The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Kimberley Bradley
Monocle’s Kimberly Bradley brings us up to speed with a few of Vienna’s best art exhibitions this month including ‘Artists and Poets’ at Secession, the ‘Rare Earth’ show at TBA21 and a selection of paintings by Egon Schiele of his muse, Wally Neuzil, in Leopold Museum.
Film: Karen Krizanovich
Film critic Karen Krizanovich and Monocle’s Gillian Dobias discuss the re-release of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi cult classic ‘Blade Runner’, the seventh film in ‘The Fast and the Furious’ franchise and Noah Baumbach’s new comedy ‘While We’re Young’.
Books: Fleur Macdonald
Fleur Macdonald review Peter Ackroyd’s biography of Alfred Hitchcock, Kate Hamer’s debut novel ‘The Girl in the Red Coat’ and David Turner’s history of schooling in ‘The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School’.
TV: Alice Vincent
Arts and entertainment writer for the ‘Telegraph’ Alice Vincent chats to Rob Bound about some of this month’s television highlights including the final season of scandalous office drama ‘Mad Men’, the new series of fantasy thriller ‘Game of Thrones’ and Louis Theroux’s adventure to Ohio’s psychiatric hospitals in ‘By Reason…
Music: Nick Gold
Nick Gold of World Circuit record label tells Paul Noble about the making of Buena Vista Social Club’s global hit record in 1997, and the release of Lost and Found, a collection of previously unreleased tracks from the Cuban band. Plus new releases from Mbongwana Star and Trio Da Kali.
Photography: Sue Steward
Sue Steward and Gillian Dobias discuss the winners of this year’s Syngenta Photography Awards, the work of William Klein at Kensington’s Hackelbury Fine Art Gallery, and ‘Staying Power: Photographs of the Black British Experience’ which is on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives.
Film: Jason Solomons
Film critic Jason Solomons reviews Frédéric Tcheng’s new documentary on the world’s biggest luxury brand ‘Dior and I’, Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Face of An Angel’, which is inspired by the ongoing trial of Amanda Knox, and ‘Seventh Son’, an action-adventure fantasy starring Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges.
Books: Mark Mason
Writer Mark Mason chats with Andrew Tuck about three new non-fiction releases. Michael Bloch’s book about the scandalous life of British politician Jeremy Thorpe, a biography of American entertainer Bob Hope by Richard Zoglin: ‘Hope: Entertainer of the Century’, and a look at nearly 3,000 years of going to the…
Theatre: Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf, theatre critic at the ‘International New York Times’, gives us his critique of a pint-sized performance of ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Shaftesbury Avenue and a West End revival of Mary Chase’s classic comedy ‘Harvey’, as well as revealing a popular theme currently circulating London’s theatres: the property ladder.
Music: Crispin Parry
CEO of the British Underground Crispin Parry reviews some of his highlights from this year’s SXSW music showcase in Austin, Texas. Plus a report on the festival’s increasing relationship with big brands.
