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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FilmYou Were Never Really Here
Morvern Callar director Lynne Ramsay knocks it out of the park again with this fierce hitman thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix, which has echoes of Taxi Driver Read more »| 05 Mar 2018 -
ArtMargaret Salmon @ Tramway
Margaret Salmon's works so far are the subject of a large scale retrospective at Tramway in Glasgow, as they present an exhibition of the previous 20 years of her experimental film practice alongside elements of her working archive Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
ArtRehana Zaman @ CCA, Glasgow
Rehana Zaman's first solo show in Scotland is an installation containing three variously connected and distinct video works that nimbly negotiate intimate documentary interviews with structural, formal and experimental elements Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Film
The Skinny's Final Oscar Predictions
'And the award should go to...' Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Books
Folk by Zoe Gilbert
The literary equivalent of blackberry wine drunk outdoors under the trees Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Music
JD McPherson @ Gorilla, Manchester, 27 Feb
Averting our minds from the snow and cold outside, JD McPherson brings a warm air of Tulsa rock'n'roll to Gorilla's intimate stage tonight Read more »| 02 Mar 2018
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Film
Steven Soderbergh on iPhone-shot thriller Unsane
Despite announcing his retirement from cinema, Steven Soderbergh has been as busy and innovative as ever over the last few years. His latest film, Unsane, is another experiment: a psychological thriller shot on an iPhone Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Art
CCA Highlights: March / April 2018
From the criminal underworld to pulling an all nighter, CCA's spring programme is spiked with adventure Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Books
Sal by Mick Kitson
In Sal, Kitson has captured a curious quality of teenagerhood. Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
TheatreThe Month in Scottish Theatre: March 2018
After a quiet few months in the Scottish theatre scene, March is set to be an explosion of premieres, collaborations and storytelling Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Music
Songs: Ohia – The Magnolia Electric Co. 15 years on
Fifteen years after it was released and five years after the death of Jason Molina, The Magnolia Electric Co. stands as a shining reminder of the talent we lost too soon Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Music
Gwenno on Le Kov and the Cornish language
Sung entirely in Cornish, Gwenno Saunders’ new album is a warm world of collective memories and a document of a language that’s well and truly alive Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
MusicReality Bytes: Inside Superorganism's World
Superorganism tell us about the process of making their cross-continental debut album, nearly suffering an existential crisis and building the Superorganism world Read more »| 01 Mar 2018 -
Books
World Book Day: Our favourite books of the year
To celebrate World Book Day, we celebrate some of the best books we've read (or re-read) over the past year, from modern greats to prescient classics Read more »| 01 Mar 2018 -
Music
Bearcubs – Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet is a superb headtrip, with every snare and synth laboured over but if you spend enough time submerged in it, the edges sadly start to blur Read more »| 01 Mar 2018