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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FilmJunebug
Amy Adams, do I know you from somewhere? Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
FilmParadise Now
This stark, humane work from Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad is a groundbreaking character study, bravely tackling the complexities of conflict, and forcing the viewer to question the usual simplification of good vs evil.
Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
New Blood: Engerica
Enough snotty attitude to fill a Kleenex factory, is just one of the things Essex outfit Engerica will be bringing to The Garage when they support Seether th... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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The Squid And The Whale
Baumbach's aim is for immediacy; as opposed to the intensely structured and considered nature of a literary memoir, 'The Squid and the Whale' is intentionally half-remembered, half made up; a wholly fictionalised creation. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Alien Autopsy Preview
Over the years many a comic duo have tried to transfer their magic from the small box in your living room to the big silver screen, and without fail they have bombed. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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V for Vendetta
Have vexed fans of the graphic novel been vindicated?
Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Film
Tristan & Isolde
Brisk and imaginative battle scenes Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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The Child (L'enfant)
Gritty socio-realism with a noirish nihilism running through it, like someone Bogarted the Loach. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
FilmThe Big White
In the end this feels like a waste of an excellent cast. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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16 Blocks
A formulaic yet enjoyable buddy flick in heavy traffic. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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GFT Course: Italian Food and Cinema
Like cinema, food is perceived in Italy as culture, creativity, memory, passion and seduction; in a nutshell, as a collective emotion that shapes and informs the life of the country. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
Edinburgh Film News April 2006
A new film scheme offers an ideal opportunity for anyone who fancies themselves as the next Shane Meadows Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Spare Snare - Sort it for afterwards
gone is the gratingly lo-fi production of their earlier releases Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Secret Machines - Lightning Blue Eyes
Like a heavyweight boxer, the Secret Machines have us just where they want us Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
A Muso's Top 10: DoseOne
Anticon's Adam Kidd Drucker AKA DoseOne dropped 10 of the best on the Skinny's doorstep for the month of April and also gave us the gen on what he's got plan... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006