The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes

Art: Jane Morris
Jane Morris, editor of ‘The Art Newspaper’, review three exhibitions: Julian Charriere at Parasol Unit, ‘Electronic Superhighway’ at the Whitechapel Gallery and ‘Performing for the Camera’ at Tate Modern.

Film: Tara Judah
Film critic Tara Judah talks us through three releases from this year’s Berlin Film Festival: new Coen brothers comedy ‘Hail Cesar’, Chinese indie picture ‘Lao Shi’ and Terence Davies’ Emily Dickinson biopic ‘A Quiet…

Books: Christopher Frey
We call our Toronto correspondent to discuss the idea of consciousness in Howard Akler’s latest book ‘Men of Action’, find out why we’ve been gazing into our crystal balls for too long with Hal…

TV: John Doyle
John Doyle, television critic for ‘The Globe and Mail’ in Toronto, discusses three recent North American series poised for success this month: JJ Abram’s adaptation of Stephen King thriller ‘11.22.63’, the second season of…

Music: Laura Snapes
We find out if ‘The Life of Pablo’ can make a louder noise than its creator Kanye West’s tempestuous personal life, enjoy LNZNDRF, a new outfit from members of US bloke-rock favourites The National…

Art: Claire Rigby
Brazil-based art writer Claire Rigby talks us through the exhibitions worthy of your attention in São Paulo, including ‘Picture Gallery in Transformation’ at Masp, ‘Totemonumento’ at Galeria Leme and the annual ‘Hall of Artists…

Film: Jason Solomons
We shine our critical light on Tom McCarthy’s newsroom drama ‘Spotlight’ and Luca Guadagnino’s psycho-sexual drama ‘A Bigger Splash’. Plus: we see Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson strutting their stuff in ‘Zoolander 2’.

Books: Sarah Shaffi
Sarah Shaffi, online editor and producer at ‘The Bookseller’ reviews debut novels by Sunil Yapa and screenwriter Shirley Barrett as well as ‘The Ballroom’ by Anna Hope, which explores the love story between two…

Theatre: Matt Wolf
In this week’s theatre review Monocle’s Ben Rylan talks to Matt Wolf, theatre critic for the International New York Times, about the 50th anniversary Broadway production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, the latest incarnation…

Music: Baylen Leonard
Together with broadcaster and country-music aficionado Baylen Leonard we listen to new tracks by US musician Anderson East, Grammy award-winning blues singer Bonnie Raitt and UK folksters Treetop Flyers.