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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MusicHailey Beavis – Whatever You Feel I Do Too
Hailey Beavis has built a reputation for melding dizzying loops, shimmering harmonies and tumbling drums, and her debut EP is no exception Read more »| 17 Jan 2020 -
Tv RadioThe Outsider
The latest Stephen King adaptation opens strongly, but signs of the writer’s predilection for left field plot turns suggest it won’t end that way… [Three episodes watched for review] Read more »| 17 Jan 2020 -
FilmWatch Adam Sandler lose his shit in Goldman v Silverman
Fresh from collaborating on the electrifying Uncut Gems, the Safdie brothers release a secret short film starring Adam Sandler, filmed in Times Square Read more »| 17 Jan 2020 -
FilmBombshell
This star-studded examination of the 2016 sex scandal at Fox News features an impressive impersonation of former Fox star Megyn Kelly by Charlize Theron, but elsewhere the approach by director Jay Roach to the material feels glib and unsatisfying Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
MusicScottish Albums of the 2010s: Industry Picks
We asked some of our music industry pals for their favourite Scottish album of the decade, and while nobody could agree on one album, there was a lot of love for the first half of the decade, with 2014 being a standout year Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
MusicThe Innocence Mission – See You Tomorrow
For those who dig what The Innocence Mission do, their latest postcard from the edge will give you all you need Read more »| 16 Jan 2020
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Tv RadioSex Education: Season 2
The sex-positive teen comedy starring Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson returns with more characters, more embarrassing sexual encounters and more handy tips on everything from asexuality to anal sex hygiene Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
TheatrePolmont Youth Theatre: Seeing Beyond the Bars
The Polmont Youth Theatre, established in 2019, was the first Youth Theatre ever set up in a Scottish prison. The Skinny speaks to its co-founder, Jess Thorpe, about drama as healing and why reframing crime as a public health issue has been so important Read more »| 15 Jan 2020 -
MusicThe Skinny Q&A: Honeyblood + The Twilight Sad
Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale and The Twilight Sad's James Graham on their favourite foods, what they're most scared of, which celebrities they could take in a fight and more Read more »| 15 Jan 2020 -
FilmTerry Gilliam on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Former Python and maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam speaks to us about finally finishing his long-gestating, possibly cursed magnum opus The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and tells us he'd rather be toiling with no money than working at the Marvel factory Read more »| 15 Jan 2020 -
MusicThe Skinny's Scottish Albums of the 2010s
As the decade came to a dramatic end, we polled our music team one last time to find out what the best Scottish albums of the last ten years were Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
MusicThe Art School venue goes into liquidation
No more Vic Bar! Sad news that The Art School’s union venue will be closing its doors Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
ComedyMaisie Adam interview: Hang Fire and HIGNFY
Maisie Adam had a fantastic 2019 – making appearances on Mock the Week and Have I Got News for You as well as returning to the Fringe for her sophomore hour. This year the SYTYF 2017 winner is stepping back on Scottish soil, touring her second show Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
MusicYorkston/Thorne/Khan – Navarasa: Nine Emotions
James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhail Yusuf Khan's third collaboration, Navarasa: Nine Emotions, is steeped in conceptual daring Read more »| 14 Jan 2020 -
MusicElisabeth Elektra – Crystalline (track premiere)
Listen to Crystalline, the dreamy new single from Elisabeth Elektra Read more »| 14 Jan 2020