The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Jane Morris
In London we take a peek around Elton John’s modernist photography collection at the Tate Modern and discover the childlike beauty of Robert Therrien’s sculptures at the Parasol Unit. Over in Shanghai we meet…
Film: Karen Krizanovich
We look ahead to the weekend in cinema and talk alien-landings in ‘Arrival’, London life in ‘100 Streets’ and Abel Gance’s five-and-a-half hour epic 1927 silent film ‘Napoleon’.
Books: Sharmaine Lovegrove
We leaf through the latest titles by Margaret Drabble, Jess Kidd and Elizabeth J Church.
TV: Alice Vincent
On this week’s television review we discuss how good Jude Law is as leader of the Catholic Church in new HBO drama ‘The Young Pope’. We also take a look at what is apparently…
Music: Will Hodgkinson
We talk album releases with Will Hodgkinson, chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’. Featuring the latest from Lambchop, which sees them heading down an electronic path, a debut album from duo Soft…
Art: Francesca Gavin
We whizz around London, Paris and Los Angeles to take in three exhibitions worth checking out this week at the Barbican, Palais de Tokyo and The Sunday Painter.
Film: Jason Solomons
Film critic Jason Solomons joins Tom Edwards to discuss the feud between US presidential candidate Donald Trump and an elderly Scottish woman in documentary ‘You’ve Been Trumped Too’, sentimental period drama ‘The Light Between…
Books: Amanda Craig
Novelist and book critic Amanda Craig guides us through three new novels: Michelle Paver’s high-altitude ghost story ‘Thin Air’; Linda Grant’s comic hospital drama ‘The Dark Circle’; and Naomi Alderman’s electrifying feminist sci-fi ‘The…
Theatre: Matt Wolf
We head to New York where movie stars have been popping up in unlikely performances all over the city, from Jake Gyllenhaal’s starring role in Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ to David…
Music: Nick Luscombe
Fresh off the plane from Japan, Nick Luscombe gives us his tips for the musicians worthy of your ears this month. Featuring folk singer Predawn, electro artist Syunsuke Ono and pop duo Young Juvenile…
