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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MusicHand Habits – Fun House
With their explosive and adventurous third LP Fun House, Hand Habits strikes an irresistible balance between sorrow and joy Read more »| 19 Oct 2021 -
MusicGrouper – Shade
Liz Harris's latest album as Grouper contains some of her most and least accessible work, from more simplistic cuts to swirling rave-ups Read more »| 19 Oct 2021 -
MusicSelf Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure
Rebecca Taylor takes the crown of pop star of the year with Prioritise Pleasure, her second album as Self Esteem Read more »| 19 Oct 2021 -
MusicParquet Courts' Sean Yeaton on Sympathy for Life
A year later than scheduled, Parquet Courts’ dance-driven new album is the post-pandemic club record we need Read more »| 18 Oct 2021 -
FilmLFF 2021: True Things
Harry Wootliff's drama True Things follows the relationship that forms between a young woman who dreams of excitement and an ex-con who seduces her, but unfortunately only one of these characters is fully sketched out Read more »| 14 Oct 2021 -
FilmA Hero
A Separation director Asghar Farhadi returns with another Catch-22 tale of ethical quagmire. The result is a pressure cooker of a social realist piece, and his most universal film yet Read more »| 14 Oct 2021
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FilmThe Souvenir: Part II
Joanna Hogg follows up her semi-autobiographical The Souvenir with a sequel, following film student Julie as she grapples with her artistic ambitions Read more »| 14 Oct 2021 -
FilmLFF 2021: The Hand of God
Paolo Sorrentino's coming of age tale set in Naples during Maradona's time at Napoli is a love letter to rowdy Italian family life but loses its way towards its close Read more »| 13 Oct 2021 -
FilmTitane
With the Palme d'Or-winning Titane, Raw director Julia Ducournau wraps a devastating story about love inside a wild tale of serial killing, car sex and shifting identity Read more »| 13 Oct 2021 -
MusicColouring Sound: Lomond Campbell on LŪP
With his LŪP album picked up by One Little Independent Records for a physical release, we learn more about Lomond Campbell's intricate tape looping machine Read more »| 13 Oct 2021 -
FilmThe French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s star-stuffed anthology film The French Dispatch recreates the simple pleasure of losing yourself in a long read Read more »| 13 Oct 2021 -
FilmDenis Villeneuve Wants You to Think Big
Ahead of Dune arriving in cinemas, we look back at Denis Villeneuve's recent run of blockbusters to gauge if he has what it takes to bring Frank Herbert's epic sci-fi novel to the screen Read more »| 12 Oct 2021 -
Tv RadioSmall Screen Scotland: Neil Forsyth on Guilt
Ahead of Edinburgh-set comic thriller Guilt returning for series two, we speak to writer Neil Forsyth about the show's word-of-mouth success Read more »| 11 Oct 2021 -
BooksHarry Josephine Giles on Orkney sci-fi Deep Wheel Orcadia
Taking readers to outer space in her new Orcadian sci-fi adventure, we speak to Harry Josephine Giles about the playfulness of language, and the renaissance of Scots Read more »| 11 Oct 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Siân Docksey on The Golden Girls
Comedian, writer and podcaster Siân Docksey submerges herself in the pastel hues of much-loved 80s sitcom The Golden Girls Read more »| 11 Oct 2021