The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Ivan Carvalho
Monocle’s Milan correspondent Ivan Carvalho walks us through some of this month’s best art exhibitions on offer in the Italian city. Up for discussion are ‘La Grande Madre’ at the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Damián Ortega at HangarBicocca and photography by Marina Ballo Charmet and Gabriele Basilico.
Film: Karen Krizanovich
We recap some of the films showcased at this year’s London Film Festival. Up for discussion is ‘Trumbo’, the story of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1940s; ‘High-Rise’, Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of the notorious dystopian JG Ballard novel; and Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic starring Michael Fassbender.
Books: Sharmaine Lovegrove
In this week’s book review we look at this year’s Man Booker prize-winner, ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ by the Jamaican author Marlon James. We also discuss Margaret Atwood’s latest novel, ‘The Heart Goes Last’. Plus: Matthew Green looks at the struggle to find peace among soldiers who have…
TV: John Doyle
On this week’s TV review we review the second series of ‘Fargo’. We also assess how paranoia is dominating North American TV this season, with the introduction of new programmes such as ‘Quantico’ and ‘Blindspot’. Plus we discuss the state of US comedy shows.
Music: Rebecca Grierson
For this week’s music review we discuss two new records: ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’ by John Grant and the new album from Editors called ‘In Dream’. We also discuss a new documentary called ‘They Will Have to Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile’, which tackles the fight between Islamic…
Art: Jane Morris
We head to Damien Hirst’s brand new Newport Street Gallery in London for its inaugural exhibition: a series of paintings by John Hoyland from Hirst’s collection. Over in New York we take a look around ‘Jim Shaw: The End is Here’ at the New Museum and Picasso’s sculptures at the…
Film: Tara Judah
In this week’s London Film Festival special, film critic Tara Judah and Monocle’s Gillian Dobias look at three films that have got people talking. They discuss ‘Taxi Tehran’, a portrait of the Iranian capital told through the story of passengers in a taxi; ‘The Lobster’, the latest surreal offering from…
Books: Cathy Rentzenbrink
In this weeks book review we look at Laura Thompson’s portrayal of the scandalous lives of the Mitford sisters in ‘Take Six Girls’. We then discuss two novels: ‘Spill Simmer Falter Wither’ is a debut by Sara Baume about the friendship between an outsider and his dog and CB George’s…
Theatre: Dominic Maxwell
We see how good the folks at the Apollo Theatre are at thinking on their feet in ‘Showstopper! The Improvised Musical’. We also take a look at Gregory Doran’s latest Shakespeare production ‘Henry V’ before it tours China and New York. Plus: we are introduced to Florian Zeller’s ‘The Father’,…
Music: Nick Luscombe
Hot off the heels of his recent trip to Estonia, broadcaster and DJ Nick Luscombe drops by the studio to talk us through the country’s music scene. We hear about Trad.Attack!, the trio who are putting their own twist on their country’s folk music; Argo Vals, a guitarist who recently…
