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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FilmNymphomaniac
Lars is back to his provocative, trolling self with sex confessional Nymphomaniac. Erudite yet impotent Seligman (Skarsgård) happens upon a battered Jo... Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
FilmStaying Home: Joanna Hogg on Exhibition
Joanna Hogg discusses working in London and using non-professional actors to tell her unique stories before the release of her latest, Exhibition Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
MusicBreaking The Static: We Came Out Like Tigers Interviewed
Fiercely political and steadfast in their refusal to stand still, Liverpool's We Came Out Like Tigers are an antidote for the times Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
Comedy
Sketchole @ The Lowry, 6 Apr
Sketchole sets its stall out pretty early on when Gein’s Family Giftshop’s Ed Easton faced the audience sans clothes in a great sketch about sket... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
FilmHalf of a Yellow Sun
This plush adaptation of the Nigerian Civil War spanning, Orange Prize-winning novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie blends drama with melodrama, but unlike its ... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
Film
The Quiet Ones
The first of The Quiet Ones’ many jump-scares comes courtesy of Noddy Holder, with a loud blast of Slade’s Cum on Feel the Noize in the opening m... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014
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Film
The Raid 2
Gareth Evans’ The Raid took place over one day in a single locale; its narrative had an economy akin to old-school John Carpenter. For the sequel,... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
Theatre
HOME announces site-specific theatre programme
Manchester's new creative centre for the arts, HOME, reveals the site-specific theatre programme that will run until HOME's official opening in spring 2015 Read more »| 10 Apr 2014 -
Music
Therapy? The Garage, Glasgow, 7 April
While the same old talking heads romanticise Britpop’s worst b-sides and exhaustive Nirvana nostalgia draws to its ugly conclusion as pictures of Kurt ... Read more »| 10 Apr 2014 -
Music
Chad VanGaalen – Shrink Dust
“Cut off both my hands and threw them in the sand,” sings Chad VanGaalen cheerfully, adding: “Watched them swim away from me like a pair of... Read more »| 10 Apr 2014 -
Music
Manic Street Preachers / The Twilight Sad @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 4 April
In June, the Manics will bring their studio album tally up to an even dozen – impressive considering their one-time pledge to release a doubl... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
Art
FutureEverything 2014: Tools for the Unknown Future
Knitted mince and mapping drone strikes – we take a look at the visual art on offer at Manchester's FutureEverything festival Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
Music
Raw Power: The Amazing Snakeheads on Amphetamine Ballads
Glasgow's The Amazing Snakeheads like to play no-frills rock and roll hard and fast, but insist they're not as intense as their stage persona suggests. We meet in a bar to talk about James Brown, finding a label and sharing a stout with Martha Reeves Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
Music
Thee Oh Sees – Drop
With rumours of a split now thankfully put to bed, John Dwyer and pals get back to doing what they do best: making ear-splitting garage rock that feels like ... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
Music
Wye Oak – Shriek
In which the Baltimore duo continue to defy lazy labelling. Shriek, their fourth album, carries on where 2011’s much-lauded Civilian left off, further ... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014