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 2021: Gunda
Victor Kossakovsky's Gunda invites us into the idyllic-seeming life of a massive pig and her brood of rambunctious piglets Read more »| 08 Mar 2021 -
FilmGFF 2021: Dreams on Fire
Dance movie Dreams on Fire occasionally trades in clichés but thrives when working as an unapologetic examination of trying to make it in a precarious industry Read more »| 08 Mar 2021 -
FilmGFF 2021: A Brixton Tale
There's too much going on in this look at race and love in modern Britain, with A Brixton Tale’s enigmatic first half giving way to a more obvious socioeconomic crime narrative Read more »| 08 Mar 2021 -
ClubsInto the Light: LBEEZE on his new EP
Melbourne-based DJ Lachy Bozin, aka LBEEZE, becomes the first artist to feature on new Dundee label Exiled Records with his Dancing in the Dark EP. He tells us about the new EP and how music helped him overcome his battle with drug addiction Read more »| 04 Mar 2021 -
MusicScottish new music round-up: March 2021
We take a look at some of the more under the radar musical offerings coming out of Scotland this month including Youth Team, Rachel Jack, Lou Mclean and OVER / AT Read more »| 04 Mar 2021 -
BooksThe Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Danielle Evans' brilliant new short story collection explores issues of race, culture, identity and American history Read more »| 04 Mar 2021
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FilmGagarine
Urban fantasy Gagarine celebrates community and social housing in a Paris housing estate, with directors Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh using sci-fi imagery to turn the prosaic into the awe-inspiring Read more »| 04 Mar 2021 -
FilmGFF 2021: Sweetheart
A family holiday at a caravan park in Dorset is the setting for teen romance Sweetheart, where the comedy emanates from a light-hearted portrayal of authentic mundanity Read more »| 04 Mar 2021 -
FilmLimbo
Scottish filmmaker Ben Sharrock blends absurdist humour and deep pathos to tell the story of a group of refugees left adrift on a desolate Scottish island as they wait for their asylum claims to be slowly processed Read more »| 04 Mar 2021 -
MusicA Family Affair: The Gayfield Enterprise Demos
A hidden gem from the post-punk era, The Gayfield Enterprise Demos sees Kevin Low and Fiona Carlin’s stunning bedroom pop jams receive a long overdue first release Read more »| 02 Mar 2021 -
MusicArab Strap – As Days Get Dark
The return of Arab Strap is a solid, if not barnstorming, success Read more »| 02 Mar 2021 -
FilmApples
In an uncanny version of Athens free from iPhones and where cassette tapes are still in vogue, a virus breaks out robbing citizens of their memories, leaving many to start relearning how to live again from scratch Read more »| 02 Mar 2021 -
FilmGFF 2021: Eye of the Storm
Anthony Baxter (Flint, You've Been Trumped) follows the great Scottish painter James Morrison over the last two years of his life as he struggles with failing eyesight and poor health Read more »| 02 Mar 2021 -
FilmGFF 2021: Shorta
There are shades of Walter Hill in this breathless police thriller, which is great when trading in cop movie clichés but less sure-footed when trying to address real-world concerns about institutional racism and police brutality Read more »| 02 Mar 2021 -
MusicIn Memory of SOPHIE
As the world attempts to come to terms with the sudden and tragic passing of SOPHIE, we remember the musician, artist and all-round creative powerhouse Read more »| 01 Mar 2021