The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
Art: Charlotte Burns
Charlotte Burns of ‘The Art Newspaper’ spills the beans on who’s showing what and the sales being made at this year’s Frieze New York.
Film: Cassam Looch
Cassam Looch, film and entertainment journalist, reviews some of this week’s cinema releases, including ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’.
Books: Cathy Rentzenbrink
Cathy Rentzenbrink, books editor at The Bookseller, talks Tom Edwards through a trio of novels: Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God In Ruins’, Ryan Gattis’s debut ‘All Involved’ and the latest from Man Booker prize-winning author…
TV: John Doyle
John Doyle, television critic for ‘The Globe and Mail’, talks TV with Tom Edwards. Including sinister drama ‘Wayward Pines’, ‘Bessie’, the new HBO biopic about legendary blues singer Bessie Smith, and a discussion of…
Music: Nick Luscombe
We talk Japanese hip hop and rap with broadcaster and DJ Nick Luscombe. He introduces us to tracks by Shinekosei, DJ Shark and Evisbeats that he discovered on a recent trip to Asia.
Art: Claire Rigby
Art writer Claire Rigby speaks to Georgina Godwin about a trio of art exhibitions in São Paulo including Tonico Lemos Auad at Pivô, Mayo Bucher at Lama and Piero Manzoni at Sao Paulo’s Museum…
Film: Tim Robey
Tim Robey, film critic for ‘The Telegraph’ joins Gillian Dobias to review French coming-of-age film, ‘Girlhood’, Chris Rock’s latest comedy ‘Top Five’ and German psychodrama ‘Phoenix’.
Books: Sharmaine Lovegrove
Sharmaine Lovegrove, literary consultant for Dialogue Berlin, scopes the bookshelf with Tom Edwards to discuss Ian McEwan’s latest release ‘The Children Act’, screenwriter Jesse Armstrong’s first venture into novel-writing in ‘Love Sex and Other…
Theatre: Donald Hutera
We discuss the month’s best plays on show in London with Donald Hutera, critic for ‘The Times’. He chooses reproductions of ‘Gypsy’ and ‘American Buffalo’ plus new show ‘Golem’, which melds theatre together with…
Music: Pete Paphides
Music critic and broadcaster Pete Paphides gives us his top three tracks from the albums to listen out for this week. His picks include Monocle 24 favourite Saint Etienne, whose lead singer has gone…
