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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Music
The Glasgow School
Perfect for kickstarting the summer, if it happens this year. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
MusicNew Blood: Battles
Their music possesses a sense of the manic, yet contains a powerful logic and forward momentum Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
Finley Quaye, Bona Fide Friday, Studio 24, March 31
Special guest Finley Quaye promises to unleash a great old skool set, providing soulful reggae vibes and dancehall beats Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
ClubsAFX - Chosen Lords
Richard D. James' ability to infuse elctronic tracks with powerful emotional resonances is as un-nerving as ever Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
Junebug
Amy Adams, do I know you from somewhere? Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
FilmParadise Now
This stark, humane work from Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad is a groundbreaking character study, bravely tackling the complexities of conflict, and forcing the viewer to question the usual simplification of good vs evil.
Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Music
New Blood: Engerica
Enough snotty attitude to fill a Kleenex factory, is just one of the things Essex outfit Engerica will be bringing to The Garage when they support Seether th... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
The Squid And The Whale
Baumbach's aim is for immediacy; as opposed to the intensely structured and considered nature of a literary memoir, 'The Squid and the Whale' is intentionally half-remembered, half made up; a wholly fictionalised creation. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
FilmAlien Autopsy Preview
Over the years many a comic duo have tried to transfer their magic from the small box in your living room to the big silver screen, and without fail they have bombed. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
V for Vendetta
Have vexed fans of the graphic novel been vindicated?
Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
Tristan & Isolde
Brisk and imaginative battle scenes Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
FilmThe Child (L'enfant)
Gritty socio-realism with a noirish nihilism running through it, like someone Bogarted the Loach. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
The Big White
In the end this feels like a waste of an excellent cast. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
16 Blocks
A formulaic yet enjoyable buddy flick in heavy traffic. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
GFT Course: Italian Food and Cinema
Like cinema, food is perceived in Italy as culture, creativity, memory, passion and seduction; in a nutshell, as a collective emotion that shapes and informs the life of the country. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006