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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Film2001: A Space Odyssey's predictions, 50 years on
Stanley Kubrick’s hallucinatory sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey was released 50 years ago, but its themes of human evolution and our obsession with technology are as fresh as ever Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
MusicBig Thief @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 2 Apr
Big Thief deliver an emotional night of music to a jam-packed, feverish crowd at La Belle Angele Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
FilmThe Penn isn’t Mightier: the dos and don'ts for actor-authors
Sean Penn isn’t the first actor to swap the limelight for prose and he won't be the last. We check out six other movie star scribes and see what lessons Penn might learn from them Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Books
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Akemi Dawn Bowman's novel is ungainly at times, but its central character is so complete and glorious she'll stay with you long after you turn the final page Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
MusicNeu! Reekie! present Neu! Stoney with Kathryn Joseph
The pan-cultural provocateurs launch a new venture in Stonehaven, with Kathryn Joseph and Best Girl Athlete heading up their first show Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Film
Watch the trailer for Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
It's finally here! Take a first look at The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Terry Gilliam’s long awaited film based on Cervantes' classic novel Don Quixote Read more »| 05 Apr 2018
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Music
Aino Elina – Saippuaa (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Saippuaa by Edinburgh-based Finnish electro pop act Aino Elina Read more »| 05 Apr 2018 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 4-9 Apr
This week's gig guide features homegrown talent, a pair of charity fundraisers, and the return of Counterflows festival Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
ClubsGuest Selector: DALI
Enigmatic artist DALI drops her new EP this month via Edinburgh-based label Hobbes Music. Here, the talented techno producer selects the albums (and a couple of standalone tracks) that have influenced her sound in the studio Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Music
EELS – The Deconstruction
More staggering works of heartbreaking genius from E and his team. It's all in a day's work, you know... Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Music
EELS frontman Mark 'E' Everett on their hopeful new record
Burnout and heartbreak forced Eels into hiatus and threatened the band’s future. Four years on, they’re back and buoyant, with inimitable frontman E reinvigorated Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Music
No Age @ Mono, Glasgow, 1 Apr
No Age return to their spiritual home tonight for a show that leans heavily on their latest album, Snares Like a Haircut Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Comedy
Beano accuse Jacob Rees-Mogg of ripping off Walter the Softy
The Beano has sent a cease-and-desist order to Jacob Rees-Mogg, claiming he’s clearly based his ‘personality’ on the comic’s character Walter Brown aka Walter the Softy Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Music
Mastersystem: Under the Influence
As new band Mastersystem get ready to unleash their debut album Dance Music on the world, the band talk us through the records that have influenced them Read more »| 04 Apr 2018 -
Books
Scottish Poetry News - April 2018
A look at April's poetry highlights, including Hollie McNish, John Burnside and events at Crossways: Irish Pages Festival Read more »| 04 Apr 2018