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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FilmNorthwest Film Event Highlights – February 2014
Cinema, like love, has many shades. Sometimes it’s all kissing in the rain and romantic meetings at New York landmarks; at other times it’s all joyless sex and projectile vomiting. This month’s film events have both in equal measure Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
MusicPublic Image Limited call-out for fan footage
John Lydon's Public Image Limited are planning a new documentary to celebrate their three decades-long career, and they're asking for help from their fans in putting together a dfeinitive archive of live footage Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Film
Her
Each of Spike Jonze’s films to date has hinged on a far-fetched premise, but, crucially, they have all possessed an insight and depth of feeling that m... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
FilmDallas Buyers Club
There’s something terribly banal about Dallas Buyers Club, Jean-Marc Vallée’s old-fashioned redemption piece about a crooked Texan bigot f... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Music
Cloud Sounds #3: Withered Hand, Wild Beasts, Call To Mind, Thee Silver Mt. Zion and more
In this week's Cloud Sounds playlist from The Skinny, we take a look at breaking tracks from some Skinny favourites, including in-demand Scottish synth-pop stars CHVRCHES, who offer up their cover of the classic Bauhaus track, Bela Lugosi's Dead Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Film
The film world mourns Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman has passed away at the age of 46. The film world offers tribute to an actor many considered to be the finest of his generation Read more »| 03 Feb 2014
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Comedy
Norris & Parker @ The Lowry, Salford, 28 Jan
A major worry about a show likened to Brass Eye and The League of Gentlemen is that – like many inspired by the wonderfully surreal and dangerous ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Music
Various Artists – Acid Arab Collections
Inspired by the proliferation of Arab music and culture in their native Paris, Acid Arab put together a collection of experimental tracks drawing infectious ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Clubs
Moderat's Sebastian Szary on the group's cinematic world tour
“It’s like when you learn a language. You might not speak this language for a while, but when you come back to it, it’s still there.”... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
MusicOutlands – Love Is As Cold As Death
Informed by the more ponderous end of the 90s UK beat scene – Lamb, in particular, are clearly an influence - and the colder synth sounds of 80s a... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: February 2014 Horoscopes
ARIES Landing a finance job at Canary Wharf the yellow-eyed intern showing you around the office habitat boasts about the “heat mats under each floor.&... Read more »| 01 Feb 2014 -
Books
Docherty by William McIllvanney
The story of Ayrshire miner Docherty covers three generations, telling the story of how Tam Docherty came to be the giant of his local community; a kind of de facto leader, and his subsequent fall from grace Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
Music
Slint's 'Spiderland' to get deluxe box-set reissue
Slint's classic Spiderland LP gets a deluxe, remastered box-set edition, with additional tracks, a new documentary, and exclusive goodies on offer Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
Film
Film News: Terry Gilliam's Zero Theorem; Guy Ritchie to take on King Arthur?
A round-up of film news: this week we have our minds blown by Christoph Waltz and Terry Gilliam's Zero Theorem, and check out rumours of a new Guy Ritchie franchise inspired by King Arthur Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
Books
The Insufferable Gaucho by Roberto Bolaño
Though one of the most esteemed Latin American writers of his generation, Roberto Bolaño's reputation in the English-speaking world is sustained by tr... Read more »| 31 Jan 2014