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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FilmGlasgow Film Festival unveils new strands for 2015
The 2015 Glasgow Film Festival programme is beginning to take shape, with next year’s festival set to feature new segments focussing on nerd culture, A... Read more »| 18 Nov 2014 -
FilmStarred Up, Filth lead 2014 BAFTA Scotland winners
Prison drama Starred Up led the way at last night’s BAFTA Scotland awards, picking up three prizes at the ceremony in Glasgow. David Mackenzie’s... Read more »| 17 Nov 2014 -
ClubsReturn of the Mac: Annie Mac is back in the mix
Radio 1's queen of club tracks gives us the lowdown on her new mix as she prepares to hit the road again with her Annie Mac Presents tour Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
Art
Creative Edinburgh Award winners announced
This year’s Creative Edinburgh Awards have been handed out, with an eclectic mix of winners across the eight categories. Tommy Perman and Rob St. John... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
Music
Atom Tree – Clouds EP
Where Tide of Thorns established prodigal producer Shaun Canning as an artisan of sparkling, sweeping electronica, blending dark bass with colourful highs, A... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
MusicMachines in Heaven – Hindu Milk EP
After making waves with their Glasgow Jihad EP and follow-up full-length debut bordersbreakdown, Glaswegian glitch gang Machines in Heaven offer another tant... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014
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FilmThe Imitation Game
Awards buzz circled this entertaining account of Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing long before its debut at the traditionally Oscar-foreshadowing Toronto Film ... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
Under the Influence: Mastodon's Brann Dailor
Heavyweight bills are what Mastodon do best. As the Atlantan monoliths return to our shores with Big Business and Krokodil in tow, drummer Brann Dailor offers a personal tip of the bunnet to ten landmark releases by a few of their most memorable alliances Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
White Lung @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 5 November
Fireworks schmireworks. The fifth of November it may be, but White Lung’s punka racket is far from short of explosive qualities. Take the scorching hea... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Film
The Drop
In this taught, seductively understated thriller, Tom Hardy plays innocent lug Bob, bartender in the Brooklyn tavern of the slightly more sinister if no... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Film
Winter Sleep
Arriving with a Palme d’Or win and an ample 196-minute running time, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest contemplative drama from the Anatolian steppes so... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
Foo Fighters announce summer 2015 stadium gigs in Manchester and Edinburgh
Dave Grohl and co are all set for a series of huge gigs in the UK next summer, following the release of new LP Sonic Highways. The Foos play the Emirates Ol... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Film
22 Jump Street
The key joke in 22 Jump Street is how disappointing these type of films (i.e. quick cash-in sequels) turn out to be. Its reliance on this meta-gag might have... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Music
Jonnie Common – Trapped in Amber
With subtle wit and charming self-deprecation, former De-Fence records regular Jonnie Common gently pushes himself off into his second solo album by offering... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
Books
2014 Saltire Literary Awards handed out in Edinburgh
The Saltire Literary Awards for 2014 have been awarded at a ceremony in Edinburgh, with an academic work on 18th century urbanisation scooping the £10,... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014