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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FilmChiwetel Ejiofor on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The tale of how a Malawian schoolboy saved his village by building a wind turbine from bits of scrap is the basis of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Chiwetel Ejiofor tells us why he wanted to bring William Kamkwamba's inspirational story to the screen Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
MusicThe Japanese House – Good at Falling
Good at Falling, the debut album from The Japanese House is a lucid dream, tumultuous and tender, steeped in self-reflection, self-appreciation, and self-growth Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
BooksBirthday by César Aira
César Aira's unconventional memoir is filled with timeless reflections on the struggle of learning to live well Read more »| 28 Feb 2019 -
FilmSamuel Maoz on Foxtrot
Samuel Maoz's second feature, Foxtrot, is an allegorical three-act drama dealing with grief and faith in modern-day Israel. The director tells us about his new film and the controversy it's caused in his home nation Read more »| 27 Feb 2019 -
MusicSnapped Ankles on Stunning Luxury and gentrification
Paddy Austin of Snapped Ankles tells us about how the gentrification of East London has influenced their new album Stunning Luxury, whilst giving us a masterclass in originality Read more »| 27 Feb 2019 -
TheatreThe Pride Plays: Captivity @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Drew Taylor-Wilson’s black comedy Captivity plays with concepts of sexuality and personality, and is an intriguing addition to Scotland's first LGBTQ+ playwrights' festival Read more »| 27 Feb 2019
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MusicStillhound – Stillhound
While it doesn't hold any big moments, Stillhound is a consistent return from the Edinburgh trio and sets an idyllic visual scene purely through sound that distances them from their debut Read more »| 27 Feb 2019 -
TheatreThe Pride Plays: A Rom-Com @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Gemma McGinley's love triangle between a girl, a boy and his car is an original and sparky piece of new writing Read more »| 27 Feb 2019 -
MusicSelf Esteem – Compliments Please
Vocally and lyrically charged, Self Esteem’s debut is one that takes several paths in its journey, revealing Rebecca Taylor as a remarkable vocalist and a powerful lyricist Read more »| 27 Feb 2019 -
MusicSnapped Ankles – Stunning Luxury
Snapped Ankles build upon their debut with Stunning Luxury, a streamlined yet incisive take on everyday politics Read more »| 27 Feb 2019 -
FilmGenesis
French-Canadian filmmaker Philippe Lesage follows up his knockout debut film The Demons with Genesis, a lyrical and imaginatively structured coming-of-age film concerned with three tender stories of young love Read more »| 27 Feb 2019 -
MusicTroye Sivan @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 23 Feb
Australian queer icon Troye Sivan brings his Bloom tour to Glasgow for an honest night of pop, and what is likely a formative experience for a lot of tonight's excitable crowd Read more »| 26 Feb 2019 -
MusicShe Drew the Gun @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 23 Feb
She Drew the Gun are out to change things, and their music goes some way to expressing revolutionist thoughts through intelligent politics and a pure punk ideology Read more »| 26 Feb 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Dragged Across Concrete
Dragged Across Concrete is a sublime action flick – but Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn's right wing cops are not the heroes we need right now Read more »| 26 Feb 2019 -
FilmHappy as Lazzaro
Alice Rohrwacher’s drama about a village of peasant farmers cut off from society spills from poetic realism to dreamy fantasy to tell a spellbinding story that’s a potent allegory for the pervasive evils of modern capitalism Read more »| 26 Feb 2019