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's Best Fiend: Werner Herzog
The CineSkinny profiles filmmaking genius Werner Herzog, whose new documentary, Into the Abyss, plays at the festival Read more »| 23 Feb 2012 -
Music
Hey Enemy – The Wrong Songs To Right Wrongs
At first glance Hey Enemy don't seem so unique; there are countless riff-orientated rockers out there, and then Pink Steam comes in with the kind of typicall... Read more »| 23 Feb 2012 -
MusicHero Worship: Bruce Springsteen
York troubadour Benjamin Francis Leftwich bows down at The Boss's altar Read more »| 23 Feb 2012 -
FilmGFF 2012: Bob and the Monster
To be a junkie in L.A.’s eighties rock scene “was so important, it was so de rigueur,” drawls Courtney Love in new documentary Bob and the ... Read more »| 23 Feb 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: The Somnambulists
Inspired emotionally by his anger over the Iraq war, and stylistically by Joanna Kane’s photography exhibition of the same name, Richard Jobson’s... Read more »| 23 Feb 2012 -
Art
New Contemporaries 2012 @ RSA
It’s that time of year again, when the cream of last year’s graduation crop exhibit at the RSA New Contemporaries. It’s where the public is... Read more »| 23 Feb 2012
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MusicThe Machine Room – Love From A Distance EP
Edinburgh’s The Machine Room resemble a morning-after Delphic; they won’t necessarily make you dance, but their romantic melancholy could comfort... Read more »| 22 Feb 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: 85A Presents Jan Svankmajer
The Glue Factory becomes a surreal playground as 85A collective take over the venue to bring to life the nutty images of legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer Read more »| 22 Feb 2012 -
Film
Into The Abyss
Werner Herzog's latest enquiry into human nature takes him to Texas, where he explores the fallout from a decade-old murder. Into the Abyss is built around i... Read more »| 22 Feb 2012 -
Music
Treacherous Orchestra – Origins
The traditions of celtic folk music have seen a welcome revival in recent years, but perhaps more exciting is the exploration of how they can be crossed with... Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
Music
Ronin – Fenice
“Instrumental music” is a term which, for many people, carries a lot of baggage. Some good and some bad, no doubt. Whereas numerous groups have a... Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: Chinese Take-Away
Chinese Take-Away might well boast the oddest opening of the festival: on a serenely beautiful lake, an attempted proposal is interrupted by a cow falling fr... Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: Comic book writer Mark Millar in interview
We meet with the prolific Glaswegian comic book writer and GFF ambassador, Mark Millar, to discuss his future projects Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: Moments of Being – Anne-Marie Copestake in interview
The GFF is hosting the world premiere, and only screening, of Anne-Marie Copestake's specially commissioned film. We meet with the director to discuss her inspirations Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
Film
GFF 2012: Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest brings the story behind the titular rap group, featuring Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad,... Read more »| 21 Feb 2012