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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FilmSpring in a Small Town
First released in 1948, Fei Mu’s masterful Spring in a Small Town was dismissed by the Communist government and only resurfaced in the 1980s. In the af... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: It Follows
As horror premises go, this one is delicious – a sexually transmitted curse that causes a monster to follow its victims to the death, assuming any form... Read more »| 18 Feb 2015 -
FilmStill Making Sense: why Stop Making Sense is "the Citizen Kane of concert movies"
Even after three decades, Jonathan Demme's Talking Heads concert movie Stop Making Sense feels mint fresh. With Glasgow Film Festival's late night screening coming up, we take the opportunity to sing its praises. Plus: five other great concert films Read more »| 17 Feb 2015 -
Art
Soft Chaos, Hot Air and Labours of Love: This Week in Scottish Art
This week sees a host of exhibition openings in Glasgow, a student response to an exhibition in Dundee, and a symposium on the economics of art in Edinburgh. Read more »| 17 Feb 2015 -
FilmGirls Behaving Badly: Desiree Akhavan on Appropriate Behaviour
It's not in every debut that you find a bisexual Iranian woman angrily brandishing a strap-on in public – but you'll find this and more in Desiree Akhavan's boundary-pushing comedy Appropriate Behaviour. Just don't call her the new Lena Dunham Read more »| 17 Feb 2015 -
Music
Django Django confirm new LP Born Under Saturn and UK tour
Art-rockers Django Django have confirmed the title and release date for their long–awaited second album – Born Under Saturn is due for a 4 May re... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015
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Music
GIT Award 2015 shortlist announced
The twelve-strong shortlist for this year’s Get Into This (GIT) Award for Liverpool’s emerging bands and artists has been unveiled. It's an ecle... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
Film
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Spun from an urban myth, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter begins by following its own original path but ultimately becomes mired in a too-familiar brand of U... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
Film
The Duke of Burgundy
Peter Strickland follows up his chilly giallo-horror Berberian Sound Studio with something altogether warmer and sweeter – though no less strange. Set ... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
Art
Manchester's Whitworth Gallery reopens after £15m refurb
The Whitworth Gallery at the University of Manchester reopens this weekend after a major refurbishment with a host of new works, talks and events. The galle... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
Music
Prides / Flyte @ The Liquid Room, 7 February
Glasgow continues to prove an unexpected incubator for radio-friendly synth and although Prides might be the most bearded of the crop they’re no less p... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
Music
Neu! Reekie! announce #UntitledLive line-up
Spoken word, music and poetry night Neu! Reekie! has announced details of one of its biggest shows to date, featuring Fini Tribe, Andrew Weatherall, and SAY ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
ClubsPlanets in Alignment: Astral Black Kick off 2015
We chat to Glasgow-based producer Dressin' Red, whose debut Head/Body EP is the latest release on the city's Astral Black label Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
Books
A Wordy, Weighty Challenge: How possible is 100 books in a year?
As we begin to regret those New Year resolutions of gyms and sobriety, spare a thought for Oliver Gaywood, who had aspirations of reading 100 books during 2014 as he travelled the world. Here he tells his tale and lays down the challenge to you. Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
Clubs
Romare: Sampling the Past
Ahead of new album Projections, the enigmatic Romare shares his thoughts on the recording process, folk music and his namesake Read more »| 13 Feb 2015