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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FilmThe Breadwinner
From the director of The Secret of Kells, The Breadwinner is a powerful film in which the cuteness and colour of the animation is balanced by realities of life in war-torn Afghanistan Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
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Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Grace Jones is celebrated in this doc from Sophie Fiennes, but its naturalistic style means that most questions about the iconic star's extraordinary life and career go unanswered Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
MusicBrian Fallon & The Howling Weather @ O2 Ritz, Manchester, 21 Feb
The Gaslight Anthem frontman brings his new material to Manchester, but can't shake the sense that something magical is missing Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
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Scottish Music Highlights: 27 Feb - 5 Mar
This week's gig guide features a weekend of music in Paisley, live returns from Wiley and Nils Frahm, and a birthday and programme launch to celebrate Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
MusicMesadorm – Yours and Not Yours (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Mesadorm's latest single Yours and Not Yours Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
MusicHamilton Mausoleum Suite @ Hamilton Mausoleum, 19 Feb
Tonight's performance of Francis Macdonald's Hamilton Mausoleum Suite flows seamlessly and is a huge privilege to have witnessed in the unique surrounds which inspired it Read more »| 27 Feb 2018
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Music
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard @ Academy, Manchester, 22 Feb
The tireless Australians bring a ferocious, if unfocused, show to Manchester Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
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Super Inuit – Chicane (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Chicane by Edinburgh duo Super Inuit Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
MusicFirst Aid Kit @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 24 Feb
After an initially coy beginning, the Söderberg sisters quickly settle into their Academy gig, chugging Irn-Bru and mixing the serious and the silly with great ease Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
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Disappearance
Iranian siblings come up against the insanity of their nation's backwards healthcare rules in this bold drama that begins well but plays its hand too early Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
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The Party's Just Beginning
In Karen Gillan's Inverness-set directorial debut The Party's Just Beginning, the script, the camera, and the actor all move in perfect time with one another Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
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Mute
Mute is a messy disappointment from the director of Moon and Source Code Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
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Kickboxer: Retaliation
The latest in the Kickboxer series lacks in both plot and character, but makes up for it with kinetic, non-stop action Read more »| 23 Feb 2018 -
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120 BPM
Director Robin Campillo, co-writer of The Class, presents a sprawling portrait of AIDS activism in early 90s Paris that's both vibrant and devastating Read more »| 23 Feb 2018 -
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Margaret Salmon on Sacred Paws-scored speedway film Mm
One of the highlights of this year's Glasgow Film Festival Sound & Vision strand is a screening of speedway doc Mm with a live score from Sacred Paws. We chat to Mm's director, Margaret Salmon, ahead of the screening Read more »| 23 Feb 2018