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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FilmTrue History of the Kelly Gang
Australian director Justin Kurzel does the Ned Kelly story justice in this uneven but daring film starring George Mackay as the legendary outlaw Read more »| 27 Feb 2020 -
FilmThe Painted Bird
The Painted Bird might be difficult to endure, but even harder to ignore Read more »| 27 Feb 2020 -
BooksLosing Eden by Lucy Jones
A deep dive into our relationship into the natural world, Lucy Jones' book could well be life-changing Read more »| 27 Feb 2020 -
FilmCook F**k Kill
Cook F**k Kill has an arresting opening, but as it moves through its repeating narrative chapters, there's the distinct feeling of diminishing returns Read more »| 26 Feb 2020 -
TheatreDenise Mina on Mrs Puntila and her man Matti
Award-winning Scottish crime writer Denise Mina speaks to the Skinny about gender swapping and power misuse in her latest work, Mrs Puntila and her man Matti, an adaptation of Brecht’s master and servant comedy Read more »| 26 Feb 2020 -
FilmOliver Hermanus on Moffie
South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus returns with Moffie, an extraordinary drama about a gay teen conscripted to fight in the Angolan war in Apartheid-era South Africa Read more »| 26 Feb 2020
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MusicJupiter Rising 2020: first artists announced
Auntie Flo, Free Love, Hen Ogledd, Penelope Isles, Linder Sterling and the Glasgow Zine Library all feature in the first announcement for 2020's Jupiter Rising Read more »| 26 Feb 2020 -
TheatreThe Political History of Smack and Crack @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
The story of two long-term addicts is fused with an expose of government collusion in Ed Edwards' earnest debut play Read more »| 25 Feb 2020 -
MusicSoccer Mommy – color theory
With effortless cool, razor-sharp riffs and wise takes on adolescence, Soccer Mommy surpasses expectations on color theory Read more »| 25 Feb 2020 -
FilmFirst Cow
The great American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt delivers her sweetest and funniest film to date, a tale of friendship blossoming between two lonely men eeking out an existence in the Old West Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
FilmBerlinale 2020: Onward
Pixar's latest, Onward, offers up a pleasingly original premise that's part Weekend at Bernie's, part Cronenberg, but the execution is all too familiar Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
MusicMALKA – I’m Not Your Soldier
MALKA returns in a reflective, personal but defiant mood on new album I'm Not Your Soldier Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
FilmRiot Girls: Michael Caton-Jones on Our Ladies
Veteran filmmaker Michael Caton-Jones returns to filmmaking in Scotland for the first time since 1995's Rob Roy for Our Ladies, his long-in-the-making adaptation of Alan Warner’s The Sopranos Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
TheatreAntigone, Interrupted @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Thought-provoking, thrilling and enthralling – Scottish Dance Theatre's genre-busting solo show is a triumph Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
MusicPeggy Sue – Vices
Vices finds Peggy Sue dispelling bad behaviour and toxic relationships – a notion we can all relate to at a time of climatic and political flux Read more »| 24 Feb 2020