The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Peter York
Cultural commentator and writer Peter York talks Robert Bound through an exhibition about British punk band The Jam at Somerset House and a retrospective of Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures at Tate Modern. Plus: as cartoonist…
Film: Mark Schilling
Gillian Dobias speaks to Mark Schilling, a film critic based in Tokyo, about some of Japan’s latest movie releases, including a live-action adaptation of popular manga series ‘Attack on Titan’, an anime film ‘The…
Books: Cathy Rentzenbrink
Monocle’s Matt Alagiah is in conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink, writer and books editor at ‘The Bookseller’. Together they discuss how Harper Lee’s unedited ‘Go Set a Watchman’ reads and consider the debate surrounding its…
TV: Fernando Augusto Pacheco
Monocle’s contributor Fernando Augusto Pacheco talks Tom Edwards through the highs and lows of Brazil’s soap operas, from the controversial to the biblical, and of course the downright ridiculous.
Music: Sebastian Merrick
Promoter and music aficionado Sebastian Merrick talks us through some of his favourite and most exciting acts to emerge this year including funk and soul singer Ester Rada, Ethio-jazz players Black Flower and songs…
Art: Jane Morris
Editor of ‘The Art Newspaper’ Jane Morris talks us through some of Basel’s current exhibition highlights and separates the great from the gimmicky at London’s current multitude of summer immersive shows.
Film: David Jenkins
David Jenkins tells us about the small-scale blockbuster ‘Ant-Man’, the story of an attempted assassination of Hitler in ‘13 Minutes’ and a charming Italian film that follows a teenage girl and her family of…
Books: Mark Mason
Today’s book review includes two new releases: ‘Two Hours: the Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon’ that delves into the psychology required to go the distance and ‘All Day Long: a Portrait of Britain…
Broadway: Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf, theatre critic for ‘The International New York Times’ takes us on a tour of some of the latest shows on Broadway in New York, including Shakespearean musical ‘Something Rotten!’ and multi-Emmy award-winning…
Music: Will Hodgkinson
Will Hodgkinson, chief pop and rock critic for ‘The Times’, talks to Robert Bound about the week’s best new music releases.
