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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ArtArt in Liverpool and Manchester: May 2016
So many exhibitions, so little time... Here's our Art editor's selection of the most interesting new exhibitions in Liverpool, Manchester and beyond this May... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
BooksNorthwest Book Highlights – May 2016
This month we mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and the Northwest plays host to a whole load of festivals, including Manchester After Hours,... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
MusicMinor Victories on their debut album and tour
Famous names, familiar faces; welcome to the world of Minor Victories. Just don’t mention a certain word… Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
Clubs
Clubs in Liverpool, Manchester & Leeds: May 2016
Our clubbing highlights across Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds for May, which brings sunshine, outdoor parties and even sweatier basement dancefloors to the ... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
Film
Pink String and Sealing Wax
Pink String and Sealing Wax's setup suggests a juicy potboiler but this melodrama from Robert Hamer fails to integrate its subplots Victorian Brighton is th... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
Music
United Fruit – Eternal Return
It’s all a matter of opinion and perspective, of course, but United Fruit’s second long-player Eternal Return seems likely to divide opinion amon... Read more »| 04 May 2016
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Film
Lucile Hadžihalilović interview: Évolution
There's something lurking in the depths in Lucile Hadžihalilović's Évolution. We sat down with this deeply original French filmmaker to shine a light ... Read more »| 04 May 2016 -
MusicRadiohead return with new track Burn The Witch
Radiohead have released new track Burn The Witch online, along with an animated video. The Burn The Witch clip by veteran music video director Chris Ho... Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Music
BEAK> on scoring Couple in a Hole
Bristolian krautrock disciples BEAK> provided a menacing and evocative score for the Pyrenees-set drama. Ahead of its screening at Restless Natives, Geoff Barrow and Billy Fuller tell us how they handled the task Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Film
Man with a Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov's uncategorisable masterpiece Man with a Movie Camera comes to Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema Little can be added to the praise heaped upo... Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
FilmNorthwest Film Event Highlights – May 2016
This month we've two new festivals (one celebrating TV, the other sci-fi), some audiovisual shenanigans at FACT and an opportunity to see a 13-hour epic by a French New Wave master Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: May 2016 Horoscopes
ARIESEvery time you touch your penis it swells up. Makes you think you might have an allergy. Talking to the doctor about possible causes, you tell them you&... Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Music
Northwest Gig Highlights – May 2016
'Gigs' feels like an insufficient term for the sensory treats in store this May: from Immix Ensemble's collaboration with Vessel to the return of sonic demigod Tim Hecker Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Music
Restless Natives sets up in Glasgow's East End
Keen to redress the cultural balance in Glasgow, an ambitious week-long multidisciplinary festival opens its doors at seven venues and studios in and around the East End from 9-15 May. We talk to some of the players behind Restless Natives Read more »| 03 May 2016 -
Film
Only Angels Have Wings
Cary Grant stars in Howard Hawks' witty and tragic melodrama Only Angels Have Wings, which comes to UK Blu-ray via the Criterion Collection Hollywood giant ... Read more »| 03 May 2016