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 – August 2013
This month, Cricfest proves that cinema has the power to make a sport as boring as cricket compelling, while Picnic Cinema offer up two movies about going nuts in the great outdoors Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
Film
Scotland Film Event Highlights – August 2013
As if Edinburgh didn't have enough festivals happening in August, Filmhouse delivers two more: Beyond Borders Scotland Film Festival and Just Festival. Other highlights include a sober Lindsay Lohan and David Bowie's codpiece Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
BooksSnake Road by Sue Peebles
Snake Road is a family drama focusing on the lives of three women across three generations of the Copella family. In the top floor of the family home, grandm... Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
Music
O2 Love Music Column – August 2013
For over thirty years now, The B-52's (O2 ABC, 12 Aug) have poised themselves as the ultimate intergalactic, surf-pop, party band. It’s a notion that h... Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
MusicSarah Neufeld – Hero Brother
Best known as violinist in Arcade Fire but having also supplied her talents to Bell Orchestre and The Luyas, Sarah Neufeld’s debut solo album is a natu... Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
Art
Follow the Thread @ Dovecot
As part of Dovecot's centenary celebrations last year a significant tapestry was commissioned and, after over a year in the making, will be unveiled during E... Read more »| 30 Jul 2013
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ArtTurning FACT Inside Out @ FACT, Liverpool, until 15 Sep
Liverpool's Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) reached double figures this year and is marking its tenth birthday with – true to form &n... Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
MusicThe Jesus Lizard's David Yow talks going solo
Having busied himself with acting and illustration in recent years, the inimitable David Yow marks a slight return to the music world by literally dropping his 'accidental' debut solo album like a slab of concrete this month. Don't expect any ballads Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Music
The Outer Church comes to Manchester
With tape splicer VHS Head at the helm, Joseph Stannard's Brighton-based night of spooked sonics, The Outer Church, comes to Manchester this month. We are happily indoctrinated into his diocese Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Clubs
Maiden Voyage: NTS Radio
Influential station NTS Radio held its first party outside of London in Manchester last month. Our intrepid clubber reports back Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Music
Under Wraps: Owen Pallett spills secrets
Returning to Manchester for the first time in three years, erudite composer and performer Owen Pallett voices his thoughts on the consumption of music and a certain project he shouldn't be talking about Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Art
Rachel Maclean: My Kingdom for a Gift Shop
Ahead of her major solo show at Edinburgh Printmakers we chat to Rachel Maclean about her hyper-seductive, super-saturated visions of Scottish independence Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Film
Bangkok Fever Dream: Nicolas Winding Refn on Only God Forgives
He's made movies about Vikings, video store clerks and criminals. He made Ryan Gosling an icon. He even directed Geraldine McEwan in Marple. We sit down with the mercurial Nicolas Winding Refn to get the lowdown on his latest film, Only God Forgives Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Film
The Comedian
Don’t let the title fool you. This character study by newcomer Tom Shkolnik is no laughing matter. For his feature debut, the Israeli-born director exp... Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – August 2013
Sweating is great! We love sweating. Here, find out about some places to sweat in this month, or even better, some people to sweat alongside, from Adam Shelton to Ron Morelli, to Theo Parrish at Beacons. Then get a lovely sweaty bear hug off The 2 Bears Read more »| 30 Jul 2013