The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
Art: Jane Morris
Jane Morris, editor of ‘The Art Newspaper’, reviews three recent art exhibitions including Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy, ‘Unfinished’ at the Courtauld Gallery and a multi-sensory show at Tate Britain.
Film: David Jenkins
David Jenkins, editor of ‘Little White Lies’, review this week’s films: indie flick ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’, psycho-sexual drama ‘Buttercup Bill’ and ‘American Ultra’.
Books: Amanda Craig
Amanda Craig talks us through three recent books, from Tom Holland’s ‘Dynasty’ to Alice Hoffman’s ‘The Marriage of Opposites’. Plus we look back to 1920s London in the second of AC Koning’s Blind Detective…
TV: Ben Rylan
Monocle’s Ben Rylan gives us a preview of the latest TV series, from the much-expected new season of ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ to the new ‘Supergirl’ series and the upcoming season of ‘Daredevil’.
Music: Sue Steward
World music critic Sue Steward reviews tracks from French-Algerian singer Iness Mezel, Zimbabwe’s music icon Thomas Mapfumo and Cuban star Daymé Arocena.
Art: Charlotte Burns
We speak to Charlotte Burns, US news, market and business editor at ‘The Art Newspaper’, about a trio of New York’s recent art exhibitions: ‘Warriors and Mothers’, a display of Mbembe art by the…
Film: Jason Solomons
Cinema gets musical this week as we review ‘Straight Outta Compton’, the biopic about California hip-hop group NWA, and new EDM flick ‘We Are Your Friends’. We also discuss the re-issue of Michelangelo Antonioni’s…
Books: Parul Sehgal
We raid the bookshelf with Parul Sehgal, editor at ‘The New York Times Book Review’. Up for discussion are Steve Silberman’s exploration of the treatment of autism in ‘Neurotribes’, Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Eileen’ and Jonathan…
Theatre: Matt Wolf
We take a look at the week in theatre in London including Benedict Cumberbatch’s much-anticipated role in ‘Hamlet’ at the Barbican, more Shakespeare at the Globe with Simon Godwin’s take on ‘Richard II’ and…
Music: Laura Snapes
Laura Snapes, senior editor at ‘The Pitchfork Review’, reviews this week’s music releases: ‘Poison Season’ by Canadian rocker Destroyer, a new collaboration between Cate le Bon and White Fence’s Tim Presley called Drinks and…
