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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FilmDavy Chou on Return to Seoul
In Return to Seoul, Cambodian-French filmmaker Davy Chou tells the story of a Korean adoptee travelling to her homeland. Chou explains how the idea initially sprang from a friend's similar journey but eventually realised how personal the film was Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: May 2023
This month GFT and Cameo go big on Wes Anderson ahead of the release of Asteroid City, transgender stories are explored in a travelling programme from SQIFF and things get spooky in Dundee with the return of DCA's horror festival Dundead Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
BooksScottish Books Events: May 2023
There's plenty of books festivals this month, as well as book launches for the likes of Kae Tempest and R.F Kuang Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
FilmThe Blue Caftan
The Blue Caftan is a conventional yet powerful depiction of homophobia in Morocco Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: May 2023
May's Scottish gig guide features some massive pop shows, Glasgow dates for Caroline Polachek and Sam Smith, and a whole load of album release gigs Read more »| 02 May 2023 -
MusicComfort on new album What’s Bad Enough?
Glasgow-based sibling duo Natalie and Sean McGhee talk identity, self-acceptance and impeccable timing ahead of the release of their new album as Comfort Read more »| 01 May 2023
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MusicCloth – Secret Measure
A meditative body of work specked with spots of boldness, Secret Measure weaves new colours into Cloth’s musical fabric Read more »| 01 May 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: May 2023
In May, catch a wide variety of theatre for all ages across Scotland, from interactive ghost hunts to sweeping adaptations of literary classics Read more »| 01 May 2023 -
TheatreInchoate Buzz @ Tramway, Glasgow
Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome's experimental collaboration engages audiences through an immersive mix of props, sound art, and yoga-esque movement Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: May 2023
New exhibitions by Saoirse Amira Anis, Lis Rhodes and Kira Freije open across Scotland this month; here's our pick of May's best shows, events and exhibitions Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
FilmTick Tick Boom: Meet the team behind How to Blow Up a Pipeline
How to Blow Up a Pipeline might be the most important film of the year. It's certainly the most thrilling. We speak to the director and editor behind this nailbiting eco-thriller that's also a stunning political statement Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
ArtThe Skinny x Edinburgh Art Festival: Emerging Writers Open Call
We're joining forces with the Edinburgh Art Festival once again for an emerging writers' programme covering this year's festival Read more »| 28 Apr 2023 -
BooksOrdinary Notes by Christina Sharpe
Christina Sharpe's experimental visual poetic work Ordinary Notes is a profound rumination on knowledge, loss, Black American life and memory Read more »| 27 Apr 2023 -
BooksFray by Chris Carse Wilson
Chris Carse Wilson's debut is a beguiling and hallucinatory tale of grief amidst the wilderness Read more »| 27 Apr 2023 -
FilmReturn to Seoul
Return to Seoul is a piercing, powerful character drama driven by a fearless debut performance by Park Ji-min Read more »| 27 Apr 2023