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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BooksKeeping the House by Tice Cin
Tice Cin's debut novel is a refreshing and unique look at London life through the eyes of its Turkish Cypriot community Read more »| 07 Sep 2021 -
FilmSpencer
In Pablo Larraín's anarchic anti-royalist look at Princess Diana, the wealth and status of royalty are a trap from which no-one escapes happily Read more »| 07 Sep 2021 -
ArtThe War is Not Over: Chikako Yamashiro interview
Chikako Yamashiro's exhibition is now open at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Here, the artist and guest curator Kirsteen Macdonald explain that the works are complex expressions of the contested politics of Okinawa, but have a wider resonance, too Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
Music박혜진 Park Hye Jin – Before I Die
박혜진 Park Hye Jin shows why she's one of 2021's most in-demand artists with an intricate and emotive debut album Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
MusicAmyl and the Sniffers – Comfort to Me
Amyl and the Sniffers' new album retains a fiery core, but it also reveals a more pensive and reflective side to the band Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
MusicLow – HEY WHAT
Low continue to surprise on their thirteenth album HEY WHAT, feeding off the same charged energy that made Double Negative so impactful Read more »| 06 Sep 2021
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FilmVenice Film Festival 2021: Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, the latest film from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lily Amirpour, is a neon-drenched horror filled with warmth and humour, but with a frustratingly loose script Read more »| 05 Sep 2021 -
FilmLast Night in Soho
Edgar Wright's psychological thriller starts promisingly, but as it takes its characters down the sinuous corridors of glamourous Soho clubs, its charming ambivalence and well-crafted allegories begin to unravel Read more »| 04 Sep 2021 -
FilmParallel Mothers
The great Pedro Almodóvar returns with a twist-filled melodrama about two single mothers – one played by Almodóvar regular Penelope Cruz Read more »| 04 Sep 2021 -
FilmThe Lost Daughter
Based on Elena Ferrante's book of the same name, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, depicts the horror of a woman ageing past what society deems desirable Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
FilmDune
Dune isn't quite the sensory feast of Blade Runner 2049, but Jason Momoa steals the film as a salt of the earth swordmaster – if only this sci-fi epic had more of his pizzaz Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
BooksBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You is everything Sally Rooney does so brilliantly, but her third novel also asks itself bigger questions about storytelling in a time of crisis Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
FilmThe Power of the Dog
Jane Campion returns after 12 years with The Power of the Dog, a haunting study of male violence that makes up for its lack of emotional depth with forensic storytelling Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
FilmThe Card Counter
Paul Schrader delivers another exacting drama following a haunted man in search of redemption in tense morality tale The Card Counter Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
MusicJupiter Rising 2021: The Report
A rejuvenating weekend at Jupiter Rising gives us a glimpse of what Scotland's festivals should and could be like in terms of inclusivity and diversity Read more »| 02 Sep 2021