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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FilmFirst clip of Isle of Dogs is pure Wes Anderson: whimsical and vicious
A pack of dogs fight over a bag of rubbish in the first clip from Wes Anderson new stop motion animation Isle of Dogs Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Film
Frank Ocean interviewed Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet
Ocean chatted to this year’s breakout actor about his star-making turns in queer romance Call Me By Your Name and Greta Gerwig's feature Lady Bird Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
FilmLady Bird
This tender and funny feature from Greta Gerwig moves beyond the familiar coming-of-age setup to be a moving portrait of the intimate ties we have with place Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
Art
Massive U-turn from Creative Scotland after funding row
After their contentious Regular Funding awards made last month, Creative Scotland reinstated long-term funding for five arts organisations, including theatre companies Catherine Wheels and Birds of Paradise Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
FilmSeijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 – Seijun Rising: The Youth Movies
These early efforts from Seijun Suzuki are essential for fans of the late director who would go on to make Japanese new wave classics like Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
Clubs
Glasgow DJ OOFT! discusses his debut album
After years of soundtracking some of Glasgow's best parties, DJ and producer OOFT! is set to release his first full length album, Intricacies of Modern Life Read more »| 06 Feb 2018
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Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 6-11 Feb
From hip-hop giant Kendrick Lamar to tropical pop from Hollie Cook and a Nordic-themed musical line-up at Aberdeen's SPECTRA festival, this week is a glorious mixed bag Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
FilmMaybe this Han Solo movie won’t be a disaster after all
The first glimpse of Solo: A Star Wars Story looks surprisingly promising, where Alden Ehrenreich takes on the role of the cocky space pilot previously played with roguish charm by Harrison Ford Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
Music
Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
Franz Ferdinand’s latest album thrives when the band indulge their sense of fun Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Music
Protomartyr and Glasvegas announced for Glasgow's Stag & Dagger
Glasgow's multi-venue Stag & Dagger festival returns this May with sets due from Detroit's Protomartyr as well as an anniversary show from Glasgow's own Glasvegas Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Music
Ewan Cruickshanks – A Glasgow Band
A Glasgow Band is full of relatable, heartfelt and often humorous lyrics that will help no end in establishing Cruickshanks as one of Scotland’s songwriters to watch Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Music
Soft Riot – The Outsider in the Mirrors
The Outsider in the Mirrors negates current trends despite looking to nostalgia for inspiration, and in turn sounds refreshingly strange and exciting Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Art
Peripheral Visions: Interview with Rehana Zaman
London-based Rehana Zaman discusses instances of less obvious – but no less potent – forms of political resistance from people whose experiences are often marginalised Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Theatre
The Claim
The exasperating asylum seeking process is the subject of Tim Cowbury’s The Claim, a work designed to provoke and incite change Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Clubs
Reckless Kettle profile: Turn It Up
Launched in 2013, the Reckless Kettle events have become a highlight of Dundee's nightlife. Here the duo behind the increasingly popular club nights, Fergus Tibbs and Mikey Rodger, explain the appeal of their self-described 'parties for freaks' Read more »| 05 Feb 2018