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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FilmWar Trilogy
Aleksandr Dovshenko may not carry the same name recognition as contemporaries like Sergei Eisenstein or Dziga Vertov, but eighty years on his best work remai... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
FilmLawless
John HIllcoat’s thriller, from a messy script by Nick Cave, charts the exploits of a family of Virginian bootleggers during Prohibition as their operat... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
MusicThe Metal Column – September 2012
Creeps, it looks like Summer might just be over. Perhaps it's time to step out of the shadows and rear your ugly mugs under the comfortable camouflage of tho... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
MusicThe Fresh & Onlys – Long Slow Dance
San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys are old-fashioned songwriters – not only in the sense that their music evokes a panoply of traditions and... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Music
Cat Power – Sun
Despite an at times tumultuous personal life, Chan Marshall’s output has always been driven by an assured, direct artistic vision; from the sultry Delt... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Music
Live Music Highlights – September 2012
From righteous blues rock sisters to the most vital man in modern hip-hop, we've got your September gig calendar all sussed out Read more »| 03 Sep 2012
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Theatre
The Static
A darkly comic coming-of-age tale about what happens when our darkest dreams come true Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Film
Film Event Highlights – September 2012
GFT gets naughty with Brando and a stick of butter; Cameo is tearing film fans apart with a screening of a toxic bad movie; Hitch is still thrilling Filmhouse; Orson Welles is confounding DCA; and LCD Soundsystem go out on a high Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Film
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out follows the prolific Dutch photographer and filmmaker (Control, The American) whose unique visual style helped to define an era in ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
ArtArt School Top Trumps
So you're off to art college, and well on your way to becoming a massive critical success. But have you chosen your art school correctly? Let's find out... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
Theatre
Piatto Finale @ Zoo
A spoons solo? Must be more Lecoq-trained whimsy, this time from the company Superbolt Theatre. A more episodic, screwball piece than the bouffon o... Read more »| 01 Sep 2012 -
Theatre
I <3 Hamas and Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You @ The Point Hotel
Despite a provocative title, I Heart Hamas... is not a particularly extreme offering as a perspective on Palestinian bequest and culture. Above all the story... Read more »| 01 Sep 2012 -
Music
Hero Worship: Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen on Mark Hollis
He might be late to the party, but Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear has come to appreciate the understated genius of Talk Talk's remarkable leader in recent times Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
Clubs
Philanthrobeats: A Force For Good
Charity no longer starts in the home; it now begins in the club. We find out about a unique clubbing project bringing together good causes and some of Glasgow's best DJs Read more »| 31 Aug 2012 -
Clubs
Animal Farm Label Launch with Bleak @ Sub Club, 7 Sep
Originally just four degenerates with decks, Animal Farm have now been running parties and filling dance floors in nightclubs for almost eight years. Survivi... Read more »| 31 Aug 2012