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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FilmThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
What began with An Unexpected Journey ends in an altogether expected fashion, as Peter Jackson wraps up his frequently misguided three-part adaptation o... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014 -
FilmFirst events announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2015
Glasgow Film Festival have unveiled the first glimpses of the 2015 programme, with a mini-festival of online cat videos and a unique film and music night fea... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014 -
Art
Christmas parties, GSA students and art on eBay: This Week in Scottish Art
This week in Scottish art, the latest group of MFA students from Glasgow School of Art hit the road, Scott Massey launches a new project, and Transmission host a Christmas party Read more »| 09 Dec 2014 -
BooksCrow Bait by Douglas Skelton
A gory and razor-sharp crime novel from the start, Douglas Skelton’s Crow Bait moves at breakneck speed like a getaway car on the dark streets of Glasg... Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – December 2014
As expected, this month's film events have a Yuletide vibe, with classics like Die Hard, Gremlins and The Muppet Christmas Carol heading to a big screen near you Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
Comedy
The Skinny's Christmas Crackers
We’ve got industrial-strength puns, rock-solid punchlines and grincredible (watch out) jokes for when your supermarket crackers fail Read more »| 08 Dec 2014
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ArtThe Skinny Showcase: Christmas Cards 2014
The Skinny Showcase: Christmas Cards 2014 Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
Clubs
The Burgh to the Boroughs and Back: Craig Smith
Ahead of his Hogmanay appearance for Nightvision in the capital, the local disco veteran tells us he’s preparing for a hectic year Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
Film
Manakamana
From Harvard’s experimental Sensory Ethnography Lab, which gave us 2012’s haunting fishing vessel doc Leviathan, comes Manakamana. This is an&nbs... Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
Comedy
Spotlight: Will Setchell
Presenting: the first of our Spotlighters to take on a gibbon Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – December 2014
It’s Chriiiiiiiiistmas. Peace and goodwill to all mankind and all that shite Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
Clubs
Hogmanay Clubbing Highlights 2014
Joining Craig Smith for the Nightvision NYE party in the capital is a host of other talent including increasingly hyped British producer and DJ,&nb... Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
Clubs
Scotland Clubbing Highlights – December 2014
We trawl through the heaving clubbing calender for December to pick out a few choice treats Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
Film
The Grandmaster
A sort of biopic of renowned martial artist Ip Man, Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster finally arrives after a European debut at the Berlin Film Festival w... Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
Clubs
Rhythm, Roots and Spirituality: Connecting the Dots with Robert Hood
20 years after launching his seminal M-Plant label, the techno pioneer discusses his minimal techno philosophy, the spiritual revelation guiding his recent work and his respect for his roots Read more »| 05 Dec 2014