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 2012: This Is Not a Film
In 2009, Iranian director Jafar Panahi was arrested for supporting anti-Ahmadinejad protests; in 2010, he was arrested a second time, sentenced to six years ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
MusicThe Metal Column – April 2012
The arrival of spring comes as bad news for us metal fans, right? But then it's not like we ever emerge from the dark murky depths of our bedrooms except ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
Art
New Contemporaries 2012 @ RSA, 17 Mar-11 Apr
Now in its fourth year, RSA New Contemporaries brings together a select group of fine art graduates from Scotland's five art schools (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dun... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
Theatre
Scottish Ballet – A Streetcar Named Desire
In what promises to be a fruitful combination Scottish Ballet Artistic Director Ashley Page has paired contemporary choreographer Lopez Ochoa with theatre an... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
FilmApril Film Highlights
Highlights of film happenings across Scotland Read more »| 28 Mar 2012 -
Music
Track-by-track: Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman talks MMXII
If ever there was a year for a Killing Joke album, this is it. Fearless front man Jaz Coleman gives The Skinny an in-depth guide to the post-punk godfathers' second studio LP in 18 months. Fire up the kettle and strap yourself in... Read more »| 28 Mar 2012
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Art
RSA New Contemporaries 2012
Some images from the opening reception of the RSA New Contemporaries exhibition 2012. Photography by David Grinly and Rosie Ellis Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Books
Tallula Rising by Glen Duncan
Tallula Rising is the middle book in Glen Duncan's werewolf trilogy, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed The Last Werewolf. Tallula is not only the last o... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Music
Talib Kweli @ The Arches, 23 March
Nasty P's support set is an exercise in multimedia turntablism, as Edinburgh's favourite hip-hop DJ and producer employs two decks, an iPad serving as a drum... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: Babycall
Noomi Rapace (Millennium Trilogy) turns in another ferociously intense performance as Anna, a traumatised mother relocated with her young son to escape an ab... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
BooksBreathless by Anne Sward
Anne Sward's Breathless is told from the perspective of Lo, who in looking back on her childhood examines a relationship she has been unable to escape. When ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Books
We The Animals by Justin Torres
An autobiographical account of a childhood in upstate New York, We The Animals tells the story of three mixed-race brothers born to very young parents, growi... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Music
Blanck Mass @ Glasgow School of Art, 18 March
Promising strong experimental never-before-showcased material for his Art School performance, Konx-om-Pax's Tom Scholefield showcases his bizarre multi-colo... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Music
Wu Lyf @ SWG3, 17 March
Before they come on stage, Wu Lyf's set is dominated by the symbol which represents the band. It's more magickal glyph than logo: anyone who has tried thei... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012 -
Music
Souls of Mischief @ Electric Circus, 13 March
Immortalised as four of the faces to grace A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders sleeve when they recorded one of the great paeans to easy living t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012