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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FilmNicolas Winding Refn: “I have great pleasure in fantasising”
In Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn channelled his inner hero through star Ryan Gosling. For his new feature, The Neon Demon, a silky horror set within the LA fas... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
MusicWild Nothing @ CCA Glasgow, 15 June
Pop music is a tricky beast; a delicate dance between panache and authenticity. Fear Of Men take both qualities by the horns, delivering up an impassioned pe... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Music
Bat for Lashes – The Bride
It was the sinister melodies of the Mercury-nominated Fur and Gold that first brought Natasha Khan to prominence nearly ten years ago. Its beat-laden fo... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
MusicMbongwana Star @ Band On The Wall, 23 June
Occasionally, events don’t unfold in the way you expect them to. Mbongwana Star’s From Kinshasa is an eerie, innovative, moody, nocturnal LP, dra... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Film
Overlord
Blending archive footage of WWII and new material, Stuart Cooper's Overlord from 1987 is a war movie that's achingly real Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
FilmQueen of Earth
Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston star in Alex Ross Perry’s stylish psychological horror Queen of Earth Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston&nb... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016
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Film
That Cold Day in the Park
This early Robert Altman film from 1969 points ahead to the direction his style would take in the following decade Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Film
Here Comes Mr Jordan
Charming body-swap comedy Here Comes Mr Jordan gets the Criterion Collection treatment Body-swap comedies are more or less a subgenre in themselves nowadays... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Books
Paris Vagabond by Jean-Paul Clébert
A much-needed new translation of one the great post-war French novels, even if it seems to contain little fiction. As one of the best books ever written abou... Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
Music
The Skinny's Albums of 2016: Mid-year report
In need of some cheery news? Look no further – from Anna Meredith's blindsiding debut to Matmos' ecstatic love-letter to the washing machine, ten writers on LPs that have rocked our domes so far in 2016. Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
MusicTour de Force: Vukovi at Download Festival
Fearless Kilwinning quartet Vukovi take us behind the scenes on their recent pilgrimage to Donington Park for Download Festival Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
Books
The highbrow humour of Geoff Dyer
'Indescribable' is Geoff Dyer's trademark term. Ranked among Alain De Botton's favourite contemporary writers and dubbed 'the best living writer in Britain' by the Telegraph, his new book captures literal and metaphorical travels with irascible wit Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week (23-30 Jun)
Liverpool gets a true legend this week in the shape of DJ Premier, while new kids on the block Halcyon plan a party to remember at Constellations. Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week (23-30 Jun)
Leeds wunderkind Happa marks his birthday in style this week with a party at trailblazing new venue the Old Red Bus Station – plus, we look forward to summer shindigs from The Garden Party and a certain gigantic disco ball... Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Manchester this week (23-30 Jun)
You're truly spoilt this week with free parties at Eastern Bloc records and Hidden, while you'll want to get the tickets in for upcoming nights from HomoElectric, Ilian Tape, Cassy and Beautiful Swimmers. Read more »| 23 Jun 2016