The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
Art: Charlotte Burns
We round up some of the best new exhibitions on in New York this week with Charlotte Burns from ‘The Art Newspaper’.
Film: Jason Solomons
From art-house brain benders to alien-attack blockbusters, Jason Solomons reviews some of this week’s film releases. Plus: we head to Sonar festival in Barcelona to talk virtual reality.
Books: John Mitchinson
On this week’s literary review we discuss the history of genealogy in Siddhartha Mukherjee’s ‘The Gene: An Intimate History’, we’re transported to the Californian summer of 1969 in Emma Cline’s new book ‘The Girls’ and we delve into Francis Spufford’s first novel, ‘Golden Hill’, which takes us on a romp…
TV: Alice Vincent
We find out what’s been happening in Litchfield Penitentiary as Netflix streams season four of its women’s prison comedy-drama ‘Orange is the New Black’. Plus: we discuss ‘The Disappearance’, the latest French thriller causing a buzz among British viewers, and over on Sky Atlantic we look at new comedy ‘Camping’.
Music: Myf Warhurst
Double J broadcaster Myf Warhurst guides us through some of the best recent releases from Melbourne’s music scene, including tracks by Olympia, Plutonic Lab and Alex Lahey.
Art Basel
Ben Rylan is joined in the studio by Jane Morris, editor at large at ‘The Art Newspaper’, to recap the 47th edition of Art Basel. With comment from Art Basel’s global director Marc Spiegler.
Film: Karen Krizanovich
This week’s film review takes us from Egyptian gods to possessed children via Scottish folk singers and a French sex party. Listen to Karen Krizanovich and Gillian Dobias make sense of it all.
Books: Mark Mason
We discuss the innovative ways in which a policeman battled crime in ‘Why did the Policeman Cross the Road?: How to Solve Problems Before they Arise’ by Stevyn Colgan. We also talk about the importance of green spaces and their social history in ‘A Walk in the Park: The Life…
Theatre: Dominic Maxwell
We recap this year’s Tony Awards and review three of London’s ongoing productions: ‘Titanic’ at the Charing Cross Theatre, Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Spoils’ at Trafalgar Studio One and a Terence Rattigan classic ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ at the National Theatre.
Music: Laura Snapes
Laura Snapes and Andrew Mueller discuss new music from country singer Brandy Clark, American-Japanese punk musician Mitski and a collaboration between KD Lang, Neko Case and Laura Veirs named Case/Lang/Veirs.
