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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FilmHow we watch movies in the age of streaming
Not a year goes by without some blowhard predicting the death of cinema, but in 2020, the dominance of streaming platforms is becoming hard to ignore. Join us at GFF to discuss how we watch films in the age of streaming Read more »| 20 Feb 2020 -
MusicAnimal Society – Hieroglyph (Live Session Premiere)
Watch the incredible live session video for Hieroglyph, the latest single from Scottish jazz-rock outfit Animal Society Read more »| 20 Feb 2020 -
Musicblack midi @ Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 17 Feb
black midi's first trip to Edinburgh shows a band constantly on the move, confounding expectations and already looking for the future of their sound Read more »| 20 Feb 2020 -
TheatreNixon In China @ Theatre Royal, Glasgow
John Adams' 1987 opera about the US president's state visit to China is given a new lease of life by Scottish Opera Read more »| 20 Feb 2020 -
FilmAlice Winocour on Glasgow Film Festival opener Proxima
Disorder director Alice Winocour tells how new film Proxima, which follows an astronaut juggling space training with raising her young daughter, is still very much an "earthy" movie Read more »| 20 Feb 2020 -
MusicDictator – Taped Up (Track Premiere)
Listen to Taped Up, the gritty, determined new single from Edinburgh four-piece Dictator Read more »| 19 Feb 2020
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MusicCaribou on new album Suddenly and finding joy in tragedy
Dan Snaith, aka Caribou, tells us about his intimate new album, Suddenly Read more »| 19 Feb 2020 -
TheatrePride Plays @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Scotland's first LGBTQI+ playwright festival returns to The Traverse, showcasing some excellent new work Read more »| 19 Feb 2020 -
FilmDystopian Sci-fi at Glasgow Film Festival 2020
Hoping for a bright, shiny future with flying cars and labour-saving technology? Glasgow Film Festival's daily retrospective suggests some less upbeat possibilities for humanity Read more »| 19 Feb 2020 -
MusicBest Coast – Always Tomorrow
Five years on from California Nights, Bethany Cosentino delivers a thoughtful paean to self-care at the second attempt Read more »| 19 Feb 2020 -
MusicDry Cleaning @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 13 Feb
Dry Cleaning bring a new twist to post-punk, showing why they're a band to watch for the future Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
BooksExercises in Control by Annabel Banks
The everyday become unsettling in these darkly funny short stories about control Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
BooksPaisley Book Festival: Radical voices, rebel stories
As the very first Paisley Book Festival gets ready to shake up Scotland’s literary scene, we ask three of its appearing writers to reflect on their experiences, challenges and hopes for the Scottish publishing industry Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
MusicPictish Trail – Thumb World
Pictish Trail's new album is an electro-acoustic psych-pop wonder that's funny, beautiful and life-affirming Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
MusicAngel Olsen @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 14 Feb
Angel Olsen brings her six-piece band to the Barrowlands for a night of beautiful ballads, gorgeous arrangements and Buckfast regrets Read more »| 18 Feb 2020