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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Books
The Wondrous World of Junot Diaz
A look at what could already be one of the books of the year, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
MusicParka @ King Tut's
A cacophony of noise and cowbell banging Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
MusicThe Vivians @ Voodoo Rooms
A more mature direction aimed at taking themselves more seriously seems to be the Vivians' resolution for 2008 Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Futuristic Retro Champions / Dirty Summer @ Voodoo Rooms
With so many disparate elements, the wonder is that they make it all sound so understated. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
FilmThere Will Be Blood
A blend of storytelling and technical beauty the likes of which has rarely graced the screen. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
The Savages
Less a black comedy than a comedy in shades of grey. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008
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Art
Of Beasts and Machines
"I see myself as halfway between a writer and an artist"" Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
Juno
Bristles with real originality and a deadpan eloquence. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
Gamerz
May be the funniest Scottish movie since the heyday of Bill Forsyth. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
Let The Gamez Begin
The Glasgow-set fantasy comedy, Gamerz, gets a cinema release this month, but it's been a long hard struggle getting it to the screens, as director Robbie Fraser explains. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2008
Forget Cannes, Sundance or even, dare we say it, Edinburgh this month: the Glasgow Film Festival is back from February 14 – 24, with over 20,000 people expected to attend screenings of over 100 films across the city. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Clubs
Sugarbeat: A Sweet Celebration
The birthdays for Edinburgh clubs just keep coming in a steady stream, with Sugarbeat celebrating its third with the help of legends Cabaret Voltaire, and Sinden and Herve Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
The Bucket List
Full of adventures with fantastic comedic value. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
Tropic Thunder
This film is being released in a triple disc DVD, an excessive and self-indulgent move more than appropriate to the main feature. Operating under the ethos o... Read more »| 12 Jan 2008 -
Music
British Sea Power-Waving Flags
British Sea Power have always found their strength in eloquence—rockers with a dash of gentility and songs as visceral and they are pensive. But now it... Read more »| 07 Jan 2008