We start the year off with a bang by celebrating the release of two fantastic new films. We hear from director RaMell Ross about ‘Nickel Boys’, a formally inventive and beautifully rendered adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Colson Whitehead. Then: erotic thriller ‘Babygirl’, starring Nicole Kidman, depicts a lustful affair between a CEO and an intern. Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco sits down with director Halina Reijn to find out more.

Saint Etienne on their 13th and final album, ‘International’
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Summer books special: Fredrik Backman, Christopher Bollen and our recommended reading
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Summer music special: Green Man Festival and the season’s best albums
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