Film
Tom Rhys Harries and Naomi Ackie coordinate in black for the Clayface world premiere in L.A.
DC Studios held the world premiere of Clayface in Los Angeles on Tuesday, with its two leads arriving in matching black.
Culture
The Folio · No. 41Thursday 15 October 2026Jess Entwistle
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Greta Gerwig explains why her Narnia starts with The Magician’s Nephew
At an IMAX preview in New York, Gerwig set out her glam rock take on C.S. Lewis and why she is beginning at the beginning rather than with the wardrobe.
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Film
Godzilla Minus Zero review: awe-inspiring spectacle in a blockbuster of the highest order
Radio Times calls the sequel textured and visceral, as an old nemesis rears its heads again to fight the nuclear lizard.
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Film
Critics vindicate Artificial after its messy Amazon MGM breakup
Luca Guadagnino’s film about artificial intelligence, and about Sam Altman, had a triumphant UK premiere months after Amazon MGM let it go.
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Jessie Buckley on dressing up and dreaming big at the BFI and Chanel Filmmaker Awards
In the middle of the London Film Festival, Buckley handed the 2026 BFI and Chanel awards to four film-makers, and talked clothes with Vogue while she did it.
TV
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TV
The Diplomat returns for a fourth season on Netflix this week
Keri Russell and Allison Janney are back for eight new episodes of the political thriller, landing on Netflix this week.
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TV
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed renewed for a second season at Apple TV
Apple TV has given a second run to the comedy about a newly divorced mother, played by Tatiana Maslany. No date yet.
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Killing Eve’s makers tease Cold War intrigue in first-look images from BBC thriller Honey
Ann Skelly and Rory Kinnear lead a darkly comic spy romance set in East Berlin in 1982. The first pictures are out.
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The Lowdown season two review: Ethan Hawke and Betty Gilpin light up a rollicking mystery
Sterlin Harjo’s modern noir comes back darker and coarser, and IndieWire calls the second chapter an absolute hoot.
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TV
Strictly Come Dancing confirms its Icons Week dances and songs
Week four is Icons Week, with Elton John, Adele and Aretha Franklin among the songs the couples will dance to.
Music
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Music
Stevie Wonder review: playing Songs in the Key of Life in full, he knocks everyone sideways
Wonder opened a tour marking 50 years of Songs in the Key of Life at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, and left the Guardian with its jaw on the floor.
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Music
Troye Sivan live in London: a high-voltage fever dream
Rolling Stone UK reviews Sivan at Apple Music Hall, the tech company’s new Battersea venue, and finds the show intimate, choreographed and euphoric.
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Music
Snoh Aalegra returns with Karma, her first new song since 2023
The Iranian Swedish singer and producer has released Karma, teased with a pair of videos, her first release in three years.
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Music
Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven soundtracks the first Narnia trailer
Greta Gerwig met Robert Plant and Jimmy Page in person to get permission to use the song in the trailer for The Magician’s Nephew.
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Joni Mitchell becomes a US citizen: a journey that began 62 years ago
Mitchell, 82, posted footage of her citizenship ceremony, six decades after she first moved from Canada to the United States.
Theatre
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Theatre
Mandy Moore will choreograph the La La Land stage musical
The three-time Emmy winner, who choreographed the 2016 film and is about to make her Broadway debut with Dolly, joins the stage version’s creative team.
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Theatre
Pride the Musical announces its full cast ahead of the Bridge Theatre opening
The stage adaptation of the 2014 film opens at London’s Bridge Theatre on 12 November, and the full company is now set.
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Theatre
First rehearsal images from Hamlet Hail to the Thief ahead of its Barbican premiere
Thom Yorke’s reworking of Hamlet with Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief runs at the Barbican Theatre from 31 October 2026.
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Paddington The Musical announces Australian premiere plans
The musical has set out plans for its Australian premiere.
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Theatre
An outdoor Sunday in the Park With George will bow in New York in 2027
Hudson Valley Shakespeare has announced the Pulitzer-winning Sondheim musical as part of its 40th anniversary season.
Books
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Books
The Steps by Sylvester Stallone review: the inside story of Rocky
Stallone takes the reader back to 1970s New York and his breakthrough. The Guardian finds a great yarn, laced with anger.
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Books
Ply by Hernan Diaz review: the Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America
Diaz follows Trust with a story of survival in a decaying metropolis. The Guardian sees shades of JG Ballard, and too much exposition.
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Books
The best books to read in October: new paperbacks from Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon and Francis Spufford
The month’s paperbacks run from a time-travelling fantasy novel to an eclectic essay collection.
