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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BooksCargo Publishing: A Young Upstart
Mark Buckland set up Cargo Publishing this August with the goal of "putting a firework up the arse of Scottish literature". No small feat for a 22 year old. How did he do it? Read on. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
TheatreThat Face
A spot of social realism makes the journey up to Scotland. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
FilmInnocence Lost: Michael Haneke's White Ribbon
Michael Haneke has made some of the most politically challenging films of recent years and his latest film, The White Ribbon, is no exception. The Skinny met with the Austrian director to talk about his approach to radical filmmaking. Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Film
Cold Souls
Cold Souls sees comic actor Paul Giamatti playing, curiously, a New York actor named Paul Giamatti who's getting into character for Chekhov's Uncle Vanya bu... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Art
Warehouse of Horrors vs Way Out Is The Way Out
It’s all getting a bit spooky in SWG3 as the Embassy invades with a horror-themed exhibition opening to coincide with Halloween, while over in Edinburg... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Music
Gentle Friendly - Ride Slow
Of all the press-invented scenes tipped for great things at the beginning of 2009, sprawling lo-fi psych pop was not among them; though it has been spurred o... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009
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Film
My Secret Sky - Africa in Motion Film Festival is launched
It may have only been going for four years, but the Africa in Motion (AiM) Festival is doing both its originating and host country proud. AiM’s founde... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
Theatre
Scottish Threesome
A diamond glittering through three facets: Scottish Ballet come on strong. Read more »| 25 Oct 2009 -
Music
Foreign Beggars - United Colours of Beggattron
Now that Mike Skinner is making records fit only for covermounting with Sunday supplements and Dizzee Rascal is topping the charts with saccharine pop that s... Read more »| 24 Oct 2009 -
Music
Paul Haig – Relive
If shock and awe was the plan, this is certainly mission accomplished. Read more »| 23 Oct 2009 -
Music
Loch Lomond/The Builders and the Butchers - Split 12"
Demonstrating Scottish label Song By Toad’s talent-spotting credentials, this 12” combines two acts plucked from Portland’s teeming music s... Read more »| 23 Oct 2009 -
Music
The Gothenburg Address - The Gothenburg Address
The Gothenburg Address have two on guitars, one on bass, one on drums and zero on vocals; looks like it’s time to dig out the Post-Rock Thesaurus. So, ... Read more »| 23 Oct 2009 -
Music
Sufjan Stevens/Osso - Run Rabbit Run
Enjoy Your Rabbit occupies a unique place in Sufjan Stevens’ discography due to its Chinese calendar (rather than US geography) theme and a glitchy ele... Read more »| 23 Oct 2009 -
Music
Cuddly Shark - Cuddly Shark
This album would make more sense if it was made by a group of long-haired, intensely trendy, drug-hungry young dudes from Brooklyn or Austin, Texas, and if i... Read more »| 23 Oct 2009 -
MusicConverge - Axe to Fall
The undisputed kings of modern progressive hardcore Read more »| 22 Oct 2009