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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FilmScottish Film Events: March 2022
New film festivals in St Andrews, check! Provocative art films with banging scores (two Peter Greenaway-Michael Nyman collabs), check! A season of films from amazing women filmmakers, check! It's all part of this month's busy film schedule Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2022
Spring at Scotland's theatres brings a barrage of new shows at Traverse, The Tron and Dundee Rep, as well as the return of Dance International Glasgow Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
FilmLizzie Mackenzie on The Hermit of Treig
We meet up with documentarian and Oban native Lizzie Mackenzie ahead of the Glasgow Film Festival premiere of her debut feature The Hermit of Treig to find out about her fascination with outsiders and rebels Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
FilmThe Skinny on… Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci returns to his hometown this month for an on-stage talk at Glasgow Film Festival; ahead of that chat, we asked Iannucci to fill out our Q&A Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
FilmSean Baker on Red Rocket
With Red Rocket, Sean Baker has once again turned his camera on a corner of the US rarely represented in American cinema. Baker introduces us to the concept of the 'suitcase pimp' and explains why he's happy working outside the Hollywood mainstream Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
MusicNilüfer Yanya – Painless
The follow-up to Nilüfer Yanya's debut album, Painless finds the London-based artist exploring more ethereal territory Read more »| 28 Feb 2022
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BooksHex by Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan balances magic and realism perfectly in her new book, reframing the story of Scotland's witch trials Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
MusicCMAT – If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
On her near-perfect debut, CMAT proves she's a pop tour de force who knows exactly who she wants to be and has all the talent to deliver it Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
FilmAli & Ava
The latest from Clio Barnard, the director of The Arbor and The Selfish Giant, follows two lonely, damaged souls as they begin a tender, tentative romance Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
BooksJulia Armfield on Our Wives Under the Sea
We meet Julia Armfield to learn about her debut novel, the queer deep-sea horror Our Wives Under the Sea Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
ArtGood Things Come: RSA New Contemporaries 2022
Unlike any other New Contemporaries cohort, this year’s exhibitors arrive in the RSA two years after art school having skipped the big degree show moment Read more »| 25 Feb 2022 -
ArtContemporary Craft: Scottish designers at Collect 2022
We take a look at the Scottish designers and makers presenting at international contemporary craft and design fair, Collect Read more »| 25 Feb 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... philomenah
With an exclusive first listen to her debut EP, we shine a spotlight on Edinburgh-based R'n'B artist philomenah Read more »| 24 Feb 2022 -
MusicDry Cleaning @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 18 Feb
Dry Cleaning bring the expected inscrutable tales, but also plenty of muscular rock to Edinburgh's Summerhall Read more »| 22 Feb 2022 -
MusicLos Bitchos @ Stereo, Glasgow, 18 Feb
Los Bitchos bring surf rock fun with punk energy – and plenty of bongo solos – to a sold-out Stereo in Glasgow Read more »| 22 Feb 2022