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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ComedyCrystal Baws: February 2013 Horoscopes
ARIESWhile scuba diving this month you accidentally mix-up your oxygen tank with a pressurised colostomy tank. The first breaths taste of farts so you toggle... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
FilmNo Penis Required: Films from Female Directors @ GFF 2013
We preview the films from female directors at this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
Music
United Fruit survey the February singles
We join post-hardcore champs United Fruit in their Glasgow rehearsal space as they take a break from demoing album number two to pan for pop hits. There will be dub... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
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Wiht – The Harrowing of the North
Though they've now officially split up, singerless Leeds trio Wiht have finally unleashed this physical version of their first (and sadly last) offering, ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
FilmWreck-It Ralph
Wreck-It Ralph’s primary source of pleasure is nostalgia: it’s a CGI time-machine for those who misspent their youth developing RSIs on bleeping ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
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The Soft Hills – Chromatisms
A year since last album The Bird is Coming Down to Earth, Seattle’s The Soft Hills return sounding slightly less pastoral and a tad more cosmic, succ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013
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MusicFrightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
Though divisive may be a strong word, 2010’s The Winter of Mixed Drinks certainly eked out differing opinions on the direction Frightened Rabbit were ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 1 February
The Pictish Trail's new mini-documentary; RockNess and Bestival lineups revealed; the StAnza Festival celebrates live literature; new music from Depeche Mode, LE1F, Team Ghost and How To Destroy Angels; plus weekend gig picks Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
FilmHero Worship: Lynda Myles
Matt Lloyd, director of Glasgow Short Film Festival, tells us why he's in awe of Lynda Myles, the artistic director of Edinburgh International Film Festival during its 70s purple patch Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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Sogol Mabadi @ Studio 41
Crossing the threshold of Studio 41, you immediately enter a small room, where it seems everything is awaiting your arrival in order to begin. The invigilato... Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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Sinister
In an attempt to restore his ailing career, a true crime writer moves his family into a house to write the definitive account of the murders that happened th... Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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Chained
Cinematically speaking, Jennifer Lynch comes with a lot of baggage.The daughter of David Lynch, at 19 she wrote and directed one of the most reviled films of... Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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Film Event Highlights - February 2013
The Glasgow Film festival doesn't have the only film events worth checking out in February - here's The Skinny's guide to special screenings, events and happenings in the rest of the country Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: What's Up Docs?
The old adage "truth is stranger than fiction" is the driving force behind Glasgow Film Festival's long-running documentary strand – and looking at GFF 2013's doc lineup, it's one that it is determined to prove true Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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Hyde Park on Hudson
You’ve got to feel for Daisy Suckley (Laura Linney), the lead character and narrator of Hyde Park on Hudson. Not only is her kissing cousin, President ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2013