The Folio · No. 30Sunday 4 October 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Tom McCarthy’s New York Film Festival premiere dramatises a failed 1980 conference on climate change, with Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and Tatiana Maslany leading the ensemble. The Guardian calls it excellent; Variety found it talky and flat.
Film
Gilroy’s film about a cellist, in cinemas 4 December, was scored by a collective of nine composers. Variety breaks down who wrote what, which is useful now the Oscar music talk has started.
Film
Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The Social Network held a special screening in Paris with its two leads. The photographs from the event have now been released.
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Film
The French director’s love story, which premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week, took the Golden Eye at the 22nd Zurich Film Festival. One to look for when it reaches UK screens.
Film
Anne Hathaway explains a detail woven into Penelope’s costumes in Christopher Nolan’s film, which she says added depth to the character. A small piece of craft worth knowing before you see it.
TV
Swift appeared alongside the Verity star in Saturday’s opening monologue, playing her breakup therapist and working in a Cleveland shoutout for Travis Kelce. Johnson had featured in Swift’s Patient Zero video.
TV
The Celebrity Traitors is back on BBC One, and the second series opened with a murder and a recruitment inside the first few minutes. Amol Rajan was the first to leave the castle.
TV
Prime Video showed the first teaser for its eight-episode series of the film franchise at CultureCon. Fowler and Brett Gray lead the cast.
TV
Balfe talks about making Tenzing, the biographical drama with Hiddleston that reaches Apple TV later this month.
TV
The creator of Disney+’s first true young adult drama talks through the first season, the deleted kiss scene and where a second season would go. Contains spoilers.
Music
The 59-date run includes arena shows in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. Tickets go on general sale this week.
Music
John played the first of his final two shows on 2 October at the Estadio Banorte in Mexico City. Billboard gathers the moments that mattered from the night.
Music
The final concert of the Power Up tour, on 2 October in New Jersey, ended with the Foo Fighters frontman joining the band. Foo Fighters had stepped in on the bill for a second time.
Music
McCartney gives his account of playing at Swift and Travis Kelce’s summer wedding at Madison Square Garden, including how the song was chosen.
Music
Charli XCX headlined the first night of Austin City Limits on 2 October and brought out her Sweat Tour co-headliner for two unreleased songs.
Theatre
Sylvia: A Musical Revolution is touring England and Scotland. The Guardian photographed the first look at Leicester’s Curve.
Theatre
Noël Coward’s comedy was filmed on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theatre and is heading to cinemas. Playbill picks out what to look for, O’Hara included.
Theatre
At Sadler’s Wells East, Jess and Morgs use green screen actors to meddle with an interrogation of a prime minister caught in a surreal scandal. The Guardian calls the production inventive.
Theatre
A two-hander set in the liminal space of a ferry terminal, with a struggling actor on the cusp of a break. Playing at the Finborough in west London.
Books
Nearly ten years after Pachinko sold five million copies and became a hit series, Lee has written another epic. She talks about ambition and the diagnosis behind it.
Books
Colleen Hoover settles the manuscript or letter question that has followed the novel since publication, useful now the Dakota Johnson adaptation is out.
