The Folio · No. 46Tuesday 20 October 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s three hour film about Elizabeth Holmes has become the best reviewed film in the Guardian’s reckoning. A24 is now mounting Oscar campaigns for best picture and supporting actress.
Film
The dress was handmade for the New York screening of Ortega’s new film. Pictures from the carpet.
Film
Es Devlin transformed the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court for the museum’s second annual ball. Vanity Fair has the room and the dresses.
Film
Edgar-Jones plays Elinor in Georgia Oakley’s new Austen adaptation, alongside Esme Creed-Miles and Caitriona Balfe. She tells Variety how she found the voice for a part Emma Thompson made famous.
Film
Hornaday died at home in Baltimore on Sunday after treatment for glioblastoma. She was a Pulitzer finalist and one of the few women reviewing films nationally when she started in 1995.
TV
Netflix has given the A24 drama a two season order. Paltrow plays Evelyn, her first time leading a series after a career in film.
TV
The spy drama is based on John R. Maxim’s novels. Daniels leads, and the series will run on AMC before reaching Netflix.
TV
Wilson played Marnie’s mother Evie in the original. HBO has ordered five episodes for 2027.
TV
ESPN, Lucasfilm and the NFL will run the altcast on Disney+, Disney Channel and Disney XD on 14 February 2027, with C-3PO among the hosts.
TV
The Scottish actor’s first role since his departure is a BBC adaptation set in Scotland, shooting with Jakob James Smith also cast.
Music
The band headlined the very first BST in 2013 and return 14 years on. Tickets and the rest of the bill follow.
Music
Criss made his Royal Albert Hall debut and was joined by Colfer for a surprise duet. Alan Cumming, Sarah Hyland, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Alex Newell also appeared.
Music
The Together, Together documentary films the run he is playing now and gets a cinema release.
Music
The first song from it, Random Violence, is out now.
Music
Delayed by ill health, the album was made alongside 2024’s Small Changes. The Guardian says it is far more than a companion record.
Theatre
Jonathan Larson’s musical turns 30 and marks it at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it opened. Diggs was in the original company.
Theatre
Co-producer Matthew Freud confirms the band have agreed to let their catalogue be used in a stage adaptation of the Richard Curtis film.
Theatre
Thompson wrote and starred in the films and explains why she will not be putting the prosthetics back on for the stage version.
Theatre
Sutton plays Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter’s musical, which is the Berkshire theatre’s festive production this year. Full casting is now announced.
Theatre
Blanche McIntyre directs the revival, Hampstead’s annual Stoppard production. Full cast announced today.
Books
Two decades on from The Time Traveler’s Wife, Niffenegger returns to it. The Guardian finds the follow up confused and the heat gone.
Books
David agreed to the authorised biography with a five word email. Vanity Fair ran an extract on the writing of the Seinfeld pilot the same day.
