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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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 -
Art
Amanda 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 -
Music
Crepes – Channel Four
Crepes' Channel Four can be quite pleasant, but it's unlikely to stay with you Read more »| 07 Dec 2017
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Film
Franchise 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 -
MusicBDY_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 -
Music
Destroyer @ CCA, Glasgow, 5 Dec
Dan Bejar delivers his complex, highly literate ramblings with the fiery conviction of a hobo preacher Read more »| 06 Dec 2017