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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FilmUn Certain Regard: Interview with Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément
Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément sit down with The Skinny to discuss working with Quebecois filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan on his latest effort, Laurence Anyways, and portraying a ten year relationship on the film Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
MusicMy Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures
Best known for pioneering modern British doom alongside bands like Anathema and Katatonia in the 90s, My Dying Bride have softened their approach in recent r... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
BooksBooks: One Whole Week of Them
Book Week Scotland will take place from 26 Nov to 2 Dec, during which time hundreds (literally hundreds) of events will take place. Some even look pretty good too. Here's a brief selection of some we like the look of Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
Theatre
Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut @ The Macrobert
Straight from this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gilded Balloon and the Tron Theatre companies present Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut. Jimmy Chisholm... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
Theatre
Sonata For A Man And A Boy @ The Macrobert
A well-dressed man in a grey suit and bare feet sits on a black workbench. As the audience - consisting mainly of schoolchildren - shuffles in, he ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
MusicHero Worship: Alice Cooper
Before a Halloween Night of Fear descends on Auld Reekie, Duff McKagan explains why Alice Cooper's influence on rock'n'roll cannot be overstated Read more »| 25 Oct 2012
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Music
On the Road: The Hazey Janes take Europe with Wilco (Part Three)
Our intrepid explorers navigate the streets of Barcelona and fire themselves up for showtime with a little Chas & Dave... Read more »| 25 Oct 2012 -
Music
Andrzej Korzynski – Secret Enigma
Having already released two of his soundtrack recordings this year, Finders Keepers make good on their ongoing commitment to bring more of this eclectic Po... Read more »| 25 Oct 2012 -
Film
Casque D'Or
When Marie and Georges dance together in the opening scenes of Casque D'Or (1952) we know from their smouldering looks that we have a serious case of amour f... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Film
Santa Sangre
Jodorowsky's unforgettable masterpiece of the macabre finally gets a welcome Bluray release, fully restored and remastered for UK cinephiles. Traumatised by... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Film
The Passion of Joan of Arc
A silent film from 1928 depicting the trial of Joan of Arc for heresy is never going to be the first choice for a Saturday night's viewing, but this stark, t... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Film
The Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 animated film from Hayao Miyazaki, the anime maestro who would later direct such Studio Ghibli classics as Spirited Away a... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Music
Jo Mango – Murmuration
It’s been six years since Jo Mango last released a full album. The Glasgow-based songwriter has been far from idle in that time, collaborating with art... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Music
Trapped Mice – Winter Sun
Winter Sun starts with An Ending: a two-minute instrumental in which plaintive accordion wheezes over traffic noise and sirens, conjuring an enticing ai... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
MusicReso – Tangram
Reso's full-length debut album starts out promisingly, with a muted arpeggiated synth-line running atop a wash of ambient noise. Within a few minutes we're b... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012