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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FilmGFF 2023: BlackBerry
The rise and spectacular fall of BlackBerry is retold in this offbeat tale from Matt Johnson that takes a while to find its groove Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
MusicYoung Fathers @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 3 Mar
Masters of energy, Young Fathers bring their dazzling party home to Glasgow tonight Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicMsaki x Tubatsi – Synthetic Hearts
Starkly beautiful and haunting in turn, Synthetic Hearts reveals itself in new ways on each listen Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicDutch Uncles – True Entertainment
Manchester anti-lad rockers Dutch Uncles return with their most fun album to date, but one that struggles to find its feet Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
FilmGFF 2023: A Man
You'll find yourself thinking about Kei Ishikawa’s slow-burn detective film A Man long after the credits roll Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicFever Ray – Radical Romantics
The enigmatic Swede is back with a skewed take on pop music's favourite topic Read more »| 07 Mar 2023
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MusicRighting the Ship: A chat with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard
As Death Cab for Cutie return to Europe for the first time in four years, Ben Gibbard talks Asphalt Meadows, his relationship to Scotland and the legacy of Low's Mimi Parker Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicLichen Slow – Rest Lurks
Poignant, diverse and tongue-in-cheek, the debut album from Malcolm Middleton and Joel Harries’ new project Lichen Slow is rich in colour and character Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
FilmBerlinale 2023: Past Lives
Celine Song's spectacular romantic drama is a delicate and nuanced document about bonds, time and the meaning of life itself Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
FilmElectric Malady
Electric Malady, the debut from Swedish-born, Glasgow-based filmmaker Marie Lidén, takes us inside the world of William, a painfully isolated man suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
FilmGFF 2023: The Ordinaries
It doesn't always make total sense, but Sophie Linnenbaum’s The Ordinaries is a zesty and inventive look at a deeply stratified cinematic universe Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
TheatreA Mother’s Song @ Macrobert, Stirling
Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo's new musical reaches over time and across continents to breathe new life in Scotland's cultural history Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
FilmPearl
Pearl, Ti West's prequel to the grindhouse-inspired slasher X, cements Mia Goth’s status as a genre icon Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
MusicKali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus
Love, in all its emotional, spiritual, and physical expressions, is unspooled across Red Moon In Venus, the third record from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis Read more »| 03 Mar 2023 -
MusicNova Twins @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 24 Feb
Nova Twins' commitment to self-love and empowerment radiates tonight; true to its DIY punk spirit, their latest album Supernova shows itself to be strongest as a live show Read more »| 03 Mar 2023