The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’…
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…
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:…
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…
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.
