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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FilmI'm Still Here
With the release of I'm Still Here it became clear that there was method to Joaquin Phoenix's madness. Method acting. His two year odyssey to become a rapper... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Film
22 Bullets
Luc Besson and Jean Reno take another shot at the French gangster thriller. Retired crime boss Charly (Reno), who has turned his back on the underworld, surv... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – January 2011
Just hours before taking the stage to perform their seminal 100 Broken Windows, Idlewild’s Rod Jones takes the January singles to task Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
MusicIron and Wine: Poetry of the Deed
Sam Beam's lyrics are about what he would describe as “the pretty things and the scary things, like life itself.” Here's a look at the lives and works of four poets he draws inspiration from Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
MusicIron and Wine: Glad Man Singing
Making an ambitious return with his lush fourth album this month, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam talks poetry, unicorns, and expanding his sound by going back in time Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Art
Min Angel @ Corn Exchange Gallery
Exploring the grey areas of life, language and perception through a mixure of drawings, sculpture and collage, artist Min Angel delves into the art of making... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011
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Art
Ellie Harrison @ Market Gallery
Looking through the wide windows of Duke Street’s Market Gallery the interior more resembles a shop window display than an art exhibition. The main att... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Art
Childish Things @ Fruitmarket Gallery
Pin-pricking the nostalgic bubble that surrounds our memories of childhood, the Fruitmarket Gallery’s latest show presents our formative years as an un... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
MusicAlain Weber – Hoover Cover
Hoover Cover is Swiss composer Alain Weber’s attempt to soundtrack the bleakest scene in everyone’s life, that moment where hope is just the fain... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Film
A Serbian Film
Milos is a retired porn star who is lured out of retirement for one last skinflick by the promise of a paycheck that will set his family up for life. The cat... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Music
The Proposition: We Need a New National Anthem
Scotland needs a new national anthem. In fact Scotland needs any national anthem. We don't have one. Honestly. We're pretty unusual that way. Instead we've g... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Music
The Whigs – In The Dark
The Whigs have been nothing if not consistent on their two albums to date; turning out amped-up power-rock with their fists in the air like it never fell out... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: 2011 Year Planner
ARIES Shat into being by the Big Bang. In and out of great supernovae we were flung in our aeon-long paths in our various pieces across the vacuum; pulled, ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
Film
Tron: Legacy
When Steven Lisberger’s Tron first hit cinemas in 1982 the world was a very different place. Cutting edge computer technology had only just allowed for... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Theatre
New Year, New You: Video Dance
From contemporary to commercial dance: Dance House's latest craze is more than just fashionable Read more »| 05 Jan 2011