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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FilmWatch Nicole Kidman and more in this gorgeous horror shorts series
The New York Time's horror short films also include other great performers in 2017 like Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) Read more »| 08 Dec 2017 -
FilmPulp
Overlooked Michael Caine gem Pulp – the comic B-side to Get Carter – gets a welcome resurrection on Blu-ray by Arrow Video Read more »| 08 Dec 2017 -
FilmJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – think Dante’s Peak with Dinosaurs
The first full trailer for Jurassic World: Falling Kingdom has dropped, and it’s a hot mess (probably because of all the lava) Read more »| 08 Dec 2017 -
ArtAmanda Ross-Ho @ Tramway
Amanda Ross-Ho uses scale and repetition to good use in Tramway's large exhibition space. Read more »| 08 Dec 2017 -
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Stronger
Jake Gyllenhaal is devastating in this true-life drama about Jeff Bauman, a victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing who became a beacon of healing for the city Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Nitin Sawhney – Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Injections of light humour and (very) occasional changes of pace make Live at Ronnie Scott’s an enjoyable retrospective of Sawhney's almost 30-year career Read more »| 07 Dec 2017
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Music
Crepes – Channel Four
Crepes' Channel Four can be quite pleasant, but it's unlikely to stay with you Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
FilmFranchise Players: 5 Auteurs & Their Ideal Movie Series
With Tarantino offering to take the helm of the Starship Enterprise, we wonder what other major filmmakers might want to dip their toes in a movie franchise Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
BDY_PRTS @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 2 Dec
The surreal pop wonders of Bdy_Prts prove as impressive live as on record Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Bad Mannequins – Double Denim (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Double Denim from Glasgow duo Bad Mannequins Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
A Honeybloody Festive Playlist
Ahead of their upcoming Christmas party at Glasgow's O2 ABC on 22 Dec, Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale has put together a cracker of a festive playlist to help get you in the mood Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Art
Arika Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist @ Tramway, Glasgow
A quickfire run-through of the many events that formed Arika Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist. Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Art
Understandable Artwork at Dundee Contemporary Arts
Artists Kate V Robertson and Andrew Lacon will show this month in Dundee Contemporary Arts, and they share a commitment to engaging non-art audiences that's shared by new Dundee Contemporary Arts curator Eoin Dara Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Alex Cameron @ Gorilla, Manchester, 6 Dec
Sydney's Springsteen is joined by his business partner, the self-appointed Marvelous Crane, for a fun-but-slight run through recent hits Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Alternative Peers' Ball @ Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 25 Nov
Django Django, Siobhan Wilson, Pictish Trail and Meursault feature at Assembly Rooms' Alternative Peers' Ball Read more »| 06 Dec 2017