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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FilmGFF 2011: Creation of a Legend
The Brit pop scene owes a lot to Creation Records and its eccentric founder Alan McGee. Danny O'Connor's documentary reminds us of the company's importance. Words: Chris Buckle Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Deconstructing Dad
Documentaries can become personal in the making for any filmmaker, but the achievement of Stan Warnow in Deconstructing Dad is particular... Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
MusicThe Phoenix Foundation – Buffalo
Buffalo starts uncharacteristically with the drifting psychedelia-lite of Eventually, its laid-back vibe redolent of a long musical lineage stretching back d... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
BooksJamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
The whistle stop nature of this simple adventure story is a bit deceiving. Jaf's account of growing up in London, mid-nineteenth century, combines br... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
Books
Twenty-One Locks
There are 21 locks in a canal running through a standard-issue north Lancashire town, the nondescript anonymity of the village perfectly befitting Je... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
Music
Marianne Faithfull – Horses and High Heels
47 years is a hell of a career for anyone, but Marianne Faithfull’s 24th album is as strong as anything she has ever written. To say written isn’... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011
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TheatreRevelations and Awakenings
Two very different companies present two programmes of dance that raises questions of performance-ready work. Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer, the man of a thousand Simpsons voices, brings wit and a keen journalist’s instinct to documentary on the US government's shambolic handling of Hurricane Katrina Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
Clubs
Highlife present: T Williams + Auntie Flo @ La Cheetah, 5 Mar
Just when you wonder if Huntleys and Palmers may have been lost to Shoreditch indefinitely, they return to Glasgow to launch their new label with another ins... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
Music
Rob Zombie @ O2 Academy, 20 Feb
Skindred are an exceptionally apt choice for supporting Mr Zombie tonight; both acts have inimitable frontmen, both have an impressive live track record, and... Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: No Singing, No Dancing
India's film industry is more than just the all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood extravaganzas, and the GFF is proud to bring a selection of the country's independent movies to the Scottish public. Words: James Kloda Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
Music
Vessels – Helioscope
Take equal parts Minus the Bear and Mogwai and what do you have? Aside from the recipe for a great night out, you have Vessels’ Helioscope, only the se... Read more »| 21 Feb 2011 -
Art
Harun Farocki @ CCA
There were a few who thought the CCA a lost cause. A series of obscure shows that persistently fell short of what Glasgow’s foremost contemporary art i... Read more »| 21 Feb 2011 -
Music
Nasty P – Choosers Can't Be Beggars
If Scotland had a hip-hop Hall of Fame, then Edinburgh's Nasty P would surely merit a mention – if not for his long-standing club night Soul Biscuits, ... Read more »| 21 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Streep's Ahead
This year's festival retrospective is dedicated to the queen of method, Meryl Streep. We take a look at her glory years. Read more »| 20 Feb 2011