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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Clubs
V/A - Club Azuli 3, The Future Sound of the Underground
Fans of fresh, funky house will enjoy this collection of current and upcoming hits from clubland Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Freemasons - Shakedown
Apart from a couple of tunes that don't quite hit the perfect mix, the majority are interesting reinventions of delight. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
Wake Up Screaming
propaganda with a bit of music thrown in Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
The Innocents
Is she seeing ghosts or going mad? Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
L'Appartement
more twists than a night on the lash with Chubby Checker and M. Night Shyamalan Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
Chronos
an immersive and mesmerizing work Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Film
Near Dark
the term 'vampire' is never used, this western horror hybrid eschewing all traditional gothic hang-ups Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Books
The Angel Makers by Jessica Gregson
A lost and wayward work of fiction built haphazardly around a far more intriguing reality. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Books
Target Iran by Scott Ritter.
The threat from Iran is 'fear-based' and not 'fact-based' he says, and it's hard to disagree. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Books
Hope and Other Urban Tales - Laura Hird
In the best tradition of challenging fiction, written by an Edinburgh local, this is a book to own. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Books
Fluffy by Simone Lia
For those who are into gazing at carrier bags as they get blown around in the wind, this will be an easy-to-digest treat. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Books
Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates
The three paths he takes to ease his pain: therapy, adultery and Alcoholics Anonymous. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Art
Goya: Monsters and Matadors
Sadly for us, these works are as important now as when they were created nearly 200 years ago. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Theatre
All My Sons
Miller shows us a version of the American dream, an every family, and then inexorably pulls it to pieces. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
has an ability to, at the very least, take you to the dancefloor Read more »| 10 Feb 2007