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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FilmTrue/False 2019: Amazing Grace
Sydney Pollack's long-buried Aretha Franklin concert movie Amazing Grace gets resurrected; it's a glorious film, but the singer may not be its true star Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicTrials and Tribulations: Amanda Palmer on There Will Be No Intermission
Ahead of the release of her third solo record There Will Be No Intermission, we speak to Amanda Palmer about the pain, loss and tragedy of the last seven years Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen is excellent in this survivalist thriller following a man stranded in the Arctic Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicIs Mac DeMarco trolling Mitski?
The internet is not happy with the similarities between Mac DeMarco's new album and Mitski's critically-acclaimed 2018 album Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicThe Spook School announce Farewell Tour
The Spook School announce they're splitting up and will embark on a farewell UK tour this autumn Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmHereditary director returns with Swedish folk horror Midsommar
Ari Aster gave us the scariest film of 2018 with Hereditary. Could Midsommar, his new folk horror set at a Swedish festival, take the same title in 2019? Read more »| 06 Mar 2019
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BooksThe Altruists by Andrew Ridker
Andrew Ridker does a great job of establishing that his central characters are bastards but seems unsure of what to do with them after that Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
BooksPermission by Saskia Vogel
Despite Saskia Vogel’s clear gift for honest and eloquent storytelling, Permission feels too short to have dealt fully with its core themes Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
BooksBerg by Ann Quin
Ann Quin's experimental debut novel has a runaway, off-kilter style all of its own Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
TheatreA Note of Explanation @ Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Vita Sackville-West's miniature book is adapted for the first time, as part of Formation Festival Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicFoals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
The first part of Foals' comeback double album, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 is a banger-laden statement of intent Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
TheatreGhost The Musical @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
The stage adaptation of the hit film is a heavenly slice of entertainment Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
TheatreSherlock Holmes: The Final Reckoning @ Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Weaving together a taut and developed Sherlock Holmes story, Twisted Thistle pay tribute to a much-loved classic Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
FilmSara Colangelo on The Kindergarten Teacher
In The Kindergarten Teacher, Maggie Gyllenhaal becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she believes is a child prodigy when it comes to poetry. We talk to writer-director Sara Colangelo about the making of her unsettling, hard to classify film Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
TheatreLetter to the End of the World @ Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Letter to the End of the World is an open, collective, jumbled and overwhelming piece from Criticism Inc and Annexe Repertory Theatre Read more »| 05 Mar 2019