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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MusicPerfume Genius @ SWG3, Glasgow, 8 Nov
With sparse staging, modelesque poses and a terrific live band, Perfume Genius makes a triumphant, cathartic return to Glasgow Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
FilmJulia Ducournau and Tahar Rahim on Alpha
Julia Ducournau's latest film Alpha tells the story of a mysterious pandemic of the 80s and 90s – just don't call it an AIDS analogy, and certainly don't assume it's about alpha males. Ducournau and actor Tahar Rahim tell us more Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival reveals first films for 2026
GFF 2026's retrospective strand will feature films where characters fight back against the machine of power, while the Country Focus next year will be on Sweden Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
MusicJJJJJerome Ellis – Vesper Sparrow
With Vesper Sparrow, JJJJJerome Ellis reasserts himself as one of experimental music’s most original voices Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
MusicCall the COPs: Music, people power and climate change
As governments and NGOs assemble in the Brazilian rainforest for the COP30 Climate Change Conference, Scottish musicians are speaking up about climate change Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
FilmAlpha
Alpha, the third film from Julia Ducournau, contains some of the transgressive body-horror we've come to expect from this talented French filmmaker, but little of the playful volatility that made films like Raw and Titane so successful Read more »| 11 Nov 2025
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ArtGray's Glasgow: A Queer, Working-Class Cartography
Inspired by Alasdair Gray's mythologising of Glasgow, an archive-based exhibition maps the city through a queer, working-class lens Read more »| 10 Nov 2025 -
MusicSPRINTS @ SWG3, Glasgow, 6 Nov
Irish rockers SPRINTS excite at their Glasgow show, but never quite hit their stride Read more »| 07 Nov 2025 -
ArtGut Feelings: Get Wet
Rooted in personal discovery, Gut Feelings is a new column that explores how art can be a conduit for memories and sticky emotions. In the launching edition, art writer Megan Rudden responds to Uist Corrigan's exhibition, Get Wet Read more »| 07 Nov 2025 -
MusicHatchie – Liquorice
Hatchie mixes sweet and sour on her dreamy third album, Liquorice Read more »| 07 Nov 2025 -
MusicWhite Lies – Night Light
Night Light is one of White Lies' best albums yet, even when it veers into Bryan Adams-esque territory Read more »| 07 Nov 2025 -
MusicKai Reesu win the 2025 SAY Award
Glasgow nu-jazz band Kai Reesu have picked up this year’s SAY Award for their excellent KOMPROMAT vol.i, beating out fellow nominees like Kathryn Joseph, TAAHLIAH and Jacob Alon to the £20,000 prize fund Read more »| 06 Nov 2025 -
Musictoso toso – toso toso
New York collective toso toso emerge fully formed on their spellbinding debut Read more »| 06 Nov 2025 -
MusicThe Dears – Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful!
Montreal indie stalwarts The Dears return with a ninth album full of the joys of life Read more »| 06 Nov 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Grow Up
Following a sold out debut show and with their second single out now, we catch up with Glasgow garage-punks Grow Up Read more »| 06 Nov 2025