel and released first look images. It arrives in time for Christmas.
TV
Apple TV has ordered another season of its spy thriller ahead of the season six premiere. Jackson Lamb and his gang of misfits will be back.
TV
Three more roles are filled in the television adaptation, and one of the new actors has a family connection to the original films.
TV
Netflix has set out the return of its political thriller days after the Emmys, with a new trailer and a set of first look images.
TV
Vanity Fair’s photographers worked behind the scenes on Monday night, where Florence Pugh and Selena Gomez mingled between awards.
Music
The Scottish DJ and producer will play four cities coast to coast in February 2027, his first headline run there.
Music
The same chart brings debuts for collaborations by Kane Brown and Shania Twain, and by Mumford & Sons and Chris Stapleton.
Music
The anniversary deluxe edition tops the chart, and its single Morning Dew becomes her 14th number one on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.
Music
It is also the highest first week for a debut studio album on the Billboard 200 this year.
Music
The Backstreet Boys singer opens a new solo era with the single and a named album to follow.
Theatre
The reimagined single part version begins performances at the Palace Theatre in London on 9 October, and the first cast has now been named.
Theatre
Producers have released rehearsal photographs for the West End transfer of the Bridge Theatre’s Olivier winning Sondheim production.
Theatre
The Saturday Night Live actor and Las Culturistas host began performances on 15 September, and Playbill has the pictures.
Theatre
Playbill rounds up the reviews for the film of Suzie Miller’s one woman play, with Erivo in the role Jodie Comer originated on stage.
Theatre
The original George Washington is back at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, and last week’s Broadway grosses show it.
Books
The Station Eleven author talks through Exit Party, a new novel she describes as another eerily believable piece of speculative fiction.
Books
A third novel from the author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Blue Sisters, with an extract published first by Elle.
Books
Twenty years in the writing, this cold war espionage and family epic is a leap in ambition and moral seriousness, says the Guardian.
Books
Copies were reportedly taken from a lorry ahead of the book’s publication on 22 September.
