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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MusicStephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ The Arches, 11 November
With their impeccably-crafted, Beach Boys-inflected brand of sunkissed indie, London’s Weird Dreams make sense as openers for a Stephen Malkmus set; ch... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
Film
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
This sequel netted Brazil's biggest-ever box office return with its portrayal of corrupt police and even more corrupt politicians in Rio de Janeiro. A sunken... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
FilmAdam Hills: Inflatable DVD
Sheer coincidence sees this DVD released at a time when Ricky Gervais is defending his right to use the word 'mong'. It's a notable contrast to Hills, who is... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
FilmJason Manford: Jason Manford Live DVD & BluRay
It's been a year since an internet sex scandal engulfed Jason Manford's career. After his shock admission of having once seen boobs on the web, Manford was e... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
Film
Tim Vine: The Joke-A-Motive
“I went on once-in-a-lifetime holiday recently. Tell you what, never again.” Yes, the Best Joke Of The Edinburgh Fringe makes an appearance in t... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
Film
The Pajama Men: Last Stand To Reason DVD
Apart from two chairs and a giant cardboard train, the stage is empty. Which is just as well. Any clutter would occupy valuable space needed for the enormous... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011
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Film
Dylan Moran: Yeah Yeah DVD
Dylan Moran has been quiet recently and it's nice to see him back, but something seems to have changed about everyone's favourite misanthrope. If you fr... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
Film
Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra: Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD & BluRay
Tim Minchin's magnificent Albert Hall performance with his Heritage Orchestra is rooted in the fusion of cunning language games and sophisticated metho... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
Comedy
Chris Addison: "Stand-up is where it all comes from"
In the 1996 movie Multiplicity, Michael Keaton clones himself in an attempt to manage his busy schedule. It’s tempting to think that the technology des... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
MusicArab Strap @ Nice N Sleazy, 17 November
• Possibly the best secret The Skinny has ever kept (even if we did just stick them on the cover anyway), Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton reunited fo... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
Film
Kill List
In a neat, suburban house a couple quarrel over the depressed husband's reluctance to return to his work. Later, his colleague arrives with a new girlfriend ... Read more »| 17 Nov 2011 -
FilmA Separation
It’s a miracle that Iranian filmmakers continue to produce complex and deeply humanistic work despite their increasingly draconian film industry, and A... Read more »| 17 Nov 2011 -
Art
Johanna Basford: Drawing From Experience
First term sees new students illuminating studios with bright ideas – but how switched on are they about industry that awaits them? Illustrator Johanna Basford helps us read between the lines of her 50 Things I Wish I’d Known In Art School Read more »| 17 Nov 2011 -
Music
Conquering Animal Sound / Sleepingdog / FareWell Poetry @ CCA, 15 November
An arts centre is surely a fitting stage for the roster of Gizeh Records, as the first date of the label's Silent Bells Tour soon proves. Opening a... Read more »| 17 Nov 2011 -
Film
Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog Live DVD & BluRay
Opening with a photo montage from babyhood to present day, the scene is set for Greg Davies’ 2010 show Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog. The&... Read more »| 16 Nov 2011