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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MusicSpotlight On... Intibint
Following the release of her latest single, Ymn Alsa3eed., we catch up with Glasgow-based, Yemeni singer, songwriter, producer and visual artist Intibint Read more »| 27 Feb 2025 -
FilmJames McArdle on Hamlet, baddies & new film Four Mothers
James McArdle is a familiar face from stage and television, but he's yet to lead a movie. That all changes with Four Mothers, in which he plays an Irish novelist caring for his elderly mother Read more »| 27 Feb 2025 -
MusicMan Rei + Ugnė Uma @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 23 Feb
A double bill of Eastern-European experimentalists finds two artists – Man Rei and Ugnė Uma – plumbing shadowy emotional depths Read more »| 26 Feb 2025 -
MusicDARKSIDE – Nothing
On the third record, DARKSIDE are happy to remain unfixed, bumping between fun and familiar grooves with an element of chaos Read more »| 26 Feb 2025 -
MusicIchiko Aoba – Luminescent Creatures
On her latest album, Luminescent Creatures, Ichiko Aoba's compositions move incrementally, like the limbs of coral on the seabed, flourishing with cultivation and care Read more »| 25 Feb 2025 -
MusicMarie Davidson – City of Clowns
Marie Davidson’s City of Clowns melds dark industrial beats with biting lyrics to challenge the grip big tech has on our lives Read more »| 25 Feb 2025
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MusicPanda Bear – Sinister Grift
On his seventh album as Panda Bear, Noah Lennox delivers ten meticulously crafted songs, exploring a new thematic territory that's bittersweet but buoyant Read more »| 25 Feb 2025 -
FilmThe Last Showgirl
Jamie Lee Curtis grooving to Total Eclipse of the Heart is one of the few highlights in this disappointing study of a Las Vegas showgirl approaching the end of her career Read more »| 24 Feb 2025 -
FilmThe Monkey
Theo James plays twin brothers in the possession of a cursed toy monkey in this gory horror comedy that's rarely scary nor funny Read more »| 21 Feb 2025 -
BooksCarrion Crow by Heather Parry
The new novel from acclaimed Glasgow-based author Heather Parry is a surreal Gothic exploration of marriage, class and sexuality Read more »| 21 Feb 2025 -
MusicNao – Jupiter
Nao reckons with anxieties but embraces peace as the sultry and sweet meet in this loved-up odyssey Read more »| 21 Feb 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Fourth Daughter
Ahead of releasing her much-anticipated second EP Full Bloom, we catch up with Emily Atkinson, aka Fourth Daughter Read more »| 20 Feb 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival reveals 2025 programme
Glasgow Short Film Festival is back with a programme of international work including films from the Gaza Film Unit and a spotlight on Indonesian filmmaker Riar Rizaldi, as well as short film programmes exploring sex, grief and the multiverse Read more »| 19 Feb 2025 -
MusicSam Fender – People Watching
After Seventeen Going Under skyrocketed him into stardom, Sam Fender releases his long-awaited third album, People Watching Read more »| 19 Feb 2025 -
MusicAir to play Moon Safari at Fringe by the Sea
Fringe by the Sea will bring French duo Air to North Berwick this August to recreate their classic 1998 album Moon Safari live. Other artists announced in this first wave of acts include The Boomtown Rats and The Bluebells Read more »| 18 Feb 2025