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 2013: The History of Future Folk
Arriving on our planet to evaluate it for invasion and resettlement, General Trius (d’Aulaire), later called Bill, is seduced by the sounds of music, a... Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
FilmGFF 2013: Vito
The life of the late Vito Russo, an activist for both LBGT rights and AIDS awareness, has particular resonance for cinephiles, being that he was also a film ... Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
FilmA Pentametric Glance at Shakespeare Films
Shall I compare thee to another film? As Glasgow Film Festival 2013 is closing with Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, we take a look at previous Shakespeare adaptations Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
Books
Me and You by Niccolò Ammaniti
The third Ammaniti novel to be translated from Italian into English, he moves away from the thriller format he experimented with in I'm Not Scared and Steal ... Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
FilmClose-Up: In Praise of Dreyer's Joan of Arc
Is there a more expressive face in cinema than that of Renée Maria Falconetti's in The Passion of Joan of Arc? We celebrate this masterpiece ahead of its screening at Glasgow Cathedral Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Music
Mogwai – Les Revenants
Mogwai's soundtrack for French zombie TV show Les Revenants is an exercise in wilful self-control and restraint, with their customary feedback-driven walls o... Read more »| 22 Feb 2013
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MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 22 February
Exclusive releases from David Bowie, Stephen Malkmus and Sub Pop for Record Store Day; new music from Doldrums, Primal Scream, Hawk Eyes and Rob Zombie; Festival Watch: Meadows in the Mountains, Open'er and Echo Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Film
Snow Way!: Blancanieves @ GFF
Do we really need another Snow White film? Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Film
Robot & Frank: Real Steal
Frank Langella plans a robbery with his robot caretaker. As you do Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Film
Love, Honour and Obey
We look at Banaz - A Love Story, which documents the investigation into the honour killing of a young Kurdish woman, and look at how our idea of female roles are changing through cinema Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Music
Mano Le Tough – Changing Days
Born near Dublin, Niall Mannion aka Mano Le Tough moved to Berlin some time before 2009, and quietly began to revolutionise the template of house music with ... Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
Film
Beyond the Favela: New Brazilian Cinema
There's more to Brazil than just the favelas. With the Olympics and World Cup on the horizon we have a look at GFF's celebration of New Brazilian Cinema Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Film
GFF 2013: Dormant Beauty
Marco Bellocchio's euthanasia drama Dormant Beauty is based on the real-life case of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who fell into a coma for two decades and w... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Books
Eustace by S.J. Harris
The darkness in Eustace creeps up on you unexpectedly. It begins sadly, but innocently with the travails of a sick child, illustrated in a whimsical, pencil-... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
Film
GFF 2013: Caesar Must Die
A large portion of Caesar Must Die’s impact stems from its concept: a production of Julius Caesar performed by the inmates of the high-security wing of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013