The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
Art: Charlotte Burns
Charlotte Burns, US news, market and business editor at ‘The Art Newspaper’ joins Robert Bound to talk us through New York’s finest: Nicole Eisenman at the New Museum, Agitprop at the Brooklyn Museum and Philip Guston at Hauser & Wirth.
Film: Jason Solomons at Cannes Film Festival
We take the temperature of the opening days at the 69th Festival de Cannes. Film critic Jason Solomons has been soaking up the atmosphere and runs us through some of the films he’s seen so far, including festival opener, Woody Allen’s ‘Café Society’ and two competition contenders: Cristi Puiu’s ‘Sieranevada’…
Books: Christopher Frey
Monocle’s Toronto correspondent Christopher Frey joins Matt Alagiah to discuss some of Canada’s recent book releases: ‘You May Like This’ by Tom Vanderbilt, ‘So Sad Today’ by Melissa Broder and ‘In Between Days’, a graphic novel by Teva Harrison.
TV: Peter White
We turn on the TV with Broadcast magazine’s Peter White to see what’s worth watching over the next couple of weeks. Up for discussion is Neflix’s first chat show ‘Chelsea’, Spanish women’s-prison drama ‘Locked Up’, or ‘Vis à Vis’, and AMC’s new comic book-based show ‘Preacher’, directed by Seth Rogen.
Music: Eurovision
Monocle’s Eurovision correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco runs through his favourite tracks from this year’s entries, including songs from Belarus, Austria and Russia.
Art: Jane Morris
Summary: We’re in London for this week’s round-up, reviewing the latest exhibitions at the Tate, White Cube and Drawing Room. Jane Morris, editor of ‘The Art Newspaper’, is in discussion with Georgina Godwin.
Film: Hot Docs
This week’s film review comes from Toronto where the Hot Docs film festival is currently taking place. Tomos Lewis is joined by Canadian film critic Norm Wilner to discuss his three highlights from this year’s programme: ‘Aim for the Roses’, ‘Cameraperson’ and ‘My Scientology Movie’.
Books: Sharmaine Lovegrove
On this week’s books review we learn about the life of the late Jenny Diski and her relationship with fellow writer Doris Lessing in her final memoir ‘In Gratitude’. We also delve into Chris Cleave’s new novel ‘Everyone Brave is Forgotten’, which takes us on a journey through war-ridden London…
Theatre: Matt Wolf
We get to grips with this year’s Tony Award nominees, including ‘Hamilton’ which has received a record 16 nominations. Plus: we review Broadway musicals ‘Waitress’, ‘Shuffle Along: Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed’ and ‘She Loves Me’.
Music: Andrew Mueller
Join Andrew Mueller and music journalist Laura Snapes for our review of the week’s music releases.
