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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FilmBlue Ruin
Blue Ruin is a revenge film filled with enough unpredictability to keep your attention and violence that serves the story rather than being gratuitous &ndash... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Film
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys
The Aatsinki brothers, Aarne and Lasse are men of very few words, but even if they were to wax lyrical about their lives as reindeer herders (”poromies... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
FilmSalvo
Cutting a scene a little long can render it dull; somehow, elongating it further leads to intrigue. So what of Salvo, a Sicilian hitman tale, which stretches... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Music
Pharoahe Monch, The Kazimier, Liverpool, 19 Feb
Swaggering onstage, bottle of whisky in hand, Pharoahe Monch embraces a room of party revellers and launches into Damage, the lead from his upcoming PTSD (Po... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
MusicDoppelgangaz – Peace Kehd
With a lunatic bio that won't stop talking about brothels and the "black cloak lifestyle" Doppelgangaz live up to more than a few of the cliches associated with underground rappers. They are elevated first of all by their production Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Theatre
Wendy Hoose @ Tron Glasgow
Birds of Paradise and Random Accomplice collaborate for the first time on Wendy Hoose, a comedy about sex, and, to paraphrase the poster, the difficulties of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014
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Music
Scottish artists react to David Bowie's "stay with us" message at BRIT Awards
Scottish artists and entertainers react to David Bowie's anti-independence remarks from last night's BRIT Awards – we get some exclusive commentary from playwright and novelist Alan Bissett Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
Music
Record Store Day: Releases confirmed from Dinosaur Jr., Camera Obscura, Fucked Up and more
This year's Record Store Day (19 April) is shaping up to be a bit of a blinder, with a whole raft of exclusive and limited-edition releases, reissues and rarities confirmed, including a new box-set from Dinosaur Jr. Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
Film
Run & Jump
Run & Jump is a story of family devotion, disease and dysfunction: all things that can, at times, challenge even the best of us. The story unfolds initia... Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
Film
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson’s films often dwell on worlds within worlds: grand houses, fox dens, submarines. So it seems appropriate that he should turn his delicate ... Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
FilmWes Cravin': The Grand Budapest and its Cinematic Influences
Wes Anderson's latest opus draws from a wide array of cinematic ancestors, including some featured elsewhere in Glasgow Film Festival's 10th edition line-up Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
Theatre
Long Day's Journey Into Night @ The Lyceum
Long Day's Journey into Night was Eugene O'Neill's dark, moody and dramatic swansong, only released after his death by his instuction owing to its thorough, ... Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
Music
The music world mourns Devo's Bob Casale
Bob Casale, founder member of new wave pioneers Devo, has died aged 61. His brother and band-mates Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale remember a "level-headed... solid performer and talented audio engineer" Read more »| 19 Feb 2014 -
Music
On Tour: Swans, Girl Band, Big Daddy Kane, The Pharcyde, Television
Tour news, featuring the return of Michael Gira's Swans, the biggest outing yet for Dublin's Girl Band, hip-hop revivalism with Big Daddy Kane and The Pharcyde, and classic 70s rock with Televison playing Marquee Moon in full Read more »| 18 Feb 2014 -
Film
Film News: Partridge will return says Coogan, Clancy Brown talks Warcraft
In today's film news, Steve Coogan confirms that he's not done with Alan Partridge, cult actor Clancy Brown talks Warcraft, and Karen Gillan stars in the trailer for new horror movie Oculus Read more »| 18 Feb 2014