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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FilmOutcast
Initially, Outcast seems promising, dragging the viewer into an atmospheric, contrasting world of grey, high rise council blandness and blood-fuelled pagan r... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
FilmCatfish
Catfish is a film about a man who strikes up an online friendship with a seemingly ordinary family, and that's about all you need to know. The elemen... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010 -
MusicFirst Impressions: Anselmo on Helmet
Pantera's Phil Anselmo recalls the night he discovered Helmet Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
Music
Lightspeed Champion – Bye Bye EP
Was it the collaboration with Van Dyke Parks that made Lightspeed Champion (aka Devonté Hynes) churn out something so unreasonably overblown? Sure, a ... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
ClubsClub Highlights – December 2010
Christmas can be a period of difficult decisions, trying to choose presents for distant relatives and discerning friends, with few ideas or options on offer.... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
Music
Larkin Poe – Summer EP
The second instalment in a seasonal series from Larkin Poe, the Summer EP arrives a fortnight before Christmas – thus the lush Americana and ha... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010
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Art
The Mutual Members Show
Defined negatively, the Mutual Members Show has been set up to stave off inertia. If it weren’t for the four graduates who first conceived of the fledg... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
Theatre
The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain
There are rumours emerging from the south that The Traverse's Christmas show, The Three Musketers and the Princess of Spain, is not a typical family treat. W... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: December Horoscopes
ARIES Yeah, it’s Christmas, but a miracle? Meant to be? Are you serious? What, you think God flies over all the war and famine in the world to come an... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
Film
Time For Anti-heroes: Top Ten Films of 2010
The Skinny film writers sort through their ripped up ticket stubs for Sex and the City 2 and those Girl Who Got Raped And Beat Up films to bring you the cream of 2010's cinematic crop Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
Theatre
Avoiding Pantomime: Cryptic Nights
Curiouser and Curiouser Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Music
10 of 2010 (#6): Beach House – Teen Dream
Beach House were fully aware of the majesty of third album Teen Dream as they were preparing it this time last year. “At one point i was more excited ... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Theatre
Avoiding pantomime: Bob Slayer’s Rock’n’Roll Cabaret
Comedy takes a dose of rock'n'roll Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Books
Have You Met metaphrog Yet?
Five years in the making (well, sort of), metaphrog's new book Louis: Night Salad is out just in time for Christmas. What is it? Read on... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
Music
10 of 2010 (#7): Pantha du Prince – Black Noise
German producer Hendrick Weber’s third album as Pantha du Prince, released in February, saw him continue to hone his quietly cerebral take on melodic, ... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010