Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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FilmEIFF 2026: Capsized
There are shades of Little Miss Sunshine in this deft comedy centred on a family coming together during a crisis, which features terrific performances for a cast that includes Rhys Ifans and Lily Rabe Read more »| 15 Aug 2026 -
FilmEIFF 2026: Pretty Babies
Tyler-Marie Evans’ feature debut is a sex work Cinderella story in the mould of Anora. After a childhood spent escaping into old movies, high schoolers... Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
FilmEIFF 2026: Out There
Simon Ryninks's comedy about a UFO-obsessed community in Wales might not have the budget of a Steven Spielberg extraterrestrial epic, but it has the same heartwarming sensibility Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
MusicSharp Pins @ King Tut’s, Glasgow, 10 Aug
Chicago power poppers Sharp Pins have the look but lack the punchline Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
FilmThe End of Oak Street
Producer J.J. Abrams' fingers are all over this Amblin-tinged, 1980s-set adventure, but there are still some great sequences from David Robert Mitchell in this tale of a suburban family trying to evade dinosaurs Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
FilmEIFF 2026: Bad Day at the Office
Chee Keong Cheung’s John Hannah-starring Bad Day at the Office takes its action cues from first-person video games, but unfortunately that's also the level of its drama. Still, Hannah's charm shines through Read more »| 14 Aug 2026
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MusicSpotlight On... The Great Pleasure
Ahead of releasing their debut album, we catch up with The Great Pleasure's Marc Molloy and Gillian Christie Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
MusicGetdown Services' Josh Law on Massive Champion
During a very busy summer, we catch up with Getdown Services' Josh Law ahead of releasing their second album, Massive Champion Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
BooksLucia Odoom on her novella Cosmos
We speak to Ghanaian-Danish writer Lucia Odoom about her novella Cosmos, and how the contemporary epistolary form can allow for an interrogation of belonging and intimacy Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Paul Wright on Mission
Film fans have been waiting a long time for the new Paul Wright movie. The Scottish director has once again paired with George MacKay for Mission, a beguiling study of urban alienation that continues Wright's interest in diving into disturbed psyches Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
BooksShorelines by Alycia Pirmohamed
Poet Alycia Pirmohamed turns to prose in her debut nonfiction book, an exquisite memoir that resists the demands of the genre Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
BooksBury Your Dead by Ana Paula Maia
Ana Paula Maia's follow up to Of Cattle and Men is another taut and grotesque investigation of violence Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FilmSunny Dancer
This mildly raunchy teen comedy about cancer survivors having a lovely time at summer camp has an excellent young cast led by Bella Ramsey, but too often it slips into cancer movie clichés Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
ArtReclaiming Censored Queer Art in EAF26
Rare solo exhibitions dedicated to the queer photographer Del LaGrace Volcano and the late fetish artist Sadao Hasegawa challenge the cultural devaluation of LGBTQ+ erotic art Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
MusicGetdown Services – Massive Champion
Getdown Services' second full-length album is infectious, proving that the Minehead-raised duo are no joke – they’re one of the UK's most exciting new bands Read more »| 11 Aug 2026