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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ArtExploring Audio: Sound for the Moving Image at GSA
With May’s interim degree show approaching, The Skinny talks to staff, alumni and students about The Glasgow School of Art’s Masters programme in Sound for the Moving Image. Read more »| 13 Apr 2016 -
FilmMark Cousins on I Am Belfast
Prolific filmmaker, critic and all-round cinema hero Mark Cousins discusses the flâneur tradition, feminism and falling back in love with his hometown ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2016 -
FilmBenedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange trailer
First look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange Read more »| 13 Apr 2016 -
Music
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld – Nerissimo
In one respect, the second long-player from Einstürzende Neubauten's Bargeld and underground-rocker-turned-soundtrack-composer Teardo sounds exactly as ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2016 -
Art
Reel Stories @ Museum of Liverpool
Think of the Liverpool skyline and you probably think of powerful Victorian buildings – docks, grand hotels with sweeping staircases, the two cath... Read more »| 12 Apr 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 12-18 April
Glasgow International continues while British Art Show gains momentum in Edinburgh; Cryptic Nights returns, a host of GI artists discuss their work, and there's an Aphrodisiac Feast at The Old Barn... Read more »| 12 Apr 2016
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ArtThom Isom: The Skinny Showcase
Thom Isom is a freelance graphic designer and artist. He works with artists, musicians and cultural organisations from around the UK. He’s been designi... Read more »| 12 Apr 2016 -
Film
Three Days of the Condor
Sidney Pollack’s paranoid thriller Three Days of the Condor comes to Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema Three Days of the Condor might have been viewed as... Read more »| 12 Apr 2016 -
Theatre
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing @ Liverpool Everyman
The Corn Exchange production of Eimear McBride’s literary prize-winning novel A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing draws you in from the start. A stark,... Read more »| 11 Apr 2016 -
Comedy
Jen Kirkman interview: 'Not just me, all women'
American comedian Jen Kirkman talks to The Skinny about writing her new book, how many critical comedy reviewers it'd take for her to change her set and the everyday shit all women get on Twitter. Read more »| 11 Apr 2016 -
Film
Director Tom Geens on Couple in a Hole
Tom Geens tells us about the tightrope he had to walk getting his moving film debut Couple in a Hole to the screen. The plot of the debut feature from Belgi... Read more »| 11 Apr 2016 -
Music
Fugazi's Ian Mackaye set for Restless Natives Q&A
Minor Threat and Fugazi legend Ian Mackaye will take part in an exclusive Q&A session at the inaugural Restless Natives festival in Glasgow next month. ... Read more »| 11 Apr 2016 -
Film
Our Little Sister
Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers another quietly moving slice-of-life family drama Read more »| 11 Apr 2016 -
Music
Moderat @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 5 Apr
There’s something distinctly odd about queuing up for an electronic gig when there’s still a whisper of daylight outside; even more so when the a... Read more »| 08 Apr 2016 -
Music
New Albums This Week: Tim Hecker, Deftones & more
Our round-up of the best new music released this week, including the 4AD debut of Montreal wunderkind Tim Hecker, and new records from Frightened Rabbit and Deftones Read more »| 08 Apr 2016