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Culture

Culture

Culture editor Robert Bound's column on the hilarity and banality of comments left by people on newspaper websites, as well as reviews on new books, films, and music,and previews of art exhibitions.

  • Issue #36
  • 9 min read
Culture
Affairs

Acting funny

Big-league comedian and film director Takeshi “Beat” Kitano emerged from working-class roots to fame with his TV programmes and gangster films. This year, he has published his autobiography.

  • Issue #34
  • 5 min read
Acting funny
Culture

Culture

Roman Polanski's new drama The Ghost, music picks from gospel to "geyser-pop", the new books we've been reading.

  • Issue #32
  • 8 min read
Five books displayed on a bright yellow background including Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Nick Kent Apathy for the Devil, Point Omega, and Fordlandia by Greg Grandin.
Culture

Wicked way

From accountant to adult film scriptwriter, Joy King tells Monocle about her love for conjuring up steamy scenes and her efforts to boost the image of her business, Wicked Pictures.

  • Issue #32
  • 7 min read
Glass display cabinet filled with golden winged angel trophy awards and plaques from adult film industry ceremonies.
Culture

Keep it reel

While newspapers and broadcasters pull the plug on budgets for investigative journalism and documentary, Monocle meets Norway’s documentary filmmakers leading the charge to protect films that ask, answer and entertain.

  • Issue #27
  • 12 min read
Keep it reel
Urbanism

Reel estate

If your town needs a tourism boost, a blockbusting film set on your street is a sure way to bring in punters. Cities are offering big incentives for their moment on screen.

  • Issue #25
  • 11 min read
Reel estate
Culture

Culture

A round-up of the latest cultural highlights, from a re-issued sci-fi classic and photos of New York to French thrillers, new music from Wave Machines and Camera Obscura, and art world news.

  • Issue #24
  • 8 min read
Culture
Culture

Culture

This issue: book reviews include a catalogue of a love affair and George Steiner's essays. Plus, films 'Sounds Like Teen Spirit' and 'Let the Right One In', and new art shows.

  • Issue #23
  • 7 min read
Culture
Culture

Sounds Like Teen Spirit

Sounds Like Teen Spirit, Jamie Jay Johnson's warm and witty documentary following four contestants in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, is a sure contender as one of the strongest factual films of 2009. Monocle's…

  • Film
contenders at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Culture

Media

Monocle speaks with the head of Slate's new French edition. Also in this issue: a new Saudi Arabian satellite channel for the underprivileged and the reopening of a beloved Belgian film museum.

  • Issue #22
  • 6 min read
Media

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