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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Musicbar italia – Tracey Denim
The air of mystery that once surrounded bar italia might have evaporated, but with songs like these, they were never going to stay a secret for long Read more »| 15 May 2023 -
MusicBC Camplight – The Last Rotation of Earth
With The Last Rotation of Earth, Brian Christinzio has made his heartbreak record – the results are masterful Read more »| 11 May 2023 -
FilmPop(corn) Art: 20 Artful 21st Century Blockbusters
Popular films don't need to be brainless or unambitious. To mark our pop issue, here are 20 artful blockbusters from the 21st century that pushed the envelope, delivering inventive filmmaking and thought-provoking ideas alongside their popcorn thrills Read more »| 11 May 2023 -
MusicLucy Liyou – Dog Dreams (개꿈)
Lucy Liyou continues their ascent with Dog Dreams, an often beautiful record of evocative transformation Read more »| 11 May 2023 -
ArtAncestral Meditations: Alberta Whittle interview
Alberta Whittle's create dangerously celebrates a vital and visionary artist whose expansive and generous practice shines a light on some of the most urgent issues of our time Read more »| 11 May 2023 -
ComedyDream Gig: Alasdair Beckett-King
Stellar stand-up and online sensation Alasdair Beckett-King takes us to England's Home of Mystery for this month's Dream Gig column Read more »| 10 May 2023
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MusicBC Camplight on new album The Last Rotation of Earth
Ahead of the biggest release of his career, we catch up with Manchester-based alt-pop act BC Camplight to talk about creating art out of personal turmoil Read more »| 10 May 2023 -
FilmJames Price on the films that influenced Dog Days
Talented Glasgow filmmaker James Price is back with Dog Days, his soulful micro-drama about a young guy from Glasgow living rough on the streets of Dundee looking for a sliver of redemption. Price tells us about some of the films that influenced the show Read more »| 10 May 2023 -
MusicWho Run The World? Politics in Pop
As government politicians continue to squabble over Partygate, mainstream music stars are addressing the rising concerns of the nation. We explore how pop's biggest stages continue to collide with radical political expression Read more »| 09 May 2023 -
BooksThis Is My Body, Given For You by Heather Parry
Fresh off her debut novel Orpheus Builds A Girl, Heather Parry returns with her gory, unsettling debut collection This Is My Body, Given For You Read more »| 09 May 2023 -
FilmPlan 75
Chie Hayakawa's Plan 75 imagines an alternate vision of Japan where the elderly are encouraged to be euthanised for the good of the nation; it's a a piece of thought-provoking speculative fiction worthy of comparisons to Children of Men Read more »| 09 May 2023 -
FilmThe Eight Mountains
A devastating portrait of brotherhood spanning decades, The Eight Mountains adapts Paolo Cognetti’s novel through lyrical voiceovers and comforting silences across a breathtaking alpine setting Read more »| 09 May 2023 -
BooksMusicality, desire and Blackness in Caleb Azumah Nelson's Small Worlds
Caleb Azumah Nelson's remarkable sophomore novel Small Worlds is an investigation into music as a structuring force, and as a space where its characters can find security and expression Read more »| 09 May 2023 -
MusicRachel Chinouriri @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 4 May
Rachel Chinouriri takes to King Tut's in Glasgow with a winning mix of warmth, vulnerability and humour Read more »| 05 May 2023 -
MusicTectonics Festival 2023: The Report
Tectonics marks ten years by bringing another instalment of avant-garde luminaries and contemporary classical innovation to Glasgow Read more »| 04 May 2023