The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
Art: Kim Bradley
Monocle’s Vienna correspondent Kim Bradley guides us through the city’s best exhibitions.
Film: Jason Solomons
We get to grips with the weekend’s film releases, including a directorial debut from Brady Corbet in dictator drama ‘The Childhood of a Leader’, an adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s family adventure ‘Swallows and Amazons’ and the return of Ricky Gervais’s hapless salesman in ‘David Brent: Life on the Road’.
Books: Anne Meadows
We discuss Hiromi Kawakami’s quirky Japanese novel set in a second-hand shop in Tokyo, discover an award-winning short work from Icelandic writer Sjón and meet Eileen, the titular character of US author Ottessa Moshfegh’s debut novel, which is up for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
TV: Lucy Jones
Lucy Jones reviews ‘The Get Down’ by Baz Luhrmann, the second season of ‘Mr Robot’ and ‘Horace and Pete’.
Music: Alice Vincent
Alice Vincent reviews the latest releases from Carly Rae Jepsen, Wild Beasts and Blossoms.
Art: Francesca Gavin
Art critic Francesca Gavin reviews exhibitions about the Rave Movement, the Dadaism movement and ‘Making & Unmaking’ at the Camden Arts Centre.
Film: Tara Judah
Tara Judah reviews ‘Wiener Dog’, ‘The Wave’ and ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’.
Books: John Mitchinson
John Mitchinson reviews the latest books by Wyl Menmuir and Sam Smit, as well as the biography of Dr James Barry.
Theatre: Pittsburgh playwrights
We head to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to hear about a production of ‘Seven Guitars’ in the former childhood backyard of its writer August Wilson. Plus: we hit the streets of London to explore an immersive audio project called Remote X.
Music: Luke Turner
Robert Bound and Luke Turner, associate editor of ‘The Quietus’, share some of their favourite recent releases, including new music by New York producer Katie Gately, a collaboration between the Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess and composer Peter Gordon and the latest offering from Gilles Peterson’s Sonzeira project.
