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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FilmLover for a Day
A young woman returns home to crash at her middle-age professor father's flat, only to find he's in a relationship with one of his students Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
FilmRichard Linklater on buddy movie Last Flag Flying
Richard Linklater is back with another left-turn: a low-key road movie starring Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne that's a kind-of sequel to Hal Ashbey's Last Detail. We speak to this most mercurial of filmmakers Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
MusicJohn MOuse – Gladiator / Contender (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Gladiator / Contender by John MOuse Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
Art
A Synchronology @ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
A new Hunterian exhibition tracks and celebrates some of the artists that have formed the programme of Glasgow gallery The Common Guild's first decade of programming. Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
Comedy
Gilded Balloon: 2018 Highlights
Gilded Balloon bring new life to the comedy, cabaret and theatre scenes with an inspiring programme and new venue in the heart of Edinburgh's West End Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
Comedy
John Kearns interviewed by Fringe Dog
Double comedy award winner John Kearns chats with Fringe Dog about happiness, collaborations and marmalade ahead of his Glasgow and Edinburgh tour dates Read more »| 08 Jan 2018
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Music
Idlewild to headline Help Musicians Scotland launch gig
To help launch Help Musicians’ permanent new Scottish operation, Scottish indie heroes Idlewild will play an acoustic set at a special King Tut’s gig Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
Books
Bloody January by Alan Parks
From the moneyed elite to groupies, and the brutal gangs of an urban wasteland, Bloody January navigates the underbelly of 1970s Glasgow. Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
Film
The Final Year
Greg Barker's documentary follows President Obama's team during his final year in office. Despite this unprecedented access, the resulting film is disappointingly disjointed Read more »| 08 Jan 2018 -
Art
The Skinny's 2018 Scottish Art Events Diary
The new year brings a new Glasgow International with a cyborg theme, as well as Collective's much-anticipated new Observatory gallery, plus new exhibitions, projects and curatorial enterprises across Scotland Read more »| 05 Jan 2018 -
Comedy
Five Tips from a Wellness Guru for a fit New You
Wellness guru and comedian Eleanor Morton offers some unique advice for a year of clean living and fitness Read more »| 05 Jan 2018 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: January 2018
A whirlwind tour of the poetry happenings for January through Rabbie Burns and beyond Read more »| 05 Jan 2018 -
Books
Goblin by Ever Dundas
Ever Dundas' debut novel is an enchanting, genre-defying read Read more »| 05 Jan 2018 -
Film
Coco
An animation about death might seem an odd choice for the family-friendly studio Pixar, but in the hands of Toy Story 2 director Lee Unkrich such concerns are unwarranted Read more »| 05 Jan 2018 -
Film
The best film events in Scotland in January
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from Paul Thomas Anderson on 35mm to a weekend-long love letter to Nicolas Cage Read more »| 05 Jan 2018