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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FilmScotland on Screen: Krysty Wilson-Cairns of The Good Nurse
With films like 1917, Last Night in Soho and now The Good Nurse under her belt, Krysty Wilson-Cairns is now an established screenwriting force in Hollywood, but she explains that it all started at the old Global Video in Glasgow's Southside Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
TheatreThe Rotting Hart: A new queer body horror
Daniel Orejon's new solo play, The Rotting Hart, blends body horror and queer desire – we chat to its creator, and director Flavia D'Avila, about the story behind the show Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
FilmBros
An inclusive cast doesn't change the fact that Bros is just another Hollywood product designed to sell as many tickets as possible – and Billy Eichner's attempts to subvert expectations make that all the more grating Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
MusicAngel Olsen @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22 Oct
Angel Olsen’s live show finds a balance of grandeur and poise, without taking herself too seriously Read more »| 27 Oct 2022 -
BooksDislocations by Sylvia Molloy
Charco Press' latest translated piece, Dislocations by the late Argentinian novelist Sylvia Molloy examines the power of memory when it is being lost Read more »| 27 Oct 2022 -
FilmRuben Östlund on class satire Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund, the director of Force Majeure and The Square, takes a sledgehammer to the global elite with his latest satire Triangle of Sadness Read more »| 26 Oct 2022
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ArtHannah Lim @ Edinburgh Printmakers
Sofia Cotrona unravels Hannah Lim's incisive and multi-faceted exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers Read more »| 26 Oct 2022 -
MusicJapanese Breakfast @ Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 22 Oct
Japanese Breakfast's music is polished, atmospheric, and emotional. When her stage presence reflects that energy, it's magic Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
FilmLFF 2022: Living
This remake of Akira Kurosawa's meaning-of-life classic Ikiru has wonderful elements – Bill Nighy's performance, Jamie Ramsay's cinematography – but it's let down by its lacklustre final act Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
FilmWomen Talking
Sarah Polley returns with an uncompromising drama in which a group of women discuss the endemic sexual violence within their Mennonite religious colony. Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley are among the excellent cast Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
BooksX by Davey Davis
Following a sadist on the hunt for a beautiful dominatrix, X is a dark, sensuous page-turner mirroring our current geopolitical climate Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
![Bon Iver live at OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 20 Oct [no reuse]](https://images.theskinny.co.uk/assets/production/000/145/054/145054_widescreen.1.jpg "Bon Iver live at OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 20 Oct [no reuse]")
MusicBon Iver @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 20 Oct
Playing one of his biggest gigs to date, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon seems to be having fun at tonight's Glasgow arena show Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
FilmGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Forget Disney's recent live-action Pinocchio – this gothic animation from Guillermo del Toro is a fantastical and heartfelt reimagining of Carlo Collodi's classic fairytale Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
FilmGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson follows up Knives Out with another star-studded whodunit and the results are an exercise in ridiculousness, wholly embraced by the game cast Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
TheatrePride and Prejudice* (*sort of) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
The fun and flamboyant Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) rejuvenates the Jane Austen classic Read more »| 24 Oct 2022