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 Vaccines – Back In Love City
Back In Love City is a cinematic trawl through neon-clad Americana, and it's The Vaccines' most ambitious record yet Read more »| 08 Sep 2021 -
ComedyTalking Time with Rob Auton
As he returns to live performance ahead of the release of his new book, we discuss ideas and art with comedian and writer Rob Auton Read more »| 08 Sep 2021 -
ArtVideo Activism: belit sağ interview
Videomaker, visual artist and activist belit sağ discusses the inexorable link between image-making and violence Read more »| 07 Sep 2021 -
MusicWe Were Promised Jetpacks – Enjoy the View
The fifth album from Edinburgh indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks signals the start of a new chapter Read more »| 07 Sep 2021 -
BooksKeeping the House by Tice Cin
Tice Cin's debut novel is a refreshing and unique look at London life through the eyes of its Turkish Cypriot community Read more »| 07 Sep 2021 -
FilmSpencer
In Pablo Larraín's anarchic anti-royalist look at Princess Diana, the wealth and status of royalty are a trap from which no-one escapes happily Read more »| 07 Sep 2021
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ArtThe War is Not Over: Chikako Yamashiro interview
Chikako Yamashiro's exhibition is now open at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Here, the artist and guest curator Kirsteen Macdonald explain that the works are complex expressions of the contested politics of Okinawa, but have a wider resonance, too Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
Music박혜진 Park Hye Jin – Before I Die
박혜진 Park Hye Jin shows why she's one of 2021's most in-demand artists with an intricate and emotive debut album Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
MusicAmyl and the Sniffers – Comfort to Me
Amyl and the Sniffers' new album retains a fiery core, but it also reveals a more pensive and reflective side to the band Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
MusicLow – HEY WHAT
Low continue to surprise on their thirteenth album HEY WHAT, feeding off the same charged energy that made Double Negative so impactful Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
FilmVenice Film Festival 2021: Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, the latest film from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lily Amirpour, is a neon-drenched horror filled with warmth and humour, but with a frustratingly loose script Read more »| 05 Sep 2021 -
FilmLast Night in Soho
Edgar Wright's psychological thriller starts promisingly, but as it takes its characters down the sinuous corridors of glamourous Soho clubs, its charming ambivalence and well-crafted allegories begin to unravel Read more »| 04 Sep 2021 -
FilmParallel Mothers
The great Pedro Almodóvar returns with a twist-filled melodrama about two single mothers – one played by Almodóvar regular Penelope Cruz Read more »| 04 Sep 2021 -
FilmThe Lost Daughter
Based on Elena Ferrante's book of the same name, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, depicts the horror of a woman ageing past what society deems desirable Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
FilmDune
Dune isn't quite the sensory feast of Blade Runner 2049, but Jason Momoa steals the film as a salt of the earth swordmaster – if only this sci-fi epic had more of his pizzaz Read more »| 03 Sep 2021