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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FilmCrazy Rich Asians
This meet-the-parents rom-com is brimming over with charm although its portrait of wealth could be a tad more complex Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
MusicMothers – Render Another Ugly Method
The second album from Kristine Leschper’s Atlanta outfit Mothers, Render Another Ugly Method reaffirms the band’s talent for making the familiar sound so strange Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Film
A guide to Scottish DIY film nights
How DIY film nights and community film clubs are enlivening Scotland’s film scene Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
MusicNiteworks @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 26 Aug
Scottish electronic/Celtic hybrid group Niteworks celebrate the release of their second album, Air Fàir an Là, with a Highland Fling in the capital Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Clubs
Maribou State on Kingdoms in Colour
Chris Davids and Liam Ivory of English electronic duo Maribou State explain how collaborating with Khruangbin, and plenty of time spent on the road helped shape their optimistic new album Kingdoms In Colour Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Island Records: Pictish Trail on Lost Map and Visitations
As Eigg-based label Lost Map Records get ready to celebrate their fifth birthday, we chat with label founder and director Johnny Lynch about their new Visitations project Read more »| 03 Sep 2018
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Theatre
Sci-fi classic Solaris adapted for Edinburgh’s Lyceum
The Edinburgh Lyceum team up with Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre for a stage adaptation of Solaris, Stanisław Lem’s classic science fiction novel turned into film by both Tarkovsky and Soderbergh Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
FilmThe Miseducation of Cameron Post
Desiree Akhavan's witty and heartfelt coming-of-age drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a potent study in teenage alienation and anxiety Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Art
Janice Kerbel @ Western Baths
The Common Guild gallery invites Janice Kerbel to create a visual art project for the festival accompanying the 2018 European Championships; the result is an elegant statement on the power of collective action Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Books
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney's second novel is a devastating love story that elevates the mundane to the magnificent Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
SAY Award 2018: A closer look at the shortlist
Ahead of the 2018 SAY Award ceremony in Paisley on 6 September, we take a closer look at the albums and artists featuring on this year's shortlist Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Books
Tomi Adeyemi on Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi has created a new world through her young adult fantasy novel, Children of Blood and Bone. Six months on from its publication, she pauses to take stock and talk more about her story Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Film
Scottish Film Festival Calendar
Scotland's cultural calendar is overflowing with excellent film festivals. Below is just a taste of some of the smart, inventive and inclusive festivals that help make the Scottish film scene the most vibrant in the UK Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
Neil Hilborn @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 23 Aug
Neil Hilborn delivers a lacklustre performance of poems without all of the passion and peculiar ticks that first endeared him to the audience Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
Music
The Weather Station @ The Hug & Pint, 27 Aug
Tamara Lindeman and her band breeze through a wonderful set tonight at The Hug & Pint keeping the audience in rapt attention throughout Read more »| 03 Sep 2018