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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FilmThere Will Be Blood
A blend of storytelling and technical beauty the likes of which has rarely graced the screen. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
FilmThe Savages
Less a black comedy than a comedy in shades of grey. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
ArtOf Beasts and Machines
"I see myself as halfway between a writer and an artist"" Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
FilmJuno
Bristles with real originality and a deadpan eloquence. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
Gamerz
May be the funniest Scottish movie since the heyday of Bill Forsyth. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
Let The Gamez Begin
The Glasgow-set fantasy comedy, Gamerz, gets a cinema release this month, but it's been a long hard struggle getting it to the screens, as director Robbie Fraser explains. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008
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Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2008
Forget Cannes, Sundance or even, dare we say it, Edinburgh this month: the Glasgow Film Festival is back from February 14 – 24, with over 20,000 people expected to attend screenings of over 100 films across the city. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Clubs
Sugarbeat: A Sweet Celebration
The birthdays for Edinburgh clubs just keep coming in a steady stream, with Sugarbeat celebrating its third with the help of legends Cabaret Voltaire, and Sinden and Herve Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
The Bucket List
Full of adventures with fantastic comedic value. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
Tropic Thunder
This film is being released in a triple disc DVD, an excessive and self-indulgent move more than appropriate to the main feature. Operating under the ethos o... Read more »| 12 Jan 2008 -
Music
British Sea Power-Waving Flags
British Sea Power have always found their strength in eloquence—rockers with a dash of gentility and songs as visceral and they are pensive. But now it... Read more »| 07 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
LABELS SPECIAL - Nerve Recordings: Jumpin' Beats
SF: With huge drum and bass releases, early spots of great talent and a jam-packed schedule for 2008, The Skinny gets nervy with Nerve Recordings
PQ: ""At the time, the scene was a bit more locked off to new producers, and it was hard for people to get a release even if they had some amazing tracks."" - Paul Reset Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Jae P, Apple Store, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, 31 Jan
Jae P will be bringing an infinitely grittier edge to Glasgow's Apple store Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Headspin: Decade of Dancing
SF: The Skinny checks in with Headspin's Allan Dunbar and Steve Austin as they approach a decade of top clubbing in Edinburgh's Bongo Club.
PQ: ""The ethos of the club has remained the same since day one."" - Allan Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
Clubs
Sparo - The Falling
In honesty, the music struggles to keep up with the psychedelic story, but the Joey2tits remix is a quality chopped up click-hop number Read more »| 06 Jan 2008