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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BooksFashion Beast by Alan Moore, Malcolm McLaren, Antony Johnston, Facundo Percio
During his career Alan Moore has displayed many writerly talents, not least luck in being paired with equally talented collaborators. Though Moore’s au... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
BooksThe Son by Philipp Meyer
Rumours of Philipp Meyer's method approach to research have swirled around his second novel, The Son. At August's Edinburgh International Book Festival ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Books
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam is the last instalment in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx and Crake and continued with The Y... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
FilmThe Last American Virgin
A near shot-for-shot remake of his cult Israeli coming-of-ager, Boaz Davidson’s The Last American Virgin is less a movie, more a succession of skits se... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Film
La Notte
Has any director ever been as adept at exploring the spaces that exist between people as Michelangelo Antonioni? His 1961 film, La Notte, is the story of a m... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Film
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Douglas Sirk's penultimate film is something of an anomaly in his body of work, but it's also perhaps the most personal and interesting film he ever made. A ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013
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Film
Filth
Bruce ‘the Stallion’ Robertson: alcoholic, drug addict, compulsive liar, amoral sociopath, sexual pervert – and senior Detective Sergeant. ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Film
Twixt
Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer), a “bargain-basement Stephen King”, is visiting a small, studiedly eerie town to sign copies of his latest book. Five... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Music
James Blake / FKA Twigs @ O2 ABC, 18 September
“Whatever they say about tiny venues, this is the best I’ve felt playing here,” comments James Blake towards the end of this show –&n... Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Music
The Front Bottoms @ King Tut's, 16 September
Live with them long enough and even the worst band names start to seem reasonable. Still, it’s hard to imagine acclimatising to The Front Bottoms&rsquo... Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
ArtThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture Roundup | 20 September
Rare live footage of Nirvana unearthed; new music from Mazzy Star, Honeyblood, Grizzly Bear and Deltron 3030; a look at the Craft Scotland Conference; and some gig dates for your diary with The Outer Church, HaddowFest and Eastern Promise Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Music
Soundgarden @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, 13 September
Like guitarist Kim Thayil’s porkpie hat and electroshock ponytail combo, it’s business up front with a party at the back as Soundgarden return to... Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Film
Cold Comes the Night
Alice Eve bids to be taken seriously by playing downtrodden single mum and half-a-horse town motel owner Chloe. Under the protection of bent copper Billy (Lo... Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Music
Born Ruffians @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 18 September
During second song of the night Kurt Vonnegut, from Born Ruffians' first Warp Records release, Red, Yellow & Blue, it's evident – as knowing "woah-... Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Film
Hawking
“Imagine coming to the end of questions,” expresses Mary Hawking – younger sister of cosmologist Stephen – towards the end of this ep... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013