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 2011: The Good, The Bad and the Morricone
As David Scott, Duglas T Stewart and friends pay homage to the music of Ennio Morricone, The CineSkinny discusses the composer's legacy and continuing popularity. Words: Chris Buckle Read more »| 26 Feb 2011 -
ArtCraig Murray-Orr @ Ingleby Gallery
Before viewing Craig Murray-Orr’s solo show at the Ingleby gallery, there is a fact everyone must know: Murray-Orr was born in New Zeland, but has spen... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Music
Noah And The Whale – Last Night On Earth
Born of the British nu-folk scene, and oft heralded as one of the key players, Noah and The Whale are somewhat defined by a genre. Perhaps understandable the... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
BooksGlasgow Fairytale
See, it aw started when this guy wrote a book aboot Glesga. Except it wisnae aw aboot the Armadillo and Lulu, and that. Naw, whit it wis, he put aw t... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Music
The Monochrome Set @ Mono, 26 Mar
Currently in their third stint together, after previously packing it in once in 1985, and then again in 1998, The Monochrome Set are a deciduous yet resilien... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Music
Queens Of The Stone Age – Queens Of The Stone Age: Special Edition
In early 1998 Dave Grohl went on record naming then-unknown Californian outfit Queens Of The Stone Age as his favourite band on the planet. If that provoked ... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011
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MusicThe View – Bread & Circuses
While Mogwai and Biffy Clyro have made the success of Scottish acts less of a novelty, there’s still an odd mix of pride and all-round smugness at seei... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Books
The Blackhouse
Detective Fin McLeod returns to his childhood home, the Isle of Lewis, for the first time in 17 years to investigate a brutal murder. Rediscovering the islan... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
TheatreRevealing the New (venue of the month)
A Venue without Walls Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Contemporary Days
Long before Ikea broke down and flat-packed modernism for the masses, Robin and Lucienne Day were hard at work designing the foundations of what now seems co... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Film
GFF 2011: Submarino
Using a novice cast and crew from the Danish film scene, Submarino harks back to the earlier film-making of director Thomas Vinterberg, a key figure of the D... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Music
Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys!
There is a poignancy to every track of Build A Rocket Boys, and a sparseness that stands in contrast to 2008's The Seldom Seen Kid. As with all of Elbow's wo... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Music
Parts & Labor – Constant Future
Labelling Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor an “experimental noise-rock band” is one more reason to take user-edited encyclopaedias with a pinch... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Theatre
Lord of the Flies @ Theatre Royal, 2-5 Mar
Choreographic legend gets local and tribal Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Books
The Shard Box by Liz Niven
In a new collection of poems about her experiences in China, Liz Niven seems the perfect traveller. She’s adventurous in confronting the cultur... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011