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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Tv RadioChris McQueer's Hings
BBC Scotland's first three adaptations of Chris McQueer's wild comic tales are satisfying; we just hope the next series digs into Hings' richer stories Read more »| 27 May 2019 -
BooksNiven Govinden on This Brutal House
Niven Govinden discusses protest and subversion in the drag communities of New York ahead of the release of new novel This Brutal House Read more »| 27 May 2019 -
FilmParasite
The great Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho returns with a thrilling and moving satire concerned with two families at opposite ends of the social spectrum Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
MusicBig Thief @ SWG3, Glasgow, 19 May
Big Thief's return to Glasgow is an extraordinary performance of warmth, colour and quiet power Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
MusicSkinny Pelembe – Dreaming Is Dead Now
Skinny Pelembe's magpie nature is at the expense of his songwriting on his debut album, leaving the whole thing feeling like a missed opportunity Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
MusicFrank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – End of Suffering
Lingering on the boundary of light and dark, heaven and hell, if End of Suffering were a bit more concise, it would feel much less tiresome Read more »| 24 May 2019
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BooksScottish Poetry News: June 2019
June brings a poetry prize, highly anticipated releases and a look at some of the regular poetry events happening across the country Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: June 2019
Hidden Door returns to Edinburgh with an electronic extravaganza, Subculture continue their Subculture Live series, Perth partystarters Groovement celebrate their sixth birthday and more feature in June's clubbing highlights Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
Bookssalt slow by Julia Armfield
salt slow is an absolute joy to read – much of the writing is beautiful, and the craft behind each story is palpable yet effortless Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
FilmMatthias & Maxime
Xavier Dolan's last few films have been disappointments, but he's back to his best with this tender study of a male friendship which may be developing to something more romantic Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
MusicOh Sees @ QMU, Glasgow, 19 May
After a decade away, John Dwyer's Oh Sees are back in Glasgow for a show that fully justifies their fearsome live reputation Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
ArtDavid Austen @ Dundee Contemporary Arts
David Austen's solo show Underworld astutely observes the human condition, at the same time as he creates other worlds in dreamlike drawings, sculptures, video and paintings Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
BooksNaturally Tan by Tan France
The new memoir/ advice guide from Queer Eye's Tan France is laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes blunt, and always honest Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
FilmThe Lighthouse
The Lighthouse is a relentless piece of maritime madness, with transcendent performances from Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe Read more »| 23 May 2019 -
FilmCannes 2019: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood sees the Pulp Fiction director at his most emotional and reflective in a film that intersects the life of a TV actor with the Manson Family in the Hollywood of 1969 Read more »| 23 May 2019