The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
Art: Ossian Ward
Ossian Ward from the Lisson Gallery gives us a preview of the 56th Venice Art Biennale, starting on Saturday May 9. Among the topics discussed is this year’s curator Okwui Enwezor and of course…
Film: David Jenkins
‘Little White Lies’ editor David Jenkins reviews Thomas Vinterberg’s remake of ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’, the remastered art-house classic by Federico Fellini, ‘8 1/2’, and ‘Argerich’, a documentary about Argentinian piano virtuoso Martha…
Books: Arifa Akbar
Arifa Akbar, literary editor of ‘The Independent’, gives us her take on the week’s book releases including the recently translated – and once banned by the Nazis – ‘Schlump’, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s new…
TV: Alice Vincent
We discuss April’s must-watch or must-avoid shows with Alice Vincent from ‘The Telegraph’, including hit American hip-hop drama ‘Empire’ as it hits British screens, Steve Coogan’s venture over the pond in US sitcom ‘Happyish’…
Music: Will Hodgkinson
Will Hodgkinson, rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’ reviews Blur’s brilliant new album ‘The Magic Whip’ and gets folky with new releases from British musicians Bill Fay and Olivia Chaney.
Photography: Sue Steward
Sue Steward runs us through some of this month’s photography highlights in London including the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, ‘Skate Girls of Kabul’ by Jessica Fulford-Dobson at the Saatchi Gallery…
Film: Karen Krizanovich
We head to the cinema with Karen Krizanovich to discuss the latest Marvel superhero blockbuster ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, Taiwanese dark comedy ‘Exit’ and Reese Witherspoon’s new drama ‘The Good Lie’.
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Author and associate editor of ‘The Bookseller’ Cathy Rentzenbrink tells us about three new novels to keep your eyes peeled for this month: Liza Klaussmann’s ‘Villa America’, Kirsty Logan’s ‘Gracekeepers’ and Renée Knight’s hotly…
Broadway: Matt Wolf
As we approach the nominations for the 69th annual Tony Awards next week, Matt Wolf, critic for the ‘International New York Times’, joins Tom Edwards to discuss a few Broadway shows he expects to…
Music: Nick Luscombe
Broadcaster and music aficionado Nick Luscombe takes us on a harmonic trip of Japan where he’s sourcing some of the country’s best sounds. There is music from Tatsumi – a skateboarding monk making electronica…
