The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Claire Rigby
Monocle contributor Claire Rigby reviews the latest exhibitions from Rio de Janeiro, from Cinthia Marcelle’s ‘em-entre-para-perante’ (in-between-for-before) at Silvia Cintra + Box 4, Rogerio Reis’s ‘Microondas’ and Felippe Sabino’s ‘Ermo, Reminiscênia’ (Wilderness, Reminiscence) at Galeria Inox.
Film: Tara Judah
Monocle’s Matt Alagiah and film critic Tara Judah discuss this week’s cinema releases: Swedish film ‘My Skinny Sister’ that explores the relationship between two adolescent sisters, Scottish period drama ‘Sunset Song’ and the BFI’s re-release of the 1965 classic ‘Dr Zhivago’.
Books: John Williams
On this week’s book review with John Williams from ‘The New York Times’, we discuss the following: ‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’, the new rock memoir by Carrie Brownstein; ‘You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine’, a look at modern-day consumerist life by Alexandra Kleeman; and George Singleton’s…
TV: Alice Vincent
On this week’s television review we take a look at the new series of the highly popular Danish drama ‘The Bridge’, dark superhero Netflix thriller ‘Jessica Jones’ and the BBC’s latest espionage mini-series ‘London Spy’.
Music: Luke Turner
We review the latest albums by ethereal folkster Enya, Arca – the Venezuelan producer who’s worked with the likes of Kanye West, Björk and FKA Twigs, and Polish minimalist folk makers Ksiezyc.
Art: Ossian Ward
Art is music to our ears this week as we investigate a collaboration between the Vinyl Factory and Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson at Brewer Street Car Park. Ossian Ward tells us about Chantal Akerman’s ‘Now’ at Ambika P3 and Susan Hiller at Lisson Gallery.
Film: Karen Krizanovich
On this week’s film review Ben Rylan and critic Karen Krizanovich discuss Todd Haynes’ epic new romance ‘Carol’, starring Cate Blanchett. We also size up Australian sartorial drama ‘The Dressmaker’. Plus: the final instalment of dystopian sci-fi adventure ‘The Hunger Games’.
Books: Parul Sehgal
Up for discussion on this week’s book review is a book that explores the scepticism surrounding the term “do-gooder”: Larissa MacFarquhar’s ‘Strangers Drowning: Voyages to the Brink of Moral Extremity’. We also leaf through a humorous tale of Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero in the US Revolutionary War, written…
Theatre: Matt Wolf
We head to Broadway for this week’s theatre review to see ‘King Charles III’, which has headed over the Atlantic after a successful run in London. We also discuss Broadway debuts from Clive Owen and Keira Knightley in ‘Old Times’ and ‘Thérèse Raquin’ respectively.
Music: Laura Snapes
Rob Bound and Laura Snapes, senior editor at ‘The Pitchfork Review’, discuss new albums by electro-pop Canadian Grimes, Aussie art-rockers Jaala and Kiwi folkster Nadia Reid.
