Monocle on Culture

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Robert Bound and his guests discuss what has piqued their interest in our one-stop shop for lively reports and in-depth interviews on the newest and finest in art, film, books and the media business.

  • 30 minutes 47 seconds
    ‘Box Office Poison’

    We sit down with Tim Robey, author of the new book ‘Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops’. This alternative history of cinema recounts the industry’s biggest bombs, including how they came to be made and what they tell us about both the Hollywood machine and the public who eschewed them. 

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    4 November 2024, 7:31 pm
  • 27 minutes 58 seconds
    Walla Walla Foundry, a new Italian film and French pop star Zaho de Sagazan

    We head to Rome to find out about a new film dedicated to the Women’s Liberation Movement in the 1970s before visiting one of the world’s largest contemporary art foundries in Walla Walla. Plus: an interview with French pop star Zaho de Sagazan. 

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    28 October 2024, 6:54 pm
  • 26 minutes 11 seconds
    Gran Turismo Folgore: A Lucca Roadtrip

    As this special episode pauses to consider elements of great design, it is important to not overcomplicate matters. Sometimes, all you need is four wheels and a beating heart. Monocle’s Italian odyssey concludes with a second roadtrip in another of Maserati’s powerful new all-electric sports cars: the Gran Turismo Folgore. Joining us for the ride are Maserati’s head of design, Klaus Busse, and food writer Luca Cesari.

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    25 October 2024, 3:08 pm
  • 30 minutes 13 seconds
    A new ballet based on the life and writing of Oscar Wilde

    We find out about ‘Oscar’, a ballet based on the life and work of Oscar Wilde. Plus: artist Sophie Matisse tells us about designing chess sets, and writer and translator Bruna Dantas Lobato discusses her new book, ‘Blue Light Hours’. 

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    21 October 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 33 seconds
    Asymmetry and Heartland at Noma

    We venture from Monocle’s Marylebone HQ to London’s Dalston to learn about an organisation looking east. Asymmetry is an unusual, forward-thinking foundation dedicated to developing cultural knowledge in and about Asia. Plus: we head to Copenhagen to find out about Danish festival Heartland’s takeover of famed restaurant Noma. 

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    14 October 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 33 seconds
    The ghost and spirit of Mike Kelley

    We explore the world of US artist Mike Kelley with the first UK exhibition of his work at the Tate Modern. ‘Ghost and Spirit’ shows Kelley’s influential and experimental practice ranging from drawings and collages to multimedia installations of “dark pop art”. Robert Bound speaks to Catherine Wood, the Tate Modern’s director of programme, about the show. Plus: Lisson Gallery content director Ossian Ward shares his view of Kelley’s imaginative career.

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    7 October 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 39 seconds
    Public Service Broadcasting and concept albums

    To celebrate the release of Public Service Broadcasting’s *The Last Flight*, we explore the world of concept albums. Robert Bound speaks to the band’s J Willgoose, Esq about the making of the album, which explores aviator Amelia Earhart’s final takeoff. To continue the theme, Monocle’s contributing editor Andrew Mueller digs deep into weird and wonderful LPs, while writer Natty Kasambala and Will Hodgkinson,  music critic at ‘The Times’, share their favourite concept albums.

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    30 September 2024, 5:20 pm
  • 24 minutes 25 seconds
    Gran Cabrio Folgore: a Carrara roadtrip

    Making a masterpiece begins with a vision. And where else to start than with the beloved Italian marque Maserati’s new powerful, all-electric sports car: the Gran Cabrio Folgore. As summer turns to autumn, we engage the roof, connect the charger and hit the road. Join us. Featuring Maserati’s head of design Klaus Busse and sculptor Valeria Greco.

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    26 September 2024, 3:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 8 seconds
    ‘The Goldman Case’ and ‘Sugarcane’

    We discuss two new films in this week’s episode. ‘The Goldman Case’ dramatises the 1976 trial of revolutionary left-wing intellectual Pierre Goldman and is a thrilling retelling of a momentous event in French legal history. Plus: we speak to the directors behind the new documentary ‘Sugarcane’, which follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system. 

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    23 September 2024, 5:32 pm
  • 28 minutes 35 seconds
    Ukraine’s musical heritage, Agnes Varda and Marina Abramovic’s new London show

    Monocle’s Andrew Mueller finds out about Soviet-era rock’n’roll in Ukraine ahead of the release of ‘Even The Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996’. Plus: we discuss a new biography about filmmaker Agnes Varda and hear from Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic. 

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    16 September 2024, 4:58 pm
  • 34 minutes 55 seconds
    ‘Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence’

    Robert Bound is joined in the studio by writer and ‘Monocle on Culture’ regular Will Hodgkinson to discuss his new book, ‘Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence’ . The book tells the story of Lawrence, the founder of the band Felt, and later, Denim. Is he the greatest pop star that never was?

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    9 September 2024, 4:58 pm
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