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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FilmBorat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Sacha Baron Cohen returns with another askance look at America from the point of view of the idiotic Kazakhstani reporter Borat. The resulting satire is often sharp and explosive, but there are some misfires too Read more »| 26 Oct 2020 -
FilmMind Games: Josephine Decker on Shirley
Shirley imagines a fictitious period in the life of Shirley Jackson, shot in a way that channels the cult author's writing style. Director Josephine Decker talks to us about the purging pleasures of exploring dark characters and themes Read more »| 22 Oct 2020 -
FilmSummer of 85
François Ozon's latest, a melodrama following a gay teen romance that blossoms during an idyllic summer on the French coast, has plenty of surface pleasures, but at times it feels about as substantial as an 80s pop promo Read more »| 19 Oct 2020 -
MusicThe Skinny Q&A: Aidan Moffat
Having surprised us last month with their first new music in 15 years, Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat tells us what inspires him, who he thinks is the worst and what makes him cry Read more »| 13 Oct 2020 -
BooksScary Stories: Halloween books round-up
2020 has been its own collection of horror stories, but with Halloween around the corner, Rabeea Saleem looks at this year's releases that capture the season – from the power of superstition to the monsters all around Read more »| 13 Oct 2020 -
FilmBody of Water
Scottish director Lucy Brydon makes her feature film debut with this bleak, ambiguous film following a middle-aged woman with an eating disorder Read more »| 12 Oct 2020
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ArtLocal Heroes: Shweta Mistry
Shweta Mistry is a Glasgow-based designer and artist whose rich influences include historical and modern Indian art and modern European art and design Read more »| 12 Oct 2020 -
MusicGlasgow African Balafon Orchestra – Jungle Fever (track-by-track)
Chief Chebe of the Glasgow African Balafon Orchestra talks us through their debut album, Jungle Fever, track by track Read more »| 09 Oct 2020 -
FilmStudio Ghibli, Cottagecore & Inclusivity
The cottagecore aesthetic helps young people and marginalised groups to imagine a different future – and the movies of Studio Ghibli are key in pointing the way forward Read more »| 08 Oct 2020 -
MusicIKLAN's Timothy London and Law Holt on their debut album
Timothy London and Law Holt tell us about the trials and tribulations of releasing their debut album as IKLAN, which has been over three years in the making Read more »| 08 Oct 2020 -
BooksRamifications by Daniel Saldaña París
Daniel Saldaña París' new novel is a picture of a childhood coloured by the loss of a mother, as well as a probing study on the nature of memory Read more »| 08 Oct 2020 -
MusicSHHE – Maps (Sophia Loizou remix): Track Premiere
Listen to the Sophia Loizou remix of Maps by SAY Award longlisted artist SHHE, and watch the accompanying visuals created by Su Shaw and Tommy Perman Read more »| 08 Oct 2020 -
FilmSaint Maud
Horror film Saint Maud, the gut-churning debut from British writer-director Rose Glass, takes us inside the mind of a pious care nurse with a messiah complex Read more »| 07 Oct 2020 -
FilmBlind Faith: Rose Glass on Saint Maud
You'll struggle to find a more confident debut film in 2020 than Rose Glass's claustrophobic psychological thriller Saint Maud. Glass talks to us about creating a horror film that's as darkly funny as it is disturbing Read more »| 06 Oct 2020 -
ComedyICYMI: Chris Thorburn on Nighty Night
BBC The Social and Chunks regular Chris Thorburn experiences the deeply macabre Nighty Night Read more »| 05 Oct 2020