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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MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 22 February
Exclusive releases from David Bowie, Stephen Malkmus and Sub Pop for Record Store Day; new music from Doldrums, Primal Scream, Hawk Eyes and Rob Zombie; Festival Watch: Meadows in the Mountains, Open'er and Echo Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
FilmSnow Way!: Blancanieves @ GFF
Do we really need another Snow White film? Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
FilmRobot & Frank: Real Steal
Frank Langella plans a robbery with his robot caretaker. As you do Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
FilmLove, Honour and Obey
We look at Banaz - A Love Story, which documents the investigation into the honour killing of a young Kurdish woman, and look at how our idea of female roles are changing through cinema Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Music
Mano Le Tough – Changing Days
Born near Dublin, Niall Mannion aka Mano Le Tough moved to Berlin some time before 2009, and quietly began to revolutionise the template of house music with ... Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Film
Beyond the Favela: New Brazilian Cinema
There's more to Brazil than just the favelas. With the Olympics and World Cup on the horizon we have a look at GFF's celebration of New Brazilian Cinema Read more »| 21 Feb 2013
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Film
GFF 2013: Dormant Beauty
Marco Bellocchio's euthanasia drama Dormant Beauty is based on the real-life case of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who fell into a coma for two decades and w... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Books
Eustace by S.J. Harris
The darkness in Eustace creeps up on you unexpectedly. It begins sadly, but innocently with the travails of a sick child, illustrated in a whimsical, pencil-... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Film
GFF 2013: Caesar Must Die
A large portion of Caesar Must Die’s impact stems from its concept: a production of Julius Caesar performed by the inmates of the high-security wing of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Books
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World by Donald Antrim
Donald Antrim's 1993 debut novel, Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World is being published in the UK for the first time. Featuring a pagan-like shrouded figu... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Film
GFF 2013: The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Writer-director Davide Manuli takes the basic concept and some specific details from the true story of Kaspar Hauser, and twists it into a surreal techno-wes... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Music
Deftones @ Barrowland, 15 February
Since side-stepping the bad old days of nu-metal with their dignity intact (while former peers turned to Dr Drew and Skrillex for career advice), Deftones ha... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Film
GFF 2013: Shell
In an emotionally frozen recess of the Highlands lives a father and daughter alongside the gaping void left by her mother. The child is named Shell and, like... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Film
GFF 2013: Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Nothing Can Hurt Me tells the story of Memphis power pop icons Big Star in a very conventional music-doc manner, complete with all the expected genre hallmar... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Sleep Tight
Luis Tosar's performance is central to the success of Sleep Tight, a taut psychological thriller set in an upmarket apartment block. Tosar plays Cesar, a pol... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013