The Folio · No. 34Thursday 8 October 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles and Caitriona Balfe walked the Los Angeles red carpet for their new Sense and Sensibility, the latest Austen adaptation to reach the screen.
Film
Aaron Sorkin’s standalone sequel to The Social Network follows a Facebook whistleblower, with Jeremy Strong’s Mark Zuckerberg reduced to a cameo. The Guardian finds a thriller that never mentions Trump.
Film
Eisenberg’s new film, which he directs, had its premiere at the New York Film Festival, with Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti on the carpet and producer Emma Stone also in attendance.
Film
The Hindi and Marathi cinema actor, whose roles ranged from the menacing crime lord of Parinda to the comic gangster of Welcome, died on 8 October at his home in Goa.
Film
Doha’s 15-title competition is made up mostly of Middle East premieres of films from the region, seven of them directed by women.
TV
Apple TV’s Ted Lasso closed its fourth season with a new coach at AFC Richmond and Ted out of the job. Brendan Hunt talks through the changes and the odds on a fifth season.
TV
A standalone Clarkson’s Farm episode has been unveiled in which Clarkson sets out to grow and build a car from Diddly Squat crops.
TV
Netflix has ordered a third season of the drama before the second arrives in November.
TV
The sketch comedy returns to the BBC with Steve Coogan and Fleabag’s Sian Clifford among the guests.
TV
Netflix is adapting the 1980s bestseller Savages as a jungle survival series, with Michelle Dockery and Jessica Gunning in the lead roles.
Music
The UK trio take their album Therapy At The Club on the road from January, starting in Seattle and taking in OVO Wembley Arena.
Music
The London venue hosts a one-night Greenpeace event on 26 November, with James Bay and Self Esteem on the bill.
Music
Four country artists front the soundtrack for the Netflix film, and Nettles and Faith also take acting roles in it.
Music
The singer behind Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) and You Are My Lady, celebrated for his earnest, dextrous voice, has died at 70.
Music
The album first released in October 1975 returns in an anniversary edition, drawn from a whirlwind year in Elton John’s life.
Theatre
The Olivier Award-winning revival of Sondheim’s musical has transferred to the West End, and the first production photographs are out.
Theatre
WhatsOnStage reviews Jordan Fein’s multi-award-winning Sondheim revival on its opening night at the Noël Coward Theatre.
Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical will be filmed live in its London home for the first time, for release in cinemas internationally.
Theatre
The complete cast and creative team are set for the show’s transfer to the Garrick Theatre, with Jamie Muscato in the teaser.
Theatre
A new production of the Tolkien musical will tour internationally from 2027.
Theatre
Jonathan Groff leads an all-male As You Like It at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, complete with a wrestling match staged like WWE.
Books
Kirkus Reviews named its 13th annual winners at a ceremony in New York, with $50,000 going to books of exceptional merit in three categories including fiction.
Books
The bookmakers put the Canadian poet and the Chinese experimental writer ahead of Haruki Murakami, Gerald Murnane and Margaret Atwood.
Books
Jack Sawyer returns to close the Talisman trilogy. The Guardian finds moments of shivering joy in a journey that otherwise feels repetitive.
