The Folio · No. 29Saturday 3 October 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Tony Gilroy’s New York Film Festival premiere casts Pedro Pascal as a cellist in a midlife crisis, and Variety calls it an elevated bauble, part musician movie, part romantic mystery. The Oscar talk has already started around its music branch.
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The Guardian goes the other way on the same film, finding Gilroy’s stylistic gimmicks forgettable and Pascal adrift. Worth reading both before you book, because the festival verdicts have split cleanly down the middle.
Film
Anderson operated his own Panavision camera onstage while the Geese frontman played sparse piano arrangements. The Guardian calls the concert film both swoony and austere, and it premiered at the New York Film Festival.
Film
The Oscar winner, 65, and her daughter Liv Freundlich, 24, turned up together at Messika’s Paris show during fashion week. A rare mother and daughter red carpet, and both looks are in the pictures.
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Writer and director Mark Herman expected Brassed Off to play within ten miles of Barnsley. Thirty years on it is the Prime Minister’s favourite film and gets a live performance at the Royal Albert Hall.
TV
Grant gave himself away in the first episode of the BBC series and calls it the biggest mistake he has made in his life. The opening minutes also brought a murder and a recruitment.
TV
Pugh talks about playing Steinbeck’s most notorious character in the new Netflix adaptation, which led 38 new arrivals on Netflix UK this week. She argues the villainy is more complicated than the reputation.
TV
Disney is opening the vault again, sending Pixar favourites, Percy Jackson and network hits such as Will Trent to Netflix over the next two years. A sign of how far the licensing truce now goes.
TV
Three more names join Matthew Barry’s limited series about the 1997 case that gripped Britain and Massachusetts. HBO has been quietly building a starry cast.
TV
Osman signed off after years in the chair, with a special scene after the credits. Michael Sheen takes over hosting duties next week.
Music
Parton’s niece Jada Star and the Welsh singer Bronwen Lewis say she was proud to sing in Welsh. The recording has been released after her death, and it is the first new Jolene in decades.
Music
The trio will play Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester next March, bringing the catalogue and new music. The run follows their recent festival stretch.
Music
New European arena dates for 2027 follow the band’s UK and European shows later this year. Tickets go on general sale shortly after the announcement.
Music
The Grammy winner’s second studio album is out via Lovett Music and RCA. She has spoken about the pressure she felt to follow her debut, and this one took its time.
Music
Royal Blood, Bloc Party and Interpol are among the acts affected by the venue’s December cancellations. Worth checking if you were holding tickets for anything in west London that month.
Theatre
Jonathan Larson’s musical about New York artists has been revived for its 30th anniversary, with the Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo in the cast. The Guardian has the first production photographs.
Theatre
The Gilded Age star and Richard E. Grant lead Coward’s country house farce in the West End. Tatler calls the revival flawlessly acted, if featherlight.
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Theatre
Charlie Cox and Blake Harrison lead Stuart Slade’s new play about an attempt to steal Elvis Presley’s body. The Donmar Warehouse has now confirmed the rest of the company.
Theatre
Shea’s Performing Arts Center marks 100 years with a gala featuring Hilty, auctions and dinner. Proceeds go towards expanding accessibility at the theatre.
Theatre
The musical theatre convention has published its full 2026 programme, with a packed weekend of panels and performances. It is five years old this year.
Books
Audible announced a set of features that let listeners hold conversations with characters from the books they are reading. Lit Hub is not convinced it improves anything.
Books
Australia’s most awarded picture book illustrator talks about what makes a good painting and the fine line between utopia and dystopia. An interview to read slowly, with his work alongside it.
Books
The poet traces the spoken word from Homer to Ted Hughes and ends with a call to arms for the natural world. The Guardian finds it twisting and beguiling.
