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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ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Jonathan Owen
Showcase: Jonathan Owen These drawings are made by erasing the ink from printed book pages. No medium is applied to the surface of the page, only removed. F... Read more »| 11 Feb 2013 -
Film
The We and the I
It's the last day of school and a horde of chattering adolescents squeeze on to a Bronx-bound bus. The backseat is the elongated throne belonging to four bul... Read more »| 11 Feb 2013 -
ArtMassimo Bartolini @ Fruitmarket, until 14 April
Divided across two floors, an interesting dichotomy of a show presents a decisive split between Bartolini’s renowned immersive works and his quiet stud... Read more »| 11 Feb 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 8 February
Grimes comes under fire for defending modern pop icons; Alex Harvey's life celebrated; The Arches' Behaviour 2013 programme announced; new music and videos from Gibby Haynes, Liars, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Make-That-A-Take; RIP The Stool Pigeon Read more »| 08 Feb 2013 -
Film
This Is 40
Judd Apatow revives characters from Knocked Up (2005) in this spin-off starring Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd. Attempting a Lena Dunham-esque take on the dreaded... Read more »| 08 Feb 2013 -
ArtOliver Braid @ Intermedia
Despite the playful nature of its titular reference to Pokémon, Oliver Braid’s latest exhibition, Snorlax Beanbag, is an almost antisocial affai... Read more »| 08 Feb 2013
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FilmWarm Bodies
Jonathan Levine seems so seduced by the smart premise of his lazy Warm Bodies – tortured hipster zombie starts romance with live and kic... Read more »| 07 Feb 2013 -
Music
Band of Horses to headline Green Man
Band of Horses, F*ck Buttons, Edwyn Collins and more confirmed in first announcement. Read more »| 07 Feb 2013 -
Film
Minority Report: Women & Film @ GFF 2013
We preview the array of events debating and celebrating female filmmakers at this year's Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival Read more »| 07 Feb 2013 -
Film
Skyfall
Skyfall's success at the box office has cemented Daniel Craig's reputation as the best Bond since Connery. Bringing to the role the blunt charm of a hammerhe... Read more »| 07 Feb 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 6 February
New music from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Kavinsky, Comanechi, Adebisi Shank, Sparrow & The Workshop and Wet Nuns; bills announced for Optimus Primavera, Reading and Leeds and Soundwave; plus, Kickstarter for a Death Star? Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
Film
I Give It a Year
I Give It a Year writer/director Dan Mazer has described his raunchy feature debut as an ‘anti-rom-com'; a subversion of those well-worn boy-... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
Music
Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
Tiptoeing the divide between showiness and subtlety, Caitlin Rose has a voice all-but guaranteed to melt hearts. Velvet-soft and effortlessly emotive, the ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
Music
Alice Russell – To Dust
Five LPs in, Alice Russell’s take on classic soul continues its gradual evolution; her longstanding production and songwriting partner TM Juke is aga... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
Music
Golden Grrrls Music Playlist: Under the Influence
Glasgow's Golden Grrrls make no secret of their penchant for the often overlooked Kiwi music scene. Founder Ruari MacLean presents '5 Cool Things to Check Out If You Like New Zealand Pop Music, 1978-the Present Day' Read more »| 05 Feb 2013