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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FilmGFF 2011: Contemporary Days
Long before Ikea broke down and flat-packed modernism for the masses, Robin and Lucienne Day were hard at work designing the foundations of what now seems co... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
FilmGFF 2011: Submarino
Using a novice cast and crew from the Danish film scene, Submarino harks back to the earlier film-making of director Thomas Vinterberg, a key figure of the D... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Music
Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys!
There is a poignancy to every track of Build A Rocket Boys, and a sparseness that stands in contrast to 2008's The Seldom Seen Kid. As with all of Elbow's wo... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
MusicParts & Labor – Constant Future
Labelling Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor an “experimental noise-rock band” is one more reason to take user-edited encyclopaedias with a pinch... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Theatre
Lord of the Flies @ Theatre Royal, 2-5 Mar
Choreographic legend gets local and tribal Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Books
The Shard Box by Liz Niven
In a new collection of poems about her experiences in China, Liz Niven seems the perfect traveller. She’s adventurous in confronting the cultur... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011
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FilmGFF 2011: Holes Where The Heart Is
Winner of the inaugural Margaret Tait Award 2010, Torsten Lauschmann invites Jac Mantle to his studio for an insight into his forthcoming screening at Glasgow Film Festival 2011. Words: Jac Mantle Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Music
Wild Palms – Until Spring
Although we are assured that London's Wild Palms subsisted on “a diet of Beefheart, The Fall, Can, and Wire” while working on the songs that comp... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Music
Vessels @ Captain's Rest, 21 Feb
It’s rare to see the Captain’s Rest dancefloor filled out like it is tonight and, given the warm reception, it’s apparent that at least a f... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Film
Wake Wood
Recently resurrected British studio Hammer's latest film is a new addition to the folk horror genre, in which a couple move to rural (fictional) Irish town W... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Dave Gibbons
Before his special appearance at GFF, acclaimed comic book artist and writer Dave Gibbons meets the CineSkinny to discuss his extensive career, the Watchmen adaptation, and Mark Millar. Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Griff the Invisible
From an unfinished synopsis, it feels natural to compare Griff the Invisible to fellow self-styled superhero Kick-Ass (plus there's also a slither of&nb... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Music
Bloodlights – Simple Pleasures
Say what you will about Norway, but they know how to make exceedingly good rock’n’roll. Perhaps the reason for this is that they believe, deep in... Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
Music
Trapped Mice – Portrait of a Great Father EP
Edinburgh’s Trapped Mice open their new EP quietly before stomping to a crescendo, a familiar but effective trick reminiscent of, amongst others, Okker... Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
Music
Wagon Christ – Toomorrow
Luke Vibert's Wagon Christ project has been ploughing a deceptively narrow furrow for well over a decade now. It's a breezy, upbeat sound: jazzy breaks, trip... Read more »| 23 Feb 2011