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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MusicYves Tumor @ The Garage, Glasgow, 6 Mar
Yves Tumor's about-turn towards rock stardom is almost complete, and they've got the songs, flair and hair to prove it Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
FilmGFF 2022: Fire (Both Sides of the Blade)
Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon and Grégoire Colin's characters become involved in a messy love triangle in the latest film from Claire Denis Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
FilmGFF 2022: Once Upon a Time in Uganda
Welcome to Wakaliwood! Entertaining documentary Once Upon a Time in Uganda takes us inside the world of filmmaker Isaac Nabwana and the no-budget gonzo action movies he makes from a slum in Kampala Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
FilmVortex
The latest from French provocateur Gaspar Noé uses split-screen to tell the story of an elderly couple (played by Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun) in their twilight years Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... MALKA x AMUNDA
The Hen Hoose pairing of MALKA and AMUNDA are back together for International Women's Day with On the Up and we are obsessed Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
MusicAMPLIFI: The sounds of modern Scotland
Arusa Qureshi, one half of the curation team behind AMPLIFI, tells us what we can expect from this new series, and asks why Black and POC artists still do not have a significant presence on bills and main stages Read more »| 08 Mar 2022
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MusicJenny Hval – Classic Objects
Norwegian experimenter Jenny Hval continues her turn towards clarity on Classic Objects with stunning results Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
FilmSurf's Up: Martyn Robertson on Ride the Wave
Glasgow-based documentarian Martyn Robertson brings his first feature film, Ride the Wave, to Glasgow Film Festival this month. We talked to him about life among the surfers and what it means to bring Scottish stories to a wider audience Read more »| 08 Mar 2022 -
MusicAlex Kapranos on 20 Years of Franz Ferdinand
We delve into Franz Ferdinand's Hits to the Head tracklist and ask Alex Kapranos 20 questions relating to each of its 20 tracks, some more tenuous than others... Read more »| 07 Mar 2022 -
ComedyGlasgow Comedy Festival 2022: The Highlights
Glasgow Comedy Festival rides again to deliver an excellent line-up of local laughs – here are some of our programme highlights Read more »| 07 Mar 2022 -
MusicPenelope Trappes brings Mother's Blood to Sonica
Ahead of her audiovisual performance of Mother's Blood at Glasgow's Sonica festival this month, we catch up with Penelope Trappes Read more »| 07 Mar 2022 -
MusicAlex Cameron – Oxy Music
Alex Cameron confronts the toxicity and vacuousness of a life lived online on his new album Oxy Music Read more »| 07 Mar 2022 -
FilmThe Hermit of Treig
Lizzie Mackenzie's compassionate documentary The Hermit of Treig follows an ageing hermit whose declining health may force him to leave the remote wilderness he called home for four decades Read more »| 07 Mar 2022 -
FilmBenediction
Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi play Siegfried Sassoon at different ages in Terrence Davies’ elegant, haunting biopic of the war poet Read more »| 04 Mar 2022 -
FilmBenedetta
Basic Instinct and Elle director Paul Verhoeven dips his toe into the lesbian nun sub-genre with Benedetta, a darkly comic and provocative drama exploring the overlap between religious devotion and eroticism Read more »| 04 Mar 2022