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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MusicThe Skinny: LeithLate Takeover on EH-FM (Listen Again)
Listen back to LeithLate's takeover of our EH-FM show ahead of their LeithLate 19 Weekend, with a special guest mix from Miss World DJs Read more »| 06 Jun 2019 -
MusicHigh Hopes: Glasgow's Flying Moon Music & Arts Festival
As Moonstruck on Clydeside gets ready for the second year of its Flying Moon Music & Arts Festival, we speak to the festival’s director Nicole Stapinski to find out more Read more »| 06 Jun 2019 -
ArtLocal Heroes: Materialise at Fife Contemporary
This month Fife Contemporary launch their first dedicated online exhibition microsite. Materialise 2019 is where work by exceptional craft and design graduates from last year’s Scottish degree shows has been selected for presentation Read more »| 06 Jun 2019 -
FilmWe the Animals
A raw coming-of-age tale bristling with the rage, freedom and fear of adolescence Read more »| 05 Jun 2019 -
MusicPixx – Small Mercies
Hannah Rodgers, under the enchanting moniker Pixx, returns with her sophomore album, a multifaceted dissection of the chauvinist body politic Read more »| 05 Jun 2019 -
MusicMeursault's Neil Pennycook on Crow Hill
At the helm of a project in three parts, Meursault’s Neil Pennycook meets with us to chat about his new record Crow Hill, and the tales of fiction that bleed through it Read more »| 05 Jun 2019
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FilmDiego Maradona
Using the same archive-footage approach as his other tortured icon docs Amy and Senna, Asif Kapadia digs into the legacy of Argentine football hero Diego Maradona, exploring how his skills on the pitch made the world blind to his various demons off it Read more »| 04 Jun 2019 -
FilmDirty God
Physical impact trumps psychological depth in a brutally honest acid attack drama with a surplus of style Read more »| 04 Jun 2019 -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland in June
The big screen movie happenings you should make time for this June, from Edinburgh International Film Festival to a season celebrating the salty-sweet rom-coms of Nora Ephron Read more »| 04 Jun 2019 -
ArtJames Dalley: The Skinny Showcase
James Dalley's dystopian architecture features in this month's Showcase Read more »| 03 Jun 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Rachel Jackson on Amy Schumer's Growing
No room for haters here! Growing is all about love and loving for both its star Amy Schumer, and comedian and actor Rachel Jackson Read more »| 03 Jun 2019 -
ArtSounding it Out: Morgan Quaintance interview
Morgan Quaintance has worked in art criticism and across music, sound and moving image. This month, David Dale showcases his film practice in a new solo show Read more »| 03 Jun 2019 -
MusicAll Points East review: sound woes plagued the London festival
Major sound issues and some questionable scheduling dull an otherwise enjoyable weekend of rock and pop Read more »| 31 May 2019 -
TheatreEmil & The Detectives @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Don’t be fooled by the children's theatre tag: Emil & The Detectives is a sublime piece of theatrical storytelling bound to delight all ages Read more »| 31 May 2019 -
FilmJim Cummings on Thunder Road: "Jesus Christ, I'm crying the whole time"
Thunder Road's über-talented writer-director-star Jim Cummings tells us how he made the year's most original American indie movie Read more »| 31 May 2019