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 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 -
FilmMute
Mute is a messy disappointment from the director of Moon and Source Code Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
FilmKickboxer: 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 -
Film
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 -
Film
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 -
Music
Michael Timmons – Bone Coloured
On his debut album Bone Coloured, Glasgow singer-songwriter Michael Timmons reminds us that sometimes feeling miserable is okay Read more »| 23 Feb 2018
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Theatre
The Last Bordello @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Fire Exit's latest and largest production is a sumptuously mad theatrical treat Read more »| 23 Feb 2018 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit & Editors members unveil Mastersystem
The new band from members of Editors, Frightened Rabbit and Minor Victories have revealed details of their debut album and UK tour Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Music
Solareye – Mr Margins (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Mr Margins by Stanley Odd MC Dave Hook, aka Solareye Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
FilmGrass
The ridiculously prolific Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo is back with a typically subtle and playful drama – which takes place entirely in a Seoul cafe Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Film
Chloé Zhao on The Rider, her tender portrait of America's heartland
The Rider, Chloé Zhao's study of an injured rodeo rider, fuses reality and cinema poetry. We discuss the film with Zhao, who explains how she created this moving film out of a charismatic rodeo rider's real-life fall from the saddle Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
MusicMartha Ffion – Baltimore (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Baltimore by Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Martha Ffion Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Tv Radio
Amazon are adapting Iain M Banks’ Culture novels into a new series
The Culture, the fictional interstellar utopian society imagined in the sci-fi novels of Iain M. Banks, is being adapted by Amazon Studios’ television wing Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Music
Damon & Naomi @ Night & Day, Manchester, 18 Feb
Damon & Naomi return to Manchester for a short delicate set Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Clubs
Guest Selector: Wheelman
Ahead of his set at Stereotone's 3rd Birthday Party at The Art School, Glasgow's Wheelman picks out ten tracks you need to hear right now Read more »| 21 Feb 2018